York News-Times Reprint
Written by Parker Garlough
Unofficial results show voters have chosen incumbent Andy Bowman as the Republican nominee for District 3 county commissioner. He received 428 votes, and challenger Willard Peterson received 164 votes.
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The York County Historical Association’s ballot measure, which would raise taxes by 62 cents per $100,000 of property, appears to have succeeded. Unofficial totals show that 1,473 county residents voted for it, and 782 voted against it.
Members and volunteers of the association gathered on Wednesday morning to celebrate.
“If things went south, I was gonna take it personally,” Amy Pohl said, half-jokingly. “So many sleepless nights and worrying.”
For the Heartland school board, there were seven candidates. The top six continue to the general election, where they will compete for three open seats.
The vote totals were as follows:
- Curt Friesen, 287
- Lance Peters, 279
- Brad Janzen, 257
- Erik Friesen, 254
- Ryan Goertzen, 235
- Tiffanee Ogorzolka, 219
- Jaydon Janzen, 128
Janzen, receiving the fewest votes, will not advance to the general election.
Eugene Ulmer narrowly beat Cody McGowan in the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District Subdivision 4 race, receiving 197 and 192 votes respectively. Andrew Roesler received 33 votes.
In the State Board of Education District 5 race, Angie Eberspacher and Michaela Conway will advance to the general election. Lana Daws will not. Daws was more popular than Conway in York County, but not in the rest of the district.
For all statewide races, the most popular candidate in York County was also the most popular across the state.
Republican statewide primary winners:
- U.S. senator: Pete Ricketts
- U.S. Congress, District 3: Adrian Smith
- Governor: Jim Pillen
- Secretary of state: Scott Petersen
Democrat statewide primary winners:
- U.S. senator: Cindy Burbank
- Governor: Lynne Walz
- Secretary of state: Sarah Slattery
State Sen. Jana Hughes received 75% of the vote in the nonpartisan legislative primary; she will face Dan Winter in November.
2,345 York County voters participated in the primary.
