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SPRAGUE - Early results from the Tuesday, Nov. 4 General Election show Lucas Becker leading decisively in the race for Sprague mayor, capturing an early majority of the vote. Becker received 93 votes (67.39%), while Scooter Dearing trailed with 42 votes (30.43%). Three write-in votes accounted for 2.17% of the total 138 ballots cast. "I am pretty excited," Becker said Tuesday night. "I got the three council people I was supporting, and they won their races and I won mine. I...
DAVENPORT - Early results from the Tuesday, Nov. 4, General Election show Brad Sweet leading the race for Davenport mayor, narrowly edging out incumbent Jonathan Chapman. According to preliminary tallies, Sweet received 171 votes (52.94%), while Chapman earned 150 votes (46.44%). Two write-in votes were recorded, bringing the total to 323 ballots cast. "I am pretty positive after seeing the election results start to trickle in," Sweet said Tuesday night. "Doesn't look like we...
HARRINGTON - Early General Election results from Tuesday, Nov. 4, show Jerry B. Allen leading David Buddrius in the race for Harrington City Council Position No. 2. Allen received 38 votes (56.72%), while Buddrius earned 29 votes (43.28%). Neither candidate could be reached for comment following the release of preliminary results. In the Position No. 4 race, Jim Wilcox ran unopposed, securing 61 votes (100%)....
DAVENPORT - Incumbents held their ground in Davenport's City Council races Tuesday, with several candidates securing clear leads in the preliminary election results. In the City Council Position No. 1 race, Michael Strite led with 230 votes (71.65%), defeating challenger Libbie Klettke, who earned 91 votes (28.35%). "I am pleasantly surprised and excited to take the next step and work with the rest of the committee and council on making Davenport the best it can be," Strite...
REARDAN - As of Tuesday, Nov. 4, early General Election results show Kathy L. Eastman leading in the race for Reardan mayor, with more than 60% of the vote counted. Eastman received 108 votes (61.36%), while challenger Gail E. Daniels earned 68 votes (38.64%). No write-in votes were recorded, bringing the total to 176 ballots cast. Eastman spoke after preliminary results were released, saying, "I am pretty excited. I think the numbers do look good, and I think there are still...
ODESSA - Preliminary results from the Tuesday, Nov. 4 General Election show Barbara A. Vogelsang leading in the race for Hospital District 1 Commissioner Position No. 4, with more ballots yet to be counted. Vogelsang received 247 votes (63.66%), while challenger Dee Deife earned 140 votes (36.08%). One write-in vote was recorded, bringing the total to 388 ballots cast. "I am just so grateful," Vogelsang said. "Grateful to all the people in the community that have been so...
REARDAN — As of Tuesday, Nov. 4, early General Election results show Pat Hogan leading Bill Kemp in the race for Reardan Town Council Position No. 2, while incumbents in other council seats appear poised for re-election. Hogan received 103 votes (60.95%), compared to Kemp’s 66 votes (39.05%). Kemp could not be reached for comment. “I’m really not sure how I feel,” Hogan said Tuesday. “When someone first approached me about being on the council, I thought it was an open seat and that nobody was running. I initially s...
CRESTON — Early General Election results from Tuesday, Nov. 4, show Jackie Browder leading comfortably in the race for Creston mayor, with voter participation higher than in recent years. Browder received 39 votes (66.1%), while Grady Houger earned 20 votes (33.9%). No write-in votes were recorded, bringing the total to 59 ballots cast. “I think it is kind of interesting,” Browder said. “I understand we have a lot more votes in Creston in total than we typically have. I like to see that people are participating. They will do...
SPRAGUE — As of Tuesday, Nov. 4, early General Election results show Krystal Barnum leading in the race for Sprague City Council Position No. 3, while two other council candidates appear headed for decisive wins. Barnum received 65 votes (54.17%), ahead of Ashley Melanson with 48 votes (40%), and seven write-ins (5.83%). Barnum could not be reached for comment. Melanson said she was not surprised by the early results. “I kind of figured that was the direction it was going to go,” she said. “There are still 500 more votes t...
DAVENPORT — Preliminary results from the 2025 General Election, as of Tuesday, Nov. 4, show voter participation at just over 32%, with a portion of ballots still to be counted. Across 46 precincts, 8,811 registered voters were eligible, and election officials have counted 2,826 ballots so far. An estimated 500 ballots remain to be tallied, with the next count scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6 at 4:00 p.m. The most recent tabulation was completed at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday, and final results are expected to be certified on Tuesday, N...
CHENEY - The Cascade Curtain apparently divides more than just liberals and conservatives. It also separates opinions on whether state officials should be allowed to invest long-term health care funds into stocks of private companies. Early Nov. 4 general election returns show 589,290 voters statewide, or 56.78%, approved of Senate Joint Resolution No. 8201. On the other side, 448,606 voters, or 43.22%, opposed it. The measure was a straw ballot on whether state officials...
