New leaders selected

Unofficial results from Tuesday's general election have come in and new leadership will be taking over in January on the national, state and local level.

An amazing 2,644 voters turned out in Hot Springs County with many first time voters registering Tuesday at the polls.

Voting machines in precincts 1-1, 1-2 and 3-3 experienced an issue upon starting up. According to Hot Springs County Clerk Nina Webber the normal and usual backup plan, the manual feed bin, was implemented. Voters were all still able to vote at that time.

Once the issue was resolved, ballots from the manual feed bin were witnessed and audited as they were fed through the automated portion of the voting machine.

Republicans Donald Trump and Michael Pence won the race for President and Vice President of the United States. The pair also won in Wyoming and Hot Springs County. Locally, Trump/Pence (R) received 1,939 votes, Clinton/Kaine (D) 400, Johnson/Weld (Lib.) 136, Castle/Bradley (Con.) 21, Stein/Baraka (Ind.) 35 and De La Fuente/Steinberg (Ind.) 4

Liz Cheney (R) will serve a two-year term in the state's at-large congressional district seat vacated by Cynthia Lummis (R). In Hot Springs County, Cheney received 1,725 votes, over Ryan Greene (D) with 644, Lawrence Struempf (Lib.) with 98 and Daniel Clyde Cummings (Con.) with 109.

Wyatt Agar (R) won the Senate Distrit 20 seat vacated by Gerald Geis (R). Locally, Agar received 1,817 to 714 for Mary Jane Norskog (D).

Nathan Winters (R) will serve his third term in the District 28 State House of Representatives. Winters received 1,719 votes in Hot Springs County to Howard Samelson's (D) 760.

Phillip Scheel (R) ran unopposed for an open four-year term on the Hot Springs County Commission receiving 2,129 votes.

Dusty Lewis and William H. Malloy will both serve a four-year term on the Thermopolis Town Council. Lewis received 1,052 votes and Malloy 898 votes.

Both Jack Kuiper and Merle William Moore were elected to the Town Council of East Thermopolis with 80 and 68 votes, respectively.

Jessica Slagle ran unopposed for the Town Council of Kirby and received 34 votes.

Hot Springs County School District No. 1 had four four-year terms up. Earning seats on the board are W. Travis Bomengen with 1,625 votes, Joe Martinez 1,300 votes, Clay VanAntwerp 1,565 votes, and Nichole Weyer 1,764 votes. Beth Lewis received 939 votes, Tonya L Petty 427 and Nikki Slagle 465 (although she had withdrawn after ballots were printed.)

Incumbents Cindy DeVries, Jeanie Love and Rose Watkins were all reelected to the HSC Cemetery Board. DeVries received 1,241 votes, Love 1,213 and Watkins 1,208. Challengers Linda Berry and Julie Lehman received 1,126 and 967 votes, respectively.

Sonja L. Becker received 1,415 votes to win over Larry Bentley with 892 votes for a four-year rural seat on the HSC Conservation District Board of Directors.

James Andreen ran unopposed for a four-year urban seat on the HSC Conservation District Board of Directors. He received 2,234 votes.

Lee Campbell ran unopposed for a two-year at-large seat on the HSC Conservation District Board of Directors. He received 2,027 votes.

Ken Smith narrowly won a four-year seat on the HSC Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors with 419 votes. His challenger Linda G. Cowger received 408 votes.

HSC voters gave the go ahead to renew the 4 percent Lodging Tax with 2,061 for to 517 against.

Statewide Constitutional Amendment A passed by earning the majority needed. Locally, there were 1,495 votes for and 970 votes against the proposition.

Voters retained Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Robert Skar. In HSC there were 1,935 votes for and 531 votes against his retention.

Three Supreme Court Justices were up for retention in the Wyoming general election. Statewide and locally, voters retained all three, Justice Catherine M Fox, Justice William U. Hill and Justice Keith G. Kautz.