Lake County citizens vote Daines, Zinke
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POLSON — Unofficial Lake County election results were released early on Nov. 5 with a 53 percent voter turnout rate.
Results will be official after they are canvassed Nov. 17.
In the race between House District 15 candidates Joe Read and George G. Kipp III, Kipp passed Read with 1,018 votes to Read’s 770, although Read won in Lake County. In the Justice of the Peace race, Randy Owens had 4,913 votes and incumbent Joey Jayne received 2,806 votes.
Other Lake County results included:
United States Senate
Steve Daines, Republican 4,945
Roger Roots, Libertarian 179
Amanda Curtis, Democrat 3,432
Write-in 12
United States Representative
John Lewis, Democrat 3,417
Ryan Zinke, Republican 4,714
Mike Fellows, Libertarian 409
Write-in 6
Public Service Commissioner
Galen Hollenbaugh, Democrat 3,150
Brad Johnson, Republican 5,018
Write-in 23
Supreme Court Justice #1(nonpartisan)
W. David Herbert 1,464
Jim Rice 5,328
Write-in 45
Supreme Court Justice #2 (nonpartisan)
Lawrence VanDyke 3,097
Mike Wheat 4,519
Write-in 28
District Court Judge, District 20, Dept. 1
James Manley 4,585
Mark Russell 2,706
Statewide Manley 62.53%, Russell 37.26%
State Senator, District 5
Bob Keenan, Republican 635
Daniel S. King, Democrat 292
Statewide Keen 73.9%, King 26%
State Senator, District 8
Liane Johnson, Republican 768
Lea Whitford, Democrat 632
Statewide Whitford 67.3%, Johnson 32.6%
State Representative, District 10
Ruby M. Dynneson, Democrat 292
Mark R. Noland, Republican 610
Write-in 1
State Representative, District 12
William McLaughlin, Democrat 983
Greg Hertz, Republican 1,984
Write-in 9
State Representative, District 15
George G. Kipp III, Democrat 646
Joe Read, Constitutional 729
Statewide Kipp 56.9%, Read 43.04%
State Representative, District 93
Susan T. Evans, Democrat 1,224
Dan Salomon, Republican 1,686
Write-in 21
County
County Commissioner, District 1
William “Bill” Barron, Republican 6,425
Write-in 290
Clerk & Recorder/Auditor/Public Administration/Surveyor
Paula Holle, Democrat 6,021
Write-in 196
Sheriff/Coroner
Don Bell, Republican 6,861
Write-in 196
Attorney
Steven Eschenbacher 6,403
Write-in 193
Superintendent of Schools
Michelle Wood 6,458
Write-in 147
Treasurer/Assessor
Patti Duford Kugler 6,674
Write-in 116
Justice of the Peace
Joey Jayne 2,806
Randal L. Owens 4,913
Write-in 28
Polson Local Government Study Commission
(Vote for 5)
Paul Briney 220
Dennis DeVries 383
Mark Evertz 151
Zoerene J. Gembala 107
Dale Gillespie 239
Jane Irwin 424
Murat Kalinyaprak 137
Thomas Kragh 317
Rick Lapiana 136
Michael F. Lies 195
Ronald P. Melvin 74
Wade Nash 368
Jacob R. Raymond 87
Karen Sargeant 512
Gordon Zimmerman 249
Write-in 14
Ballot Issues
Constitutional Amendment No. 45
Yes 3,780
No 4,174
Legislative referendum No. 126
Yes 3,619
No 4,761
