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Sheriff Bell wins re-election in Lake County

by Daily Inter Lake
| June 8, 2022 12:00 PM

Don Bell has won his re-election bid for Lake County sheriff.

According to preliminary results from the Lake County primary election held Tuesday, Bell garnered 4,300 votes compared to challenger Corey White Jr.’s 1,329.

Bell has held the position since 2015. White is a police sergeant in Ronan.

The preliminary count includes all votes except provisional ballots, according to Election Administrator Toni Kramer.

On the 21,000 registered voters in Lake County, 8,255 ballots were cast for a voter turnout of 39%.

The race for Lake County commissioner in District 2 had Stephen Stanley out front with 2,139 votes. Max Krantz had 1,744 and Roy Anderson had 1,390.

Stanley, a St. Ignatius resident, was appointed in July 2021 to replace Commissioner Dave Stipe. All three candidates are running as Republicans, so the top two will advance to the general election in November.

Lake County voters overwhelmingly supported a tax on recreational marijuana sales, with 6,355 ballots in favor and 1,672 against. Voters’ take on a medical marijuana tax was more narrow, with 4,143 in favor and 3,857 against.

In state races, the battle for the GOP nominee in House District 15 had Ralph Foster with a slight edge, earning 383 votes compared to Betsy Johnson’s 367.

The Democrat nominee is Marvin Weatherwax Jr., who took 52% of the vote tally.

Lake County primary results

Election Day Precincts Reporting 23 of 23

Absentee/ Early Precincts Reporting 0 of 23

DEM US REP 1ST DST

CORA NEUMANN 636

MONICA TRANEL 1,516

TOM WINTER 177

Write-In Totals 3

DEM PUB SVC COMMISSIONER DST 5

KEVIN HAMM 906

JOHN REPKE 1,086

Write-In Totals 12

DEM STATE SENATOR DST 8

SUSAN A WEBBER 281

Write-In Totals 4

DEM STATE REP DST 10

MARK H PHILLIPS 143

Write-In Totals 2

DEM STATE REP DST 12

STERLING JAMES LAUDON 848

Write-In Totals 6

DEM STATE REP DST 15

THEDIS B CROWE 38

ADRIEN OWEN WAGNER 68

MARVIN R. WEATHERWAX JR 193

Write-In Totals 0

DEM STATE REP DST 93

SHIRLEY AZZOPARDI 626

Write-In Totals 5

REP US REP 1ST DST

MITCH HEUER 124

MATT JETTE 262

AL "DOC" OLSZEWSKI 2,525

MARY TODD 570

RYAN K ZINKE 2,245

Write-In Totals 20

REP PUB SVC COMMISSIONER DST 5

ANN BUKACEK 1,971

DEAN CRABB 451

JOE DOOLING 1,330

DEREK SKEES 1,054

Write-In Totals 32

REP STATE SENATOR DST 5

MARK NOLAND 303

ROB TRACY 248

Write-In Totals 1

REP STATE SENATOR DST 8

RICK JENNISON 735

Write-In Totals 9

REP STATE REP DST 10

BOB KEENAN 499

Write-In Totals 4

REP STATE REP DST 12

LINDA REKSTEN 1,963

Write-In Totals 52

REP STATE REP DST 15

RALPH FOSTER 368

BETHSAIDA (BETSY) JOHNSON 363

Write-In Totals 4

REP STATE REP DST 93

JOE READ 1,489

Write-In Totals 32

REP COMMISSIONER DST 2

ROY ANDERSON 1,390

MAX KRANTZ 1,744

STEPHEN STANLEY 2,139

Write-In Totals 11

REP CLRK REC/AUDITOR/PB ADMN/SRVYR

KATIE HARDING 4,775

Write-In Totals 28

REP SHERIFF/CORONER

DON BELL 4,300

COREY D. WHITE 1,329

Write-In Totals 10

REP ATTORNEY

VJAMES LAPOTKA 4,469

Write-In Totals 69

REP SUPT OF SCHOOLS

CAROLYN HALL 4,652

Write-In Totals 30

REP TREASURER/ASSESSOR

ROBIN G. VERT-RUBEL 4,710

Write-In Totals 29

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 1

BILL D'ALTON 1,674

JIM RICE 5,090

Write-In Totals 34

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 2

JAMES BROWN 2,952

INGRID GUSTAFSON 3,168

MICHAEL F. MCMAHON 1,095

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

TONY ISBELL 1,580

MICHAEL E. LARSON 2,083

RICK SCHOENING 3,427

Write-In Totals 18

Marijuana Tax Non-Medical

FOR 6,355

AGAINST 1,672

Marijuana Tax Medical

FOR 4,143

AGAINST 3,857