Seward County Sheriff Candidate Tim Huntington has received 4,925 votes from the 7,676 people casting ballots here.
That is well ahead of the 1,962 write-in ballots for Troy Schaefer campaigned as a write-in candidate.
A second write-in candidate, Trey Wayne, registered for the election and received three votes after announcing that he would not be campaigning for the office. Another 46 write-in votes were received but not counted toward specific candidates.
Unofficial election results for all Seward County precincts were released just before midnight Nov. 3 and updated as recently as 10:22 a.m. Nov. 4. The vote counts become official only after the county’s canvassing of results on Nov. 12.
State Sen. Jana Hughes has received 5,582 votes in Seward County at this time, compared to challenger Dan Winter’s 1,261 votes. At the district level with 35 of 47 precincts fully counted, Hughes received 8,262 votes compared to Winter’s 2,171.
State Board of Education District 5 representative candidate Angie Eberspacher received 4,634 votes in Seward County, compared to 2,151 for Michaela Conway. Across the district, their vote totals were closer, standing at 32,320 for Eberspacher and 26,568 for Conway.
Four Seward School Board candidates are vying for three seats. Voting results were led by Jill Hochstein with 2,858, followed by Danielle Shipley, 2,389, Matthew Hastings, 2,577, and Rebecca Hasty, 1,196.
Four candidates sought three seats on the Centennial School Board with votes showing Lana J. Hoffschneider, 622, in the lead and Derek Tomes, 607, Jason Richters, 603, and Preston Hawley, 389.
Three Milford School Board candidates were chosen from a field of four also, led by Colten Roth, 928, Brandon J. Wergin, 913, David Dickenson, 855, and Dave Welsch, 712.
Three candidates ran for two seats on the Beaver Crossing Village Board with Christopher Heater receiving 102 votes, Jerry Zieg, 89, and Laura Schluckebier, 67.
In Cordova, three candidates sought two seats on the village board, with Michael Bristol getting 54 votes, Delayne Eberspacher, 47, and Angela Petersen, 17.
Utica’s Village Board had two seats on the ballot with Sharon Powell, 253 votes, Amber Crouch, 209, and Joshua Ramsey, 154.
Seward County’s two nonprofit historic organizations seeking small annual tax levies on the ballot lost their bids for support by relatively small margins.
The Blue River Historic District levy request received 3,779 votes against the proposal and 3,251 for it.
The Seward County Historical Society’s effort to receive a tax levy had 3,568 votes against its measure and 3,477 in favor.
Garland’s proposed sales tax vote stands at 49 against, 34 in favor.
Uncontested county races
County Commissioner District 1 incumbent Republican Misty Ahmic, 1,044 votes
County Commissioner District 3 Republican Jon C. Propst, 1,364
County Commissioner District 5 Republican Jonathan M. Curtis, 1,293
County Assessor Incumbent Republican Marilyn Hladky, 6,191
County Attorney Incumbent Republican Wendy L. Elston, 5,849
Clerk of District Court Incumbent Republican Sheila M. Lueders, 6,005
County Clerk Republican Brandy Johnson, 6,036
County Treasurer Incumbent Republican Jacob R. Zlatkovsky, 6,134
Seward Mayor Josh Eickmeyer, 2,376
Seward City Council Ward 1, Megan Kahler, 752
Seward City Council Ward 2, Tatum Tonniges, 649
Seward City Council Ward 3, Rich Wergin, 520
Seward City Council Ward 4, Karl Miller, 383
Seward Airport Authority, two seats, Erich H. Helge, 1,824, and Marvin R. Siefert, 1,886
Milford City Council Ward 1, Kylie Schildt, 314
Milford City Council Ward 2, in which there was no candidate, 22 write-ins.
Bee Village Board, Erick Hartwell, 52, Gregory R. Holloway, 46, Duane Wiesen, 40
Garland Village Board has two seats open but no candidates and 10 write-ins.
Goehner Village Board has two seats open with Jamie Knisley earning 79 votes and 63 write-ins recorded.
Pleasant Dale Village Board has two openings with votes going to Kim Kaspar, 53, and Jake Hill, 50.
Staplehurst Village Board has two open seats with no candidates and 34 write-ins.
Southeast Community College District 1, Michael Schoop, 25,794
Lower Platte South NRD Subdistrict 1, Gary Hellerich, 6,421, Karis Ahlberg, 4,348
Lower Platte South NRD At Large, David M. Landis, 84,640
Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 1, Kevin Peterson, 1,999
Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 2, Maxwell D. Nordmeyer, 1,974
Upper Big Blue NRD Subdistrict 3, Dave Brauer, 2,161
Upper Big Blue NRD At Large, Justin D. Elge, 15,951
Norris Public Power District West Subdivision, Mark Knobel, 5,929
Perennial Public Power District Subdivision 1, Jeffrey W. Obermier, 1,792
Educational Service Unit No. 2 District 5, Corrine Forbes, 3,131
Educational Service Unit No. 6 District 1, Kevin Wingard, 3,257
Retention votes for judges included: Dirk V. Block, 401,973 for, 160,185 against, Thomas E. Stine, 401,173 for and 156,821 against, and Denise Kracl 31,097 for and 10,133 against
