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THE RESULTS ARE IN
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The Tuesday’s primary election is over. The polls closed at 7 p.m. and the Barton County Clerk’s office started continually updating posted results throughout the evening.
County Clerk Donna Zimmerman said the numbers reported Tuesday are unofficial. The Barton County Commission will meet as the Board of County Canvassers at 8 a.m. Monday in Zimmerman’s office to canvass ballots and finalize the votes.
Below are the election results posted by the County Clerk’s Office and others (for district races) as of press time Tuesday night. The (I) indicates incumbents.

Barton County Commissioner
Second District                           
No Filings. This seat is currently occupied by commission Chairman Homer Kruckenberg who is petitioning to run as an Independent in the November general election
                                 
Barton County Commissioner
Third District            
Buck Causey, Great Bend, R – 213
Don Davis, Great Bend, R –  450
                                     
County Attorney
Douglas Matthews, Great Bend (I), R – 3,893

 County Clerk
 Donna Zimmerman, Great Bend (I), R – 4,320
    
Register of Deeds                
Pam Wornkey, Ellinwood, R – 4,073
             
Sheriff
Greg Armstrong, Great Bend (I), R – 1,812            
Brian J. Bellendir, Great Bend, R – 2,262
Richard W. Unrein, Great Bend, R – 745
                                                                           
Treasurer
Kevin Wondra, Great Bend (I), R – 2,736            
Gayle Cell, Great Bend, R – 2,011

District Judge Division 2
Barton County
Robert Anderson Sr., Ellinwood, R – 1,482
Steve Johnson, Great Bend, R – 3,228
District wide
Robert Anderson Sr., Ellinwood, R – 3,464 (with 125 of 127 precincts reporting)
Steve Johnson, Great Bend, R – 5,801

State House of Representatives
109th District
Barton County
Trey Joy, R – 128
Troy L. Waymaster, R – 259
District wide
Trey Joy, R – 1,048 (with 83 of 115 precincts reporting)
Troy L. Waymaster, R – 2,037

District Judge Division 3
Barton County
Mike Keeley, Great Bend (I), D – 574

State House of Representatives
112th District
John Edmonds, Great Bend, R – 3,045
Steve Muehleisen, Great Bend, D – 392

State Senate 33rd District
Barton County
Mitch Holmes, St. John, R – 2,801
Ruth Teichman, Stafford, R – 1,979
District wide
Mitch Holmes, St. John, R – 6,390 (with 153 of 195 precincts reporting)
Ruth Teichman (I), Stafford, R – 5,680
Teichman is the 33rd’s incumbent and Holmes had served the 114th district until redistricting.

There were also township trustee and township treasurer elections in each of the following townships elected: Albion, Beaver, Buffalo, Cheyenne, Clarence, Cleveland, Comanche, Eureka, Fairview, Grant, Great Bend, North Homestead, South Homestead, Independent, Lakin, Liberty, Logan, Pawnee Rock, South Bend, Union, Walnut and Wheatland.
Vote total information came from the Barton County Clerk’s Office and the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office – bartoncounty.org and sos.ks.gov.