Final election results
From left, Leigh Ann Fitzgerald, Jim Fitzgerald, and Diana Monroe cast their votes in Central Bible Church's gym on Tuesday morning.
Following are unofficial final results from Tuesday’s primary election.
Total registered voters: 58,584
Democratic ballots: 3,284; 19.9 percent
Republican ballots: 13,244; 80.1 percent
Total ballots cast: 16,528
Absentee ballots cast: 7,400
Turnout percentage: 28.21 percent
Percentages of votes in individual races do not add up to 100 percent because County Election Department figures include all voters who cast ballots, including those who did not vote in each individual race.
Flathead County
Republican
County commissioner
Pamela Holmquist 5,929 votes, 44.8 percent
Howard W. Gipe 4,807 votes, 36.3 percent
Patrick Nickol 1,525 votes, 11.5 percent
County sheriff
Mike Meehan 4,176 votes, 31.5 percent
Chuck Curry 6,133 votes, 46.3 percent
Lance Norman 2,630 votes, 19.9 percent
Clerk and Recorder
Paula Robinson 8,695 votes, 65.6 percent
Rebekah Eslick Savelle 2,766 votes, 20.9 percent
Nonpartisan
District Court Judge
David M. Ortley 7,026 votes, 42.5 percent
Heidi J. Ulbricht 4,237 votes, 25.6 percent
Phyllis Quatman 2,286 votes, 13.8 percent
Rich DeJana 1,750 votes, 10.6 percent
(top two advance
to general election)
Justice of the Peace
Dept. 2
Mark Sullivan 5,168 votes, 31.3 percent
Travis W. Bruyer 3,953 votes, 24 percent
Eric S. Hummel 3,305 votes, 20 percent
Paul Sullivan 1,103, 6.7 percent
(top two advance
to general election)
Justice of the Peace
Dept. 1
Daniel R. Wilson 7,625 votes, 46.1 percent
Glen Neier 4,454 votes, 27 percent
(both candidates advance
to general election)
Democrat
County Commissioner
Joe Brenneman 2,353 votes, 71.65 percent
Noel Gorton 742 votes, 22.59 percent
State races
Republican
U.S. House
Flathead County votes
Denny Rehberg, 8,936 - 67.9 percent
Mark French, 3,223 - 24.3 percent
A. J. Otjen, 529 - 4 percent
Public Service
Commissioner No. 5
Flathead County votes
Bill Gallagher 5,050 - 38.1 percent
Brad Johnson 5,898 - 44.5 percent
Democrat
U.S. House
Flathead County votes
Dennis McDonald 824 25%
Tyler Gernant 792 24%
Melinda Gopher 614 18.7%
Sam Rankin 487 14.8%
Republican
Legislature
Senate District 4
Jon Sonju 1,919 votes, 72.9 percent
Dan Pickar 456 votes, 17.3 percent
House District 3
Harm Toren 211 votes, 15.9 percent
Sandy Welch 475 votes, 35.9 percent
Jerry O’Neil 587 votes, 44.3 percent
House District 4
Damon Pace 330 votes, 26.3 percent
Bill Geisse 166 votes, 13.2 percent
Derek Skees 612 votes, 48.8 percent
House District 7
Randy Brodehl 701 votes, 45.7 percent
Steven Thompson 632 votes, 41.2 percent
House District 8
Carl Glimm 458 votes, 41.7 percent
Steve Lavin 486 votes, 44.3 percent
House District 11
J. Garth Cox 298 votes, 16 percent
Janna Taylor 1,291 votes, 71 percent
Josh D. King 218 votes, 12 percent
Democrat
Legislature
House District 8
Dane Clark 91 votes, 19.24 percent
Bryan Schutt 329 votes, 69.56 percent
Lake/Lincoln counties
House District 2
Mike Cuffe 1,169 votes, 61 percent
Matt Charlton 747 votes, 39 percent
House District 12
Daniel Salomon 862 - 63 percent
John Swenson 517 - 37 percent