The total number of voters in the April 5 election was 3,311 with a turn-out of 19.88 percent of eligible voters in Barton County. The results will be finalized on Friday.
USD 112 Central Plains School Board
Position 1: Malcolm Shaw, 210 votes
Position 2: Dawn Dolezal, 176 votes
Position 3: Cherlyn Maier, 148 votes
Position 4: Ronald Etchison, 166 votes; Brent Turner, 31 votes
Position 5: Jerry Bieberle, 117 votes
Position 6: Richard Rugan, 99 votes; Bert Besthorn, 32 votes; Dawyna Hickel, 9 votes.
Position 7: Michelle Brokes, 427 votes; Tom Lumpkins, 346 votes; and Kevin Liebl, 294 votes.
USD 355 school board
Elected were four candidates. They were: Gregory R. Baker, 317 votes, 23.31 percent; Taunya Schlessiger, 300 votes, 22.06 percent; Becca Maxwell, 270 votes, 19.85 percent; Lori Thomas, 177 votes, 13.01 percent; and not elected were Dianna Smith, 170 votes, 12.5 percent; and Patricia Berger, 121 votes, 8.75 percent.
USD 431
Position 1: Rebecca Mooney, 177 votes, 98.88 percent.
Position 2: write-in, 25 votes, 100 percent
Position 3: write-in, 19 votes, 100 percent
Position 7: Dean Stoskopf, 168 votes, 97.11 percent.
Ellinwood District Hospital
Two positions: Lloyd Kurtz, 305 votes, 48.96 percent; and Marvin Sessler, 313 votes, 50.24 percent.
Claflin City Council
Two positions: Casey Hubbard, 127 votes, 40.84 percent; and Dan Michaelis, 113 votes, 36.33 percent; and Richard Tennant: 71 votes, 22.83 percent.
Hoisington City Council
Ward 1: Gerald Donovan, 32 votes, 100 percent; Ward 2: Mike Alyward, 31 votes, 93.94 percent; Ward 3, Dean Andereck, 18 votes, 100 percent; and Ward 4: Christina Smith, 25 votes, 100 percent.
Ellinwood City Council
Two positions: Irlan Fullbright, 240 votes, 47.52 percent; and Gaila Nielsen, 256 votes, 50.69 percent.
Hoisington Mayor
Clayton Williamson, 114 votes, 97.44 percent.
Ellinwood Mayor
Frank Koelsch, 247 votes, 96.11 percent.
Claflin Mayor
Mike Urban, 170 votes, 100 percent.
