Experience wins — Incumbents hold all three Weston County Commission seats

Weston County voters chose to stick with experience in Tuesday’s Republican primary, returning all three incumbent county commissioners to their seats in a seven-candidate race that highlighted the county’s unofficial primary election results.

Incumbents Garrett Borton, Nathan Todd and Vera Huber captured the three available spots on the Weston County Commission. Borton led the field with 1,227 votes, followed by Todd with 1,156 and Huber with 1,002.

The three incumbents held off four challengers. Allen Slagle received 699 votes, Don Taylor received 563, Gillian Sears received 507 and Henry Nessul received 283. A total of 5,477 votes were cast in the vote-for-three contest, including 40 write-in votes.

In another contested county race, incumbent Bryan E. Colvard defeated Susan L. Bridge for the Republican nomination for Weston County sheriff. Colvard received 1,274 votes, or 59.73%, compared with 852 votes, or 39.94%, for Bridge.

Several other Republican county candidates were unopposed. Scott E. Beachler received 1,866 votes for coroner; Amber Prell-Green received 1,691 for county clerk; Michael Stulken received 1,470 for county attorney; Susan Overman received 1,870 for treasurer; Kara Lenardson received 1,878 for assessor; and Riki Kaiser received 1,814 for clerk of district court.

Weston County voters also cast ballots in contested Wyoming legislative races.

In Senate District 1, Ogden Driskill received 617 votes, or 63.22%, in Weston County, compared with 356 votes, or 36.48%, for Chip Neiman. The totals represent only the Weston County portion of the district.

In House District 1, Troy Claycomb received 710 votes, or 74.04%, in Weston County, while Zeta Nuckolls Anderson received 247 votes, or 25.76%. J.D. Williams, who was unopposed in the Republican primary for House District 2, received 946 votes.

In statewide races, Weston County Republicans favored Harriet Hageman in the U.S. Senate contest. Hageman received 1,336 votes, followed by Sam Mead with 640, Jill Edwards with 51, and John Holtz with 40 .

Eric Barlow led the Republican governor’s race in Weston County with 1,138 votes, or 52.71%. Megan Degenfelder received 541 votes, Brent Bien received 454 and Curt Blake received 25.

Robert Short led the Republican secretary of state contest in the county with 997 votes, followed by Rachel Williams with 647; CJ Young with 206 and Qwenton Eagle Oviatt with 89. Kristi Racines, uncontested, received 1,731 votes for state auditor. 

Curt Meier received 1,371 votes for state treasurer, with Scott Smith earning 539 votes.

For Newcastle City Council, Wyatt Voelker received 589 votes, Donnie Steveson 447, and John Butts 444. All three will get a seat.

The unofficial results show 2,197 Republican ballots and 53 Democratic ballots cast in Weston County. All eight precincts were reporting when the county generated its election summary Tuesday night.

The results remain unofficial until they are canvassed and certified. Results will be updated online as they are certified. 

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