The voter turnout for the primary election Aug. 1 in Wyandotte County is considered good compared to previous primaries, according to Election Commissioner Bruce Newby.
The final figure for voter turnout in Wyandotte County was 13,773, or 17.87 percent of the vote, he said.
“The candidates generated a lot of buzz, got people interested,” Newby said.
Wyandotte County also had a better voter turnout percentage than Shawnee County, (the Topeka area), which had 12.58 percent, according to the Shawnee County election commission’s web page; and Sedgwick County, (the Wichita area), which reported an 8.3 percent turnout, according to the Sedgwick County election web page.
Wyandotte County held vote canvassing today, and no changes were reported in the outcomes of the primary election from last Tuesday night to today’s canvassing, according to Newby. There were changes in the vote totals.
Newby said the Board of Canvasssers voted on whether to accept provisional ballots today.
The closest contest on Tuesday night may have been for second place in the Board of Public Utilities’ 1st position, at large, contest. Incumbent Mary Gonzales placed first with 5,850 votes, while second place was close. Bryan Messmer had 2,055 votes to Kevin Braun’s 2,036, a 19-vote difference. The outcome of this race did not change after provisional votes were counted today.
Vote totals changed slightly, with the addition of 119 provisional ballots. Also, about 59 ballots were not counted, he said, and the largest group of those, about 15, were from voters who forgot to sign their mail-in ballot affidavit and did not go to the election commissioner’s office to sign it by the deadline.
The final, certified Wyandotte County primary totals:
Primary election results, official final results
With 13,773 votes cast, 17.87 percent of registered voters
All precincts are in
UG Mayor- Chief Executive Officer
David Alvey, 4,334 votes, 31.62 percent
David Haley, 2,539 votes, 18.52 percent
Mark R. Holland, incumbent 5,491 votes, 40.06 percent
D. Keith Jordan, 325 votes, 2.37 percent
Janice Grant Witt, 1,019 votes, 7.43 percent
UG Commissioner, 5th District
John T. Fotovich, 447 votes, 11.28 percent
Mike Kane, incumbent, 2,318 votes, 58.51 percent
Sarah Kremer, 1,197 votes, 30.21 percent
UG Commissioner, 7th District
George Cooper, 460 votes, 27.96 percent
Jim A. Gibson, 418 votes, 25.41 percent
Jim Walters, incumbent 767 votes, 46.63 percent
UG Commissioner, 8th District
Brad Isnard, 285 votes, 14.82 percent
Kendon McClaine, 574 votes, 29.85 percent
Jane W. Philbrook, incumbent, 1,064 votes, 55.33 percent
Sheriff
Donald Ash, incumbent 6,609 votes, 49.93 percent
Charles W. Bunnell, 685 votes, 5.18 percent
Marvin L. Main, 1,250 votes, 9.44 percent
Celisha Towers, 2,888 votes, 21.82 percent
Victor Webb, 1,804 votes, 13.63 percent
BPU member, position 1, at-large
Kevin Braun, 2,036 votes, 17.12 percent
Mary Gonzales, incumbent, 5,850 votes, 49.19 percent
Bryan Messmer, 2,055 votes, 17.28 percent
Nikole C. Owens, 1,952 votes, 16.41 percent
At what point in time is it required for the candidates of this election to remove the signs that they have posted all over the county? It’s been over a month and a half and we the citizens of this county have to look at the “trash” (signs) posted at every intersection. If you lost and are not in the November election can you please go through the Piper area and pick up your signs.