Holbert named East Thermopolis Mayor

The dust has settled from the 2022 General Election with winners being declared and those who have been newly elected preparing to take over in January, 2023 when official swearing ins will take place.

Gary Holbert has been declared the winner of the mayor race in East Thermopolis. He received 40 write in votes, winning over Jeremiah Ramsey who received 26 votes. Even though former East Thermopolis Mayor Jack Kuiper had withdrawn from the race, his name still appeared on the ballot and 27 people voted for him.

Totals are in for statewide House Districts and our local District 28 winner is Republican incumbent John R. Winter. He received a total of 3,139 votes, 1,582 votes in Hot Springs County, 654 in Park, 644 in Big Horn and 259 in Fremont. Democrat challenger Kimberly M. Bartlett received a total fo 855 votes, 590 votes in Hot Springs County, 143 in Park, 90 in Big Horn and 32 in Fremont.

As reported last week, Adam Ryan Estenson received 650 votes and will be serving as the new Town of Thermopolis Mayor. Incumbent Mike Chimenti received 552 votes.

For the Thermopolis Town Council race, Rachel Hughes received 612 votes to edge out incumbent Tony Larson with 598 votes. John Dorman, Sr. received 748 votes and will retain his seat on the council.

In the eight person race for three seats on the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees, there will be one new board member. Incumbents Sherman Skelton, with 1,054 votes, and Jennifer Axtell, with 1,031 votes, will retain their seats on the board. As the next highest vote earner with 921, Bethany Rose Webber will be joining the board. Nathan Miller received 737 votes, Andrea Miller received 712 votes, Mandy Wilson received 401 votes, Cynthia Garbin received 399 votes and Melissa V. Mohr received 302 votes. There were 19 write-ins.

Results of the county commissioner race show incumbent Thomas J. Ryan retaining his seat with 1,407 votes and Paul M. Galovich received 1,517 votes to secure his seat. There were 259 write-ins.

For county districts, Jim Wilson and Chip Axtell will fill the two seats available on the HS Conservation District for rural supervisor. Paul Ward will fill the seat for at-large supervisor.

Basil Sorenson, Merrill J. Ready and Stan Kraushaar will serve on the HSC Cemetery District.

Keith O’Brien and James Byrd will serve on the HS Rural Fire Protection District.

Melissa McCumber Johnson, Aimee Kay and Jessica Benefiel will serve on the HS Hospital District.

Several HSC positions were uncontested in the general election and the incumbents will all retain their seats including: Jill Logan who received 1,854 votes for county attorney, Jerimie Kraushaar who received 1,920 votes for county sheriff, Becky Kersten who received 2,008 votes for county clerk, Julie Mortimore who received 2,019 votes for county treasurer, Daniel Webber who received 1,944 votes for county assessor, Terri Cornella who received 1,952 votes for clerk of district court and Mark Mortimore received 1,929 votes for county coroner.

For East Thermopolis Town Council, Debra K. Lackey received 55 votes and Dolores Bush received 64 votes and they will fill the two seats up for election on the council. Julie Dodds Music received 39 votes.

Incumbent Jessica Slagle received 21 votes for Kirby Mayor and she will retain her position.

There were two seats up for election on the Kirby Town Council. Nathaniel Rodriguez received 21 votes, Kimberly Graham received 19 votes and Barrie Lynn Bryant Jr. received 12 votes. Rodriguez and Graham will serve on the council.

For Wyoming United State Representative, Harriet Hageman (R) was elected with 132,172 votes (1,641 in HSC). Lynnette GreyBull (D) received 47,241 votes (367 in HSC), Richard Brubaker (L) received 5,420 votes (55 in HSC) and Marissa Joy Selvig (C) received 4,503 votes (74 in HSC). There were 4,521 write-ins statewide and 42 in HSC.

Mark Gordon (R) was reelected Governor of the State of Wyoming with 143,664 votes (1,525 in HSC). Theresa A. Livingston (D) received 30,676 votes (218 in HSC), Jarad Baldes (L) received 8,154 votes (97 in HSC) and there were 11,460 write-in votes (331 in HSC).

Megan Degenfelder (R) was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction with 142,511 votes (1,720 in HSC) over Sergio A. Maldonado Sr. (D) with 43,251 votes (367 in HSC). Statewide there were 4,156 write-ins, with 51 of those in HSC.

Those elected in unopposed state races include Chuck Gray (R) for Secretary of State, Kristi Racines (R) for State Auditor and Curt Meier (R) for State Treasurer.

Constitutional Amendment A, regarding local government investment in equities, passed with 103,366 votes for and 78,697 against. In HSC, 1,162 voted for and 873 voted against.

Constitutional Amendment B, regarding raising the retirement of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, failed with 115,812 voting against and 74,633 voting for. In HSC, 1,255 voted against and 874 voted for.

There were 198,153 total ballots cast statewide and 2,213 in the county.

To view full HSC Election numbers, visit https://hscounty.com/elections.