Election results
Following are unofficial results from contested races in Tuesday's primary election:
4 denotes winner
(i) denotes incumbent
Most statewide races include 70 to 87 percent of precincts reporting.
Flathead County results include 41 of 42 precincts but do not include 2,400 absentee ballots.
Republican
State races
U.S. Senator
4 Conrad Burns (i) 59,370
Bob Keenan 19,031
Bob Kelleher 3,556
Daniel Neste Huffman 1,029
Public Service Comm. Dist. 5
4 Mike Taylor 4,565
Steve Vick 2,127
Fred Leistiko 1,570
John M. Campbell 1,330
Rory Horning 384
State House Dist. 6
4 Bill Beck 825
Harm Toren 581
State House Dist. 8
4 Keith Regier 353
Craig Witte 419
State House Dist. 9
4 Bill Jones (i) 526
David Carlson 449
State House Dist. 10
4 Mark Blasdel 1,312
Bernie Olson (i) 654
State Senate Dist. 5
4 Verdell Jackson 1,747
Daniel Griffin 477
Donald Loranger 994
Flathead County
County Commissioner,
District 3
4 Dale Lauman 2,540
Gerry Banzet 2,145
Pamela Holmquist 2,111
Brian Fulford 1,543
Kathy Robertson 1,010
Kim Fleming 967
Corey Pilsch 696
David Reynolds 263
Kip Willis 179
Sheriff-coroner
4 Mike Meehan 6,759
John Weaver 3,516
Bruce Parish 1,907
Superintendent of schools
4 Marcia Sheffels (i) 6,595
L. Susan Letz-Keedy 3,430
Democrat
State races
U.S. Senator
4 Jon Tester 53,562
John Morrison 32,238
Robert Candee 1,199
Paul Richards 1,234
Kenneth Marcure 685
U.S. Representative
4 Monica J. Lindeen 56,633
Eric Jon Gunderson 22,480
Supreme Court clerk
4 Ed Smith (i) 52,633
Ed Caplis 20,079
State House Dist. 3
4 Doug Cordier 503
Bill Baum 89
State House Dist. 10
4 Carla Augustad 244
Steve Davidson 158
State Senate Dist. 4
4 Gerald E. Reckin 568
Maxwell G. Battle Jr. 172
Flathead County
County Commissioner,
District 3
4 Mark Crowley 2,191
Don Hines 916
Don Avery 826
Nonpartisan
Justice of the Peace No. 1
4 David Ortley (i) 11,816
4 Shawn L. Guymon 2,052
Justice of the Peace No. 2
4 Jerry O'Neil 4,158
Mark Sullivan 3,500
Tom Muri 3,430
Lane Bennett 3,268
Ballot issues
Roadless rule
Should forest land:
4 A) Be managed for multiple use purposes including motorized recreation and roaded timber production 9,994
B) Be managed for multiple use purposes including non-motorized recreation and roadless timber production 5,784
Mosquito District Levy
For 7,589
4 Against 8,394
Juvenile Detention Center Levy
For 7,349
4 Against 8,555