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Colorado County report local election results
By Courtney Burleson, Managing Editor
Republicans swept Colorado County from national to local races. A total of 12 precincts were counted and a total of 8,411 votes were cast. This was a 61% turnout for the county.
Results posted represent only Colorado County.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin had 5,790 votes to Democrat candidate Barack Obama’s 2,503 votes. Obama’s running mate was Joe Biden.
In congressional races, area voters supported Republican Sen. John Cornyn with 5,384 votes compared to Richard Noriega’s 2,624 votes. Colorado County voters gave Libertarian candidate Yvonne Adams 120 votes. In the U.S. Representative, Dist. 25 race, Colorado County voters supported Republican George Morovich with 4,375 votes compared to Democrat Lloyd Doggett’s 3,421 votes and Libertarian candidate Jim Stutsman had 122 votes.
In Colorado County, the contested race for Colorado County Commissioner, Republican incumbent Doug Wessels won Pct. 1 with 1,345 votes compared to Democrat Ken Drlik with 711 votes.
In the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District election, which took place with the General Election, Thomas Hudec won the Place 2, Precinct 2 Director position with 943 votes compared to his opponent’s tally of 438. Donald Hoeinghaus was the opponent. For the Place 3, Precinct 3 Director spot Whyman Psencik won with 621 votes, followed by opponents Tom Yates with 471 and C.W. Wendt with 451 votes.
Uncontested CCGCD Director races included Place 1/Pct. 1, Betty Schiurring; Place 5/Columbus at-large, Marian Schonenberg; and Place 7/ Weimar at-large, Scott Brasher.
Results for other uncontested races in the county included county attorney, Ken Sparks; sheriff, R.H. “Curly” Wied; county tax assessor-collector, Mary Jane Poenitzsch; county surveyor, Matthew Loessin; Colorado County Commissioner, Pct. 3, Tommy Hahn; constable, Pct. 1, Lawrence Berger; constable, Pct. 2, Lonnie Hinze; constable, Pct. 3, Ivan Menke; and constable, Pct. 4, Darrell Stancik.
For more results read next week’s edition of The Colorado County Citizen.
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