Andrea Davis fills out a ballot to cast her votes during the General Election Tuesday in Green River.
The unofficial results for Wyoming's General Election are in, showing a "red wave" sweeping Sweetwater County, with Republicans winning all but one partisan position. The only position a Democrat won was County Coroner, with Incumbent Dale Majhanovich continuing his years of service in the position.
In federal and state races, Republicans often won by landslides. When facing candidates from other parties, most Republicans won by over 70% of the vote. Harriet Hageman won 70.7% of the vote to become Wyoming's US Representative, and Mark Gordon won by 74.07% of the vote to retain his gubernatorial position.
The only county races that still had to be decided were Sheriff and Treasurer. John Grossnickle beat his opponent Chris Sutton by over 6,000 votes to remain Sheriff. Mark Cowan beat out current Treasurer Joe Barbuto by over 4,000 votes.
In Green River, Mayor Pete Rust will continue his service. The closest race in Sweetwater County was for Green River City Council Ward III, with unofficial results showing Gary Killpack beating Robert Ross by 38 votes.
The 1% Specific Purpose Tax, which was the subject of much discussion leading up to the election, was passed by a fairly narrow margin, with 912 more voters expressing support for the tax than those who expressed their opposition to it. The tax will raise $83.5 million to be used on infrastructure projects throughout the county.
The other tax on the ballot, the County Lodging Tax, passed overwhelmingly, with over 7,000 more votes in favor than in opposition.
Of the two Wyoming Constitutional Amendments on the ballot, one passed and one failed. Amendment A, which would allow the funds of counties, cities and other political subdivisions to be invested in equities such as the stock of corporations, passed by over 1,000 votes. Amendment B, which would increase the mandatory retirement age of supreme court and district court judges from 70 to 75, failed by over 3,500 votes.
A total of 12,159 ballots were cast in Sweetwater County in the General Election - over 1,000 more ballots than were cast in the Primary Election in August.
The full unofficial results from the General Election can be found at the county's website, sweetwatercountywy.gov.
General Election unofficial results
Federal:
US Representative
1. Harriet Hageman (Republican), 8,360
2. Lynnette Greybull (Democrat), 2,555
3. Richard Brubaker (Libertarian), 493
4. Marissa Joy Selvig (Constitution), 225
Write-In Totals: 191
State:
Governor
1. Mark Gordon (Republican), 8,825
2. Theresa A. Livingston (Democrat), 1,871
3. Jared J. Baldes (Libertarian), 531
Write-In Totals: 688
Secretary of State
1. Chuck Gray (Republican), 9,701
State Auditor
1. Kristi Racines (Republican), 9,937
State Treasurer
1. Curt Meier (Republican), 9,863
Superintendent of Public Instruction
1. Megan Degenfelder (Republican), 8,715
2. Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr. (Democrat), 2,766
State Senator, District 11
1. Larry Hicks (Republican), 698
2. Michael Ray Williams (Constitution), 130
State Senator, District 13
1. Stacy Jones (Republican), 3,859
2. Leesa Kuhlmann (Democrat), 1,220
State Rep., House District 15
1. Donald Burkhart (Republican), 37
2. Patrick Gonzales (Libertarian), 2
State Rep., House District 17
1. Joshua Thomas (J.T.) Larson (Republican), 1,388
2. Chad Banks (Democrat), 895
State Rep., House District 18
1. Scott Heiner (Republican), 855
2. Dennis B. Laughlin (Libertarian), 319
State Rep., House District 39
1. Cody Wylie (Republican), 1,763
2. Marshall Burt (Libertarian), 586
State Rep., House District 47
1. Robert 'Bob' Davis (Republican), 687
2. Lee Ann Stephenson (Democrat), 131
State Rep., House District 48
1. Clark Stith (Republican), 1,529
2. Misty Morris (Libertarian), 743
State Rep., House District 60
1. Tony Niemiec (Republican), 2,178
County:
County Commissioner
(Top three proceed)
1. Robb Slaughter (Republican), 8,190
2. Island Richards (Republican), 7,132
3. Keaton D. West (Republican), 7,019
Coroner
1. Dale S. Majhanovich (Democrat), 9,717
Attorney
1. Dan Erramouspe (Republican), 10,066
Sheriff
1. John Grossnickle (Republican), 8,944
2. Chris Sutton (Independent), 2,860
Clerk
1. Cindy Lane (Republican), 9,653
Treasurer
1. Mark Cowan (Republican), 8,069
2. Joseph M. Barbuto (Democrat), 3,659
Assessor
1. Dave Divis (Republican), 10,260
Clerk of Court
1. Donnalee Bobak (Republican), 10,091
Green River:
Mayor
1. Pete Rust, 2,475
2. Mark Peterson, 1,061
City Council Ward I
1. Ronald L. Williams, 850
2. Jon Fernandez, 441
City Council Ward II
1. Michael S. Shutran, 715
City Council Ward III
1. Gary Killpack, 674
2. Robert Ross, 636
Rock Springs:
Mayor
1. Max Mickelson, 3,473
2. Matthew S. Jackman, 2,488
City Council Ward I
1. Jeannie Demas, 1,004
City Council Ward II
1. Thomas Allen, 1,030
2. David A. Thompson, 974
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City Council Ward III
1. Daniel J. Pedri, 773
2. Bradley Chrisman, 295
City Council Ward IV
1. Randy Hanson, 658
2. Eric Bingham, 568
Western Wyoming Community College:
At Large
1. Kenneth Lorimer, 4,692
2. Kasey Damori, 4,536
No. 1 Two Year Unexpired
1. Neil Kourbelas, 5,004
2. Michael D. Christensen, 4,598
No. 1
(Top two proceed)
1. Stephen P. Allen, 4,518
2. Veronica K. Donaldson, 4,194
3. Angela M. Thatcher, 3,901
4. Ron Wild, 2,827
No. 2
1. Jenissa Meredith, 3,410
2. Teresa Shafe, 2,979
3. Gil German, 2,601
Sweetwater County School Districts:
No. 1
(Top two proceed)
1. Danielle L. Schumacher, 3,224
2. Kari Cochran, 2,709
3. Cole Wright, 2,421
4. Dana Eddy, 2,002
No. 2
(Top three proceed)
1. Ashley Castillon, 2,658
2. Tom Wilson, 2,485
3. Daniel L. Flom, 1,335
4. Justin Sax, 1,158
Castle Rock Hospital District:
Board of Trustees
(Top three proceed)
1. Patsy A. Sorensen, 2,367
2. Daniel Stanton, 2,213
3. Sandee Gunter, 2,129
Constitutional Amendments:
Amendment A
For: 6,092
Against: 4,883
Amendment B
Against: 7,561
For: 3,950
Taxes:
County Lodging Tax
For: 9,386
Against: 2,263
Specific Purpose Tax
For: 6,326
Against: 5,414
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