Locals fill out their ballots at the Teton County Library on Aug. 18. Photo: Marianne Zumberge // Buckrail
JACKSON, Wyo. — Results from Tuesday’s primary election rolled in gradually at the County Administration Building after voting wrapped up at 7 p.m. in Teton County.
On the state level, the Associated Press has called the following Republican races: Eric Barlow won the GOP nomination for governor; Harriet Hageman will advance in the U.S. Senate race; Chuck Gray moves forward in the U.S. House of Reps. race; Robert Short clinched the secretary of state nomination; Steve Harshman advances in the contest for state superintendent of public instruction; and Curt Meier is up for state treasurer.
Local results came in at 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday night. A total of 5,766 ballots were cast in the primary in Teton County; 1,719 were cast by registered Democrats and 3,946 were cast by registered Republicans, with 101 nonpartisan. There are 14,012 registered voters in the county.
Candidates listed in orange will appear on the general election ballot in November. The data below is based on results provided by Teton County Clerk Maureen Murphy. These numbers are uncertified; Murphy will certify the results this week.
Local:
County Commission (Democrat):
Brent Blue
196
Karyn Chin
781
Ali Dunford
1,186
Wes Gardner
665
Mark Newcomb
697
Luther Propst
1,091
Write-in
3
Republicans Melchor Moore and Vicky O’Donoghue will also appear on the general ballot in November, along with Independent candidate Alex Muromcew.
County Coroner (Democrat)
Katrina Clauson
978
David Hodges
591
Write-in
13
County Coroner (Republican)
Russell Nelson
1,632
Krista Nethercott
1,382
Write-in
100
Town Council (Nonpartisan, uncontested)
All four candidates will advance to the general election.
Jessica Sell Chambers
573
Gabriel Koerber
387
Jonathan Schechter
1,209
Alyson Spery
1,061
Write-in
19
Uncontested candidates advancing to the general election:
State Senator Senate District 17: Mike Gierau (Dem.) State Rep. House District 16: Mike Yin (Dem.) State Rep. House District 22: Andrew Byron (Rep.) State Rep. House District 23: Liz Storer (Dem.) and Shannon Brennan (Rep.)
Clerk of the District Court: Anne Comeaux Sutton (Dem.) County Assessor: Ashlee Nader (Dem.) and Norman Mellor III (Rep.) County Attorney: Richard “Dick” Stout (Dem.) County Clerk: Maureen “Mo” Murphy (Rep.) County Sheriff: Matt Carr (Dem.) and Eric Snow (Rep.) County Treasurer: Katie Smits (Rep.)
Statewide results
The following data was provided by the Wyoming Secretary of State’s website. Numbers in parentheses denote the number of votes cast by Teton County voters. These results were added to this article on Wednesday morning.
Wyoming Governor (Republican)
Eric Barlow
58,820 (2,738)
Brent Bien
30,843 (383)
Curt Blake
2,161 (74)
Megan Degenfelder
38,739 (666)
Write-in
193 (8)
Democrat candidate Ken Casner ran uncontested and will advance to the general.
U.S. Senator (Democrat)
Billy Benavidez
2,497 (279)
James Byrd
9,589 (1,101)
Write-in
272 (43)
U.S. Senator (Republican)
Jill M. Edwards
3,431 (53)
Harriet Hageman
83,794 (1,002)
John Holtz
2,539 (24)
Sam Mead
35,875 (2,779)
Jimmy Skovgard
3,525 (48)
Write-in
422 (10)
U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat)
Elena Del Real
2,657 (306)
Lisa Kinney
9,343 (1,066)
Write-in
205 (21)
U.S. House of Representatives (Republican)
Jillian Balow
12,590 (433)
Bo Biteman
6,255 (113)
Frank Chapman (withdrawn)
2,161 (56)
Kevin Christensen
21,632 (1,400)
Richard Dodson
1,777 (120)
Steve Friess
25,054 (866)
David Giralt
10,130 (175)
Keith B. Goodenough
3,341 (129)
Chuck Gray
31,222 (308)
Reid Rasner
10,807 (94)
Write-in
386 (25)
Wyoming Secretary of State
Qwenton Eagle Oviatt
7,087 (304)
Robert Short
53,314 (1,993)
Rachel Williams
38,567 (691)
CJ Young
17,846 (356)
Write-in
510 (17)
Democrat Bryan McCarty ran uncontested and will advance to the general.
State Treasurer (Republican)
Curt Meier
78,702 (2,259)
Scott Smith
36,613 (781)
Write-in
415 (15)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Democrat)
Ana Cordova
7,300 (1,023)
Sergio A. Maldonado, Sr.
4,314 (315)
Write-in
287 (23)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Republican)
Chad Auer
12,636 (389)
Steve Harshman
67,784 (2,163)
Tom Kelly
36,624 (686)
Write-in
462 (23)
State Auditor candidate Kristi Racines (Rep.) ran uncontested and will advance to the general.
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