UPDATED 4:30 p.m.: Saline County Clerk Jamie Allen released the following statement concerning vote totals in last Tuesday’s primary election:

“The Board of County Commissioners completed the canvassing of votes today. After canvassing was complete it was discovered that 140 votes from Precinct 35 were counted twice on election night. While initially importing results from Precinct 35 thumb drive an error occurred. To correct this error our vendor instructed to have results imported separately then merged with the Election Day totals. The error occurred on Friday again when processing 21 advance ballots. When the merge was completed the separate totals still appeared in the grand total column. Therefore, the results were over reported on reports election night as well as Friday after processing advance ballots. The official results from canvassing this morning reflect the correct totals from all Precincts.”

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When the Saline County canvassing was completed this morning, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer and running mate Tracey Mann had 2,898 votes in the Republican governor’s race, compared to 2,201 votes for Kris Kobach and Wink Hartman.

A total of 8,521 Saline County ballots were cast in the Tuesday primary election that narrowed the Democratic and Republican fields to one candidate each, according to information provided by the Saline County Clerk’s office. That resulted in a 23.6 percent voter turnout in the county.

Following are the final, official election results for many of the races in the 2018 primary election in Saline County, as published on the Saline County website. To see the entire list, please go to www.saline.org and click on the 2018 Primary Official Election Results link.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

United States Representative 1st District

Alan LaPolice……..………………….…………..…..1,814     100 %
     Total…………………………………..……………..1,814

Governor/Lt. Governor

Joshua Svaty/Katrina Gier Lewison………..1,515     69.27%
Laura Kelly/Lynn Rogers……………………..….403     18.43%
Carl Brewer/Chris Morrow…………….…………189      8.64%
Arden Andersen/Dale Cowsert………….……….41        1.87%
Jack Bergeson/Alexander Cline………………….39       1.78%
     Total……….…………………….…………………2,187

Secretary of State

Brian “BAM” McClendon………………………1,855     100%
     Total……….………………………………………1,855

Attorney General

Sarah G. Swain……………………………………1,903     100%
     Total……….……………………………………..1,903

State Treasurer

Marci Francisco………………………………….1,882     100%
     Total……….……………………………………..1,882

Commissioner of Insurance

Nathaniel McLaughlin………………………..1,842     100%
     Total……….…………………………………….1,842

Kansas State Representative 69th District

Gerrett Morris……………………………………..697     100%
     Total……….………………………………………697

 

REPUBLICAN PARTY

United States Representative 1st District

Nick Reinecker…………………………………1,533     25.57%
Roger Marshall…………………………………4,462    74.43%
     Total……….…………………………………..5,995

Governor/Lt. Governor

Jeff Colyer/Tracey Mann………………….2,898     46.59%
Kris Kobach/Wink Hartman……………..2,201     35.39%
Jim Barnett/Rosie Hansen…………….…….535       8.60%
Ken Selzer/Jen Sanderson…………………..504       8.10%
Tyler Ruzich/Dominic Scavuzzo…………….35       0.56%
Joseph Tutera Jr./Phillip Clemente……….28       0.45%
Patrick “PK” Kucera/Patricia Reitz………..19        0.31%
      Total…………………………………….……6,220

Secretary of State

Randy Duncan…………………………………2,541     43.53%
Scott Schwab.…………………………………..1,529     26.19%
Dennis Taylor…………………………………..1,010     17.30%
Craig McCullah…………………………………..492      8.43%
Keith Esau…..…….……………………………….265      4.54%
      Total…………………………………………..5,837

Attorney General

Derek Schmidt…………………………………5,415     100%
     Total…………………………………………..5,415

State Treasurer

Jake LaTurner………………………………..5,262     100%
     Total……….…………………………………5,262

Commissioner of Insurance

Clark Shultz..………………………………..3,868     65.19%
Vicki Schmidt……………………………….2,065     34.81%
     Total……….……………………………….5,933

Kansas State Representative 69th District

J.R. Claeys…..……………………………….1,502     100%
     Total……….……………………………….1,502

Kansas State Representative 71st District

Diana Dierks.……………………………….2,679     100%
     Total……….………………………………2,679

Kansas State Representative 108th District

Steven Johnson……………………………1,292     100%
     Total……………………………………….1,292

County Commissioner 1st District

Monte Shadwick……………………………638     100%
     Total………………………………………..638

County Commissioner 4th District

James (Jim) L. Weese………………….913     100%
     Total………………………………………913

County Commissioner 5th District

Mike White……………………………….608     100%
     Total…………………………………….608