Niobrara County voters steadily made their way to the polls Tuesday to have their voices heard. The first ballots arrived at the courthouse at approximately 8:00 p.m. and the counting began. Of the six precincts reporting, 1,184 ballots were cast.

Local results are as follows:

Prop. 1 (Hospital District Mill Levy) For, 810 Against, 310

Prop. 2 (Senior Citizen Service District Mill Levy) For, 984 Against, 148

County Clerk unopposed Becky Freeman, 1,101 Write-in, 18

County Coroner unopposed Pete Pier, 1,070 Write-in, 13

County Assessor unopposed Teri Stephens, 1,093 Write-in, 5

County Treasurer unopposed Keri Thompson, 1,101 Write-in, 9

County Attorney unopposed Anne Wasserburger, 1,043 Write-in 9

County Sheriff unopposed Cary Gill, 1,024 Write-in, 73

County Commissioner Pat Wade, 936 and Elaine Griffith, 886 Write-in, 34

Clerk of Court GOP- Chrisanna Lund, 818 Write-in, 282  

School Board  Candy Dooper, 606 Lexie Ashurst, 535 Randy Rose, 457 Tina Christianson, 435 Krystal Peterson, 419 John Thayer, 311  Brandon Rapp, 310 Brandan Stewart, 289 Ty Molzahn, 225  Nolan Brott, 225  Tug Coffman, 220 Write-in, 10  

Conservation Dist. Rural Matt Dockery, 696 Bruce Kilmer, 387

Conservation Dist. Urban Dale Jordan, 967 Write-in, 6

Conservation Dist. At Large Odessa Mathias, 1,023 Write-in, 2

Hospital District Trustee J.V. Bolden, 859 Randi Ross, 805 Mark Groh, 724 Write-in, 9

Hospital District Trustee 2 yr., Shelly Larson, 1,044 Write-in, 1

Rural Fire Dist. Harold Miller, 427 Monty Finley, 373

Senior Citizen Service Dist. Trustee 4 yr MaryLou Larson, 966 Louis Hammer, 832

Senior Citizen Service Trustee 2 yr Jim Kremers, 900 Phyllis Hahn, 863 Gail Graham, 781

Local and state results:

Govenor GOP- Mark Gordon, (918) Total: 136,339  Dem.-  Mary Throne, (153) Total, 55,984   Lib.-  Lawrence   Struempf, (18) Total, 3,114  CST.- Rex Rammell, (61) Total, 6,739

Secretary of State GOP- Edward Buchanan, (934) Total: 136,939   Dem.- James Byrd, (130) Total: 53,384  Lib.- Kit Carson, (61) Total, 8,604

Auditor GOP- Kristi Racines, (993) Total, 143,887   Dem.- Jeff Dockter, (135) Total, 52,488

State Treasurer GOP- Curt Meier, (1,012) Total, 141,732 Dem.- Chris Lowry, (127) Total, 54,894

Super. of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, 1,025 Write-in, 5

State Senate District 3 GOP- Cheri Steinmetz, (1,001) Total, 5,721   Dem.- Marci Shaver, (129) Total, 1,449

State Rep. HD #2 Hans Hunt, 1,101 Write-in, 12

U.S. Senate GOP- John Barrasso, (980) Total, 136,129  Dem.- Gary Trauner, (144) Total, 61,254   Lib-. Joseph Porambo, (32) Total, 5,697

U.S. House District 1 GOP- Liz Cheney, (929) Total, 127,883  Dem.- Greg Hunter, (136) Total, 59,929   Lib.- Richard Brubaker, (40) Total, 6,884  CST-. Daniel Cummings, (42) Total, 6,194

Judge Peasley will be retained For, (816) Total, 11,336 Against, (176) Total,1,984

Judge Arp will be retained For, (797) Total, 10,850 Against, (191) Total, 2,178

According to the Secretary of State’s Office, at the opening of the polls on November 6,  61,073 absentee ballots had been cast throughout Wyoming either in-person or by mail out of a total of 64,752 that were sent out. Roughly 94% of those absentee ballots, sent by Wyoming’s county clerks, had been returned by mail or cast in-person.  In Niobrara County 256 absentee ballots were sent out and 240 were returned. 

All election results are unofficial until the State Canvassing Board meets to certify the results of the General Election on Wednesday, November 14th – eight days after the election.