Primary election final results posted

Following are unofficial final results from Tuesday’s primary election.

Total registered voters: 58,584

Democratic ballots: 3,284; 19.9%

Republican ballots: 13,244; 80.1%

Total ballots cast: 16,528

Absentee ballots cast: 7,400

Voter turnout: 28.21%

Percentages of votes in individual races do not add up to 100% 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    44.8%

Howard W. Gipe     4,807    36.3%

Patrick Nickol       1,525    11.5%

County sheriff

Mike Meehan    4,176    31.5%

Chuck Curry    6,133    46.3%

Lance Norman    2,630    19.9%

Clerk and Recorder

Paula Robinson    8,695    65.6%

Rebekah Eslick Savelle    2,766    20.9%

Nonpartisan

District Court Judge

David M. Ortley    7,026    42.5%    Heidi J. Ulbricht    4,237    25.6%

Phyllis Quatman    2,286    13.8%    Rich DeJana    1,750    10.6%

(top two advance

to general election)

Justice of the Peace

    Dept. 2

Mark Sullivan    5,168    31.3%

Travis W. Bruyer    3,953    24%

Eric S. Hummel    3,305    20%

Paul Sullivan    1,103     6.7%

(top two advance to general election)

Justice of the Peace

Dept. 1

Daniel R. Wilson    7,625    46.1%

Glen Neier    4,454    27%

(both candidates advance

to general election)

Democrat

County Commissioner

Joe Brenneman    2,353    71.65%

Noel Gorton    742    22.59%

State races

Republican

U.S. House

Flathead County votes

Denny Rehberg    8,985    67.9%

Mark French    3,223    24.3%

A. J. Otjen    529    4%

Public Service

Commissioner No. 5

Flathead County votes

Bill Gallagher    5,050    38.1%

Brad Johnson    5,898    44.5%

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%

Legislature

Republican

Senate District 4

Jon Sonju     1,919    72.9%

Dan Pickar     456    17.3%

House District 3

Harm Toren    211    15.9%

Sandy Welch    475    35.9%

Jerry O’Neil    587    44.3%

House District 4

Damon Pace     330    26.3%

Bill Geisse    166    13.2%

Derek Skees    612    48.8%

House District 7

Randy Brodehl       701    45.7%

Steven Thompson  632    41.2%

House District 8

Carl Glimm    458    41.7%

Steve Lavin    486    44.3%

House District 11

J. Garth Cox    20    5.5%

Janna Taylor    224    61.7%

Josh D. King    72    19.3%

Democrat

House District 8

Dane Clark    91    19.24%

Bryan Schutt    329    69.56%

Lake/Lincoln

counties

Republican

House District 2

Mike Cuffe    1,169    61%

Matt Charlton    747    39%

House District 12

Daniel Salomon    862 - 63%

John Swenson    517 - 37%