With all 148 Wyandotte County precincts reporting, the preliminary unofficial leaders of the primary election have been named.
Full official results have not yet been announced, as mail ballots have until Friday to reach the election office to be counted. Then results must be certified at a later date.
The leader of the Democratic nomination for 33rd District, Kansas House, is Bill Hutton with 44 percent of the vote. He had 1,067 votes to Taylor R. Dean’s 921 votes and Mathew Reinhold’s 464 votes.
Mike Thompson received 91 percent of the vote for the Republican nomination for the 33rd District. He had 1,952 votes to Clifton Boje’s 201 votes.
In the 35th District, Kansas House, Democrat Marvin S. Robinson II received 1,390 votes, for 59 percent, to Nelson R. Gabriel’s 976 votes, for 41 percent.
For the Republican nomination for 35th District, House, Sam Stillwell led with 266 votes, or 69 percent, over John H. Koerner, who had 120 votes or 31 percent.
The Kansas House of Representatives, 36th District, Democratic nomination saw Lynn Melton with 2,647 votes, or 67 percent, to JoAnne Gilstrap’s 1,308 votes, or 33 percent.
Of the Republicans running for the 36th District, House seat, Kevin Braun received 78 percent of the vote with 1,450 votes to Mark David Snelson’s 22 percent of the vote, with 408 votes.
In the 37th District, Kansas House, Democratic nomination, the leader was Melissa Oropeza with 1,203 votes, or 49 percent, to Faith Rivera’s 923 votes, or 38 percent. Coming in third was incumbent Rep. Aaron Coleman with 13 percent or 321 votes.
For Wyandotte County District Court Judge, incumbent Tony Martinez led with 72 percent of the vote, or 12,397 votes, to David Patryzkont’s 28 percent, or 4,877 votes.
Candice Alcaraz was the leader for Wyandotte County District Court judge in Division 12, with 11,796 votes or 69 percent to incumbent Judge Wesley Griffin’s 5,361 votes, or 31 percent.
The constitutional amendment on abortion in Kansas saw 74 percent of Wyandotte County voters, or 22,767 “no” votes to 26 percent or 7,964 “yes” votes.
Statewide, 62 percent of the voters, 398,253, cast a “no” vote with 38 percent, or 239,834, voting “yes.” There are still many statewide votes yet to be reported.
Mark R. Holland, the former mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, leads in the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He had 41 percent of the vote statewide, with 82,951 votes, to Patrick Wiesner’s 19 percent, Paul Buskirk’s 19 percent; Mike Andra’s 10 percent, Robert Klingenberg’s 7 percent and Michael Soetaert’s 3 percent.
Incumbent Sen. Jerry Moran led with 79 percent of the vote in the Republican contest with 241,250 votes to Joan Farr’s 62,917.
In the Republican nomination for U.S. Representative, 3rd District, Amanda Adkins led with 77 percent of the vote over John McCaughrean, who had 23 percent.
Gov. Laura Kelly led with 95 percent of the vote statewide in the Democratic contest for governor. Richard Karnowski had 5 percent of the vote.
For the Republican nomination for governor, Derek Schmidt had 80 percent of the vote to Arlyn Briggs’ 20 percent.
For the Republican nomination for secretary of state incumbent Scott Schwab led with 57 percent of the vote to Mike Brown’s 43 percent.
In the close contest for the Republican nomination for attorney general, Kris Kobach had 40 percent of the vote to Kellie Warren’s 39 percent, with Tony Mattivi receiving 21 percent.
In a close state treasurer contest, Republican Caryn Tyson had 51 percent of the vote to Steven Johnson’s 49 percent.
House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer issued a statement on the constitutional amendment on abortion:
“Kansas voters have spoken: They soundly reject this undemocratic constitutional amendment — placed on the August amendment to disenfranchise voters, bolstered by a campaign filled with disinformation and dark money — without hesitation. Voters from all parties, in all corners of the state mobilized in mass to oppose this effort.
Today’s fight is not yet over, though. We must break the supermajority in November to sustain this win, or else this amendment will have the votes to go on the ballot again and again until it finally passes. Kansans must support Vote No candidates on November 8.
The state motto rings true more than ever tonight. Ad Astra per aspera; to the stars through difficulties.”