NATIONAL OFFICES:
President/Vice President
Joseph R. Biden / Kamala D. Harris, Democratic. 134
Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence, Republican. 683
Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy “Spike” Cohen, Libertarian 19
United States Senator
Barbara Bollier, Democratic, Mission Hills 150
Roger Marshall, Republican, Great Bend 641
Jason Buckley, Libertarian, Overland Park 38
United States House of Representative, 1st District
Kali Barnett, Democratic, Manhattan 145
Tracey Mann, Republican, Salina 666
STATE OFFICES
State Senate, 39th District
John Doll, Republican, Garden City. 776
State Representative, 122nd District
J. Russell “Russ” Jennings, Republican, Lakin. 772
COUNTY OFFICES:
County Commissioner, District 2
Keith A. Puckett, Republican, Syracuse. 118
County Commissioner, District 3
John R. Simon, Republican, Syracuse 161
County Attorney
Rob Gale, Democratic, Syracuse 639
County Clerk
Angie Moser, Republican, Syracuse 797
County Register of Deeds
Pam Hook, Republican, Syracuse 797
County Sheriff
Michael Wilson, Republican, Syracuse 736
Jordan Grabowski. 25
Michael Worsley 2
William C. Howell 1
Zerick Kuecker. 1
County Treasurer
Stephanie F. Simon, Republican, Kendall 748
Bear Creek Township Treasurer
Stephanie Sue Westeman, Republican, Syracuse 17
Bear Creek Township Trustee
Barbara Westeman 1
Ed Westeman 1
Teresa Moser 1
Coolidge Township Treasurer
Rita Seay, Republican, Coolidge 40
Coolidge Township Trustee
Vicky Eads, Republican, Coolidge 39
Kendall Township Treasurer
Ronald H. Brown 1
Becky Grusing 1
Tonya Pollart 1
Jimmy Hash 1
Richard Perez 1
Becky Graber 1
Kendall Township Trustee
Bryan Graber, Republican, Kendall 36
QUESTION NUMBER ONE
Supreme Court Justices
Shall Eric S Rosen, Topeka, KS Position No. 4
be retained in office? Yes 494 No 222
QUESTION NUMBER TWO
Court of Appeals Judges
Shall Sarah E. Warner, Lenexa, KS Position No. 4 be retained in office? Yes 564 No 151
Shall David E. Bruns, Olathe, KS Position No. 6 be retained in office? Yes 550 No 165
Shall G. Gordon Atcheson, Overland Park, KS Position No. 8 be retained in office? Yes 500 No 210
Shall Karen Arnold-Burger, Overland Park, KS Position No. 9 be retained in office? Yes 506 No 203
Shall Kathryn Gardner, Topeka, KS Position No. 14 be retained in office? Yes 564 No 150
QUESTION NUMBER THREE
District Magistrate Judges
Shall Christopher J. Velez, Syracuse, KS Dist. 25, Position 2 be retained in office? Yes 594 No 150
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR
Shall the method of election for Unified School District No. 494, be changed as follows:
The Method of election in Unified School District No. 494, Hamilton County, Kansas, shall be changed from three member district method of election to the at large method of election, under which the school district is not divided into any member districts and all board members are elected at large. Yes 613 No 184
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