Barton County polls have closed and the unofficial early results are in. There are 16,428 registered voters; 2,204 are Democrats, 10,115 are Republicans and 4,109 are nonpartisan.
Only Democrats and Republicans could vote in the primary. The early voting saw 39 ballots cast by Democrats and 483 by Republicans, representing 1.77% turnout for Democrats and and 4.48% for Republicans. Only Republicans had contested races in the primary.
Complete results will be posted when they become available. Here are the early results:
Barton County candidates
County Commissioner 2nd District
Barb Esfeld 92
County Commissioner 3rd District
Shawn Hutchinson 63
County Attorney
Colin Reynolds 370
County Clerk
Bev Schmeidler 358
Alicia (Schartz) Straub 118
County Register of Deeds
Glennda French 212
Susan Williams 250
County Sheriff
Brian J. Bellendir 428
County Treasurer
James Jordan 429
State and federal candidates
Primary Candidates for state and federal offices are listed below.
Republican Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives District 1
Eric Bloom 56
Tracey Mann 400
Kansas Senate District 33
Tory Marie Blew 339
John Sturn 132
Kansas House of Representatives District 112
Sherri Brantley 363
Kansas House of Representatives District 113
Brett Fairchild 39
20th Judicial District Court Judge - Position 2
Donald E. Anderson II 145
Levi Morris 290
20th Judicial District Court Judge - Position 3
Lisa A. Beran 425
Democratic Candidates
U.S. House of Representatives District 1
Paul Buskirk 30
Kansas Senate District 33
Matthew Westenfeld 30
Kansas House of Representatives District 112
Mark Rondeau 35
Kansas House of Representatives District 113
JoAnn Roth 4