By Jim Misunas
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
LARNED — Pawnee County Commissioner John Haas will oppose Gary Caplinger in the Nov. 4 general election. Both candidates ran unopposed in Tuesday’s primary election.
Haas garnered 292 votes in the Republican-dominated Pawnee County. Caplinger received 74 votes.
Dennis Wilson won the Republican Precinct Committman for Ward 3 with 135 votes. His wife, Joan Wilson, won the Republican Precinct Committewoman for Ward 3 with 85 votes, beating incumbent Anne Graner with 68 votes.
Pawnee County reported 1,001 voters, a 25 percent turnout of registered voters.
Perhaps the biggest surprise was State Board of Education candidate Meg Wilson of Great Bend lost to Liberal’s Sally Cauble. Wilson beat Cauble 509 to 252 in Pawnee County and won 67 percent of the votes.
But Cauble received 15,533 votes to Wilson’s 12,768 to earn a seat for the 5th District. Wilson is the principal at Hoisington High School.
Rep. Tim Huelskamp fought off challenger Alan LaPolice for U.S. Representative in the First District. He will oppose former Manhattan Mayor James Sherow in the Nov. 4 general election.
“I am humbled by the strong support of the Big First citizens,” Huelskamp said. “I have been fighting for our common-sense Kansas values in Washington. Last night, Kansans fought back for me. In the last month, a out-of-state Super-PAC spent more than $250,000 trying to smear my reputation with lies and deceptive and bitter advertising. It did not work. Kansans came to my defense. They clearly support my conservative principles.”
Republican Primary
U.S. Senate Pawnee Co. Total
Pat Roberts 446 125,306
Milton Wolf 274 106,128
D.J. Smith 23 15,057
Alvin Zahnter 67 13,935
Governor PC Total
Sam Brownback 473 164,319
Jennifer Winn 330 95,343
State Board 5th PC Total
Sally Cauble 252 15,533
Meg Wilson 509 12,768
U.S. Rep. 1st PC Total
Tim Huelskamp 444 42,166
Alan LaPolice 316 34,671
U.S. Rep. 4th PC Total
Mike Pompeo 34 42,754
Todd Tiahrt 16 25,432
House Rep. 117th PC Total
John Ewy 679 2,775
M.T. Liggett 86 398
Sec. of State PC Total
Kris Kobach 541 164,396
Scott Morgan 248 89,320
Insurance Comm. PC Total
Ken Selzer 194 64,073
Beverly Gossage 131 54,578
Clark Schultz 182 53,900
David Powell 230 39,638
John Toplikar 23 24,455
Pawnee Commission
John Haas 292
Attorney General
Derek Schmidt 701
State Treasurer
Ron Estes 697
House Rep. 113th
Basil Dannebohm 21
Judge 24th District
Bruce Gatterman 742
Democratic Primary
U.S. Senate 1st Pawnee Co. Total
Chad Taylor 89 34,390
Patrick Wiesner 66 30,557
U.S. Rep. 1st PC Total
James Sherow 86 8,077
Bryan Whitney 67 4,214
Governor
Paul Davis 170
Sec. of State
Jean Schodorf 159
U.S. Rep. 4th
Perry Schuckman 5
Insurance Comm.
Dennis Anderson 149
Pawnee Commission
Gary Caplinger 74
Attorney General
A.J. Kotich 153
State Treasurer
Carmen Adldritt 151
