Sharice Davids won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives, 3rd District, in final unofficial results from the Kansas secretary of state’s office.
In the Republican nomination for governor, Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, topped incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer by a vote of 126,066 to 126,257. Less than 200 votes separate Kobach and Colyer.
The election is not over, according to Gov. Colyer’s statement that was recently released.
“Given the historically close margin of the current tabulation, the presence of thousands of as yet uncounted provisional ballots and the extraordinary problems with the count, particularly in Johnson County, this election remains too close to call,” Colyer stated.
“In the 2014 primary, 6,333 provisional ballots were cast. The current margin is 0.06%. This is the equivalent of a 2 vote margin in a 5,000 vote race with hundreds of votes left to count.
“We are committed to ensuring that every legal vote is counted accurately throughout the canvassing process.”
Davids had 22,891 votes to Brent Welder’s 20,803. In third place was Tom Niermann was 8,740, followed by Mike McCamon with 4,243, Sylvia D. Williams with 2,896 and Jay Sidie with 1,748.
Davids sent out this statement today:
“I am honored and deeply motivated by the support I received from across this district,” Davids said. “Thank you to my fellow Democrats in this race for their passion and for engaging in a spirited and important debate about the future of this district and this country. To my supporters: you knocked on doors, made phone calls, donated what you could, and got your friends, neighbors, and family members to the polls. I am eternally grateful for your confidence in me and will work to earn your trust day in and day out in Congress.
“Now, we turn to the general election and set our sights on defeating Kevin Yoder, an extremist who has tried time and time again to undermine health care access and give tax breaks for the largest corporations. He is a pawn for Donald Trump and I will not allow him to continue to take us in the wrong direction while working families in our communities suffer. Yoder doesn’t know what he has coming. I’m a fighter who will work to make sure every Kansan has access to quality public schools, affordable health care, and good-paying jobs. I will outwork him every single day until we win on November 6th.
“I am humbled by the support and excited by the future ahead. Now let’s get to work.”
For the Democratic nomination for governor, Laura Kelly won the contest with 52 percent at 78,746; Carl Brewer had 30,693 votes; Joshua Svaty had 26,722 votes; Arden Andersen, 12,845; and Jack Bergeson, 3,850.
U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder won the Republican nomination for U.S. representative, 3rd District, by a vote of 51,973 to 14,252 for Trevor Keegan and 10,059 for Joe Myers.
For the Republican nomination for secretary of state, Scott Schwab won with 106,569; Randy Duncan, 56,214; and Dennis Taylor, 55,672.
For the Republican nomination for commissioner of insurance, Vicki Schmidt won, 148,936 to Clark Shultz, 137,636.
Votes from Johnson County delayed the results in this election; and the votes were not in until Wednesday morning.
The unofficial results do not include provisional ballots and mail ballots that were postmarked on Tuesday and may still be in the mail. Election boards will decide whether to count provisional ballots at each county’s vote canvass. Then there will be a state canvass.
