Latest election results
The Daily Inter Lake
Following are unofficial results from Tuesday's general election as of Wednesday morning:
Party designation: CST = Constitution, Dem = Democrat, GOP = Republican, Lib = Libertarian
Local results
42 of 42 precincts reporting in Flathead County
(not counting 400 provisional votes)
Senate District 2
Ryan K. Zinke, GOP 5,454 52 percent
Brittany MacLean, Dem 4,544 44 percent
Senate District 3
Bruce Tutvedt, GOP 7,327 58 percent
Mark Holston, Dem 4,547 36 percent
Senate District 6
John Brueggeman, GOP 6,746 74 percent
M. Neal Donohue, CST 2,330 24 percent
House District 1
Gerald Bennett, GOP 2,413 60 percent
Eileen Carney, Dem 1,491 37 percent
Freeman Johnson, CST 136 3 percent
House District 2
Chas Vincent, GOP 3,240 66 percent
Timothy Linehan, Dem 1,653 34 percent
House District 3
Dee L. Brown, GOP 2,616 54 percent
Mick Holm, Dem 1,965 41 percent
House District 4
Mike Jopek, Dem 2,919 52 percent
John Fuller, GOP 2,427 43 percent
House District 5
Keith Regier, GOP 4,021 67 percent
Jake Pannell, Dem 1,536 26 percent
House District 6
Bill Beck, GOP 3,160 48 percent
Scott Wheeler, Dem 2,674 41 percent
Timothy Martin, CST 316 5 percent
House District 7
Jon Sonju, GOP 2,674 65 percent
Shannon Hanson, Dem 1,343 30 percent
House District 8
Cheryl Steenson, Dem 2,006 48 percent
Craig Witte, GOP 1,984 47 percent
House District 9
Scott Reichner, GOP 2,701 60 percent
Edd Blackler, Dem 1,457 33 percent
House District 10
Mark W. Blasdel, GOP 4,365 69 percent
Carla Augustad, Dem 1,612 25 percent
House District 11
Janna Taylor, GOP 3,394 61 percent
Pat Estenson, Dem 2,172 39 percent
Flathead County
Commissioner Dist. 1
Jim Dupont, GOP 27,696 63 percent
Steve Qunell, Dem 14,028 32 percent
Flathead County
Clerk of District Court
Peg Allison, GOP 34,744 80 percent
Ballot issues
911 Dispatch Center Bond
To allow Flathead County to issue up to $6.9 million in bonds to build an Emergency Coordination Center
Yes 20,237 46.4 percent
No 20,031 45.9 percent
Open-Space Lands Bond
42 of 42 precincts
To allow Flathead County to issue $10 million in bonds to preserve open space
Yes 17,756 41 percent
No 22,566 52 percent
Kalispell Parks
Maintenance District
To create and fund a citywide parks maintenance district
Yes 3,288 38 percent
No 4,736 54 percent
Federal and state races
President (Montana vote)
858 of 863 precincts - 99 percent
John McCain, GOP 230,410 - 50 percent
Barack Obama, Dem 214,581 - 47 percent
Ron Paul, CST 9,932 - 2 percent
Ralph Nader, Ind 3,499 - 1 percent
Bob Barr, Lib 1,274 - 0 percent
U.S. Senate
858 of 863 precincts - 99 percent
Max Baucus, Dem (i) 326,412 - 73 percent
Bob Kelleher, GOP 121,901 - 27 percent
U.S. House District 1
858 of 863 precincts - 99 percent
Denny Rehberg, GOP (i) 292,426 - 65 percent
John Driscoll, Dem 144,474 - 32 percent
Mike Fellows, Lib 15,094 - 3 percent
Governor
850 of 863 precincts - 98 percent
Brian Schweitzer, Dem (i) 296,138 - 65 percent
Roy Brown, GOP 147,391 - 33 percent
Stan Jones, Lib 9,151 - 2 percent
Secretary of State
832 of 863 precincts - 96 percent
Linda McCulloch, Dem 217,291 - 49 percent
Brad Johnson, GOP (i) 213,117 - 48 percent
Sieglinde Sharbono, CST 10,682 - 2 percent
Attorney General
850 of 863 precincts - 98 percent
Steve Bullock, Dem 227,540 - 52 percent
Tim Fox, GOP 206,753 - 48 percent
Auditor
850 of 863 precincts - 98 percent
Monica Lindeen, Dem 229,334 - 53 percent
Duane Grimes, GOP 199,889 - 47 percent
Supt Public Instruction
850 of 863 precincts - 98 percent
Denise Juneau, Dem 217,990 - 51 percent
Elaine Herman, GOP 187,788 - 44 percent
Donald Eisenmenger, Lib 23,175 - 5 percent
Supreme Court Chief Justice
850 of 863 precincts - 98 percent
Mike McGrath, NP 298,893 - 75 percent
Ron Waterman, NP 98,431 - 25 percent