GENERAL 2008, NOVEMBER 4, 2008
PLATTE COUNTY OFFICIAL RESULTS
THE CANVASSING BOARD HAS MET AND CERTIFIED THE RESULTS.
DIANE M.OLMER, PLATTE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER
TOTAL VOTERS: 13,640
VOTER TURN-OUT: 68.8%
OFFICIAL PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA OFFICIAL
RUN DATE:11/20/08 GENERAL ELECTION
RUN TIME:03:42 PM NOVEMBER 4, 2008
VOTES PERCENT
President and Vice President
Vote for 1
McCain/Palin (REP) . . . . . . . 9,373 69.84
Obama/Biden (DEM). . . . . . . . 3,796 28.29
Baldwin/Castle (NEB). . . . . . . 74 .55
McKinney/Clemente (GRN). . . . . . 14 .10
Barr/Root (LIB) . . . . . . . . 46 .34
Nader/Gonzalez (PET). . . . . . . 75 .56
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 42 .31
Total . . . . . . . . . 13,420
United States Senator
Vote for 1
Mike Johanns (REP) . . . . . . . 9,166 68.73
Scott Kleeb (DEM). . . . . . . . 3,917 29.37
Kelly Renee Rosberg (NEB) . . . . . 184 1.38
Steven R. Larrick (GRN). . . . . . 59 .44
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 10 .07
Total . . . . . . . . . 13,336
Representative in Congress Dist 3
Vote for 1
Adrian Smith (REP) . . . . . . . 9,846 78.28
Jay C. Stoddard (DEM) . . . . . . 2,719 21.62
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 13 .10
Total . . . . . . . . . 12,578
County Supervisor Dist 2
Vote for 1
John P. Woerth (REP). . . . . . . 812 47.54
Jerry Micek (DEM). . . . . . . . 892 52.22
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 .23
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,708
County Supervisor Dist 4
Vote for 1
Ronald Pfeifer (REP). . . . . . . 1,406 98.12
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.88
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,433
County Supervisor Dist 6
Vote for 1
Joe Tooley (REP) . . . . . . . . 1,329 98.96
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.04
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,343
Member State Board of Education Dist 3
Vote for 1
Jim Scheer . . . . . . . . . . 9,160 99.28
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 66 .72
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,226
Retain Judge William B. Cassel
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,294 73.34
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,651 26.66
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,945
Retain Judge Laureen K. Van Norman
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,276 74.51
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,489 25.49
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,765
Retain Judge Michael K. High
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,862 73.23
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,509 26.77
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,371
Retain Judge Mary C. Gilbride
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,141 72.39
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,723 27.61
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,864
Retain Judge Linda Caster Senff
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,252 74.64
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,464 25.36
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,716
Retain Judge Patrick R. McDermott
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,200 74.22
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,501 25.78
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,701
Retain Judge Marvin V. Miller
Vote for 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,755 73.34
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,455 26.66
Total . . . . . . . . . 9,210
Central CC Board of Gov Dist 5
Vote for 1
Rich E. Anderson . . . . . . . . 5,879 54.35
Beth Boesch. . . . . . . . . . 4,912 45.41
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 .23
Total . . . . . . . . . 10,816
Central CC Board of Gov At Large
Vote for 1
Sam Cowan . . . . . . . . . . 4,866 65.03
Homer Pierce . . . . . . . . . 2,570 34.34
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 47 .63
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,483
Central Community College Levy Override
Vote for 1
For . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,348 43.84
Against . . . . . . . . . . . 6,852 56.16
Total . . . . . . . . . 12,200
Nebraska PPD Board of Dir Sub 9
Vote for 1
Larry G. Kuncl. . . . . . . . . 4,866 43.16
Jerry Chlopek . . . . . . . . . 6,408 56.84
Total . . . . . . . . . 11,274
Loup River PPD Board of Dir Sub 9
Vote for 1
Dick Tooley. . . . . . . . . . 7,131 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,131
Loup River PPD Board of Dir Sub 10
Vote for 1
William A. Merrill . . . . . . . 6,711 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 6,711
Cornhusker PPD Board of Dir Sub 5
Vote for 1
Glen Pfeifer . . . . . . . . . 494 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 494
Elkhorn Rural PPD Board of Dir Sub 1-6 Yr
Vote for 1
Mark Miller. . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1
Elkhorn Rural PPD Board of Dir Sub 1-2 Yr
Vote for 1
Gregory A. Weidner . . . . . . . 1 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1
Central Platte NRD Board of Dir Sub 9
Vote for 1
Ken Schutt . . . . . . . . . . 79 69.91
Ladd M. Reeves. . . . . . . . . 34 30.09
Total . . . . . . . . . 113
Lower Elkhorn NRD Board of Dir Sub 4
Vote for 1
Timothy J. Tighe . . . . . . . . 512 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 512
Lower Loup NRD Board of Dir Sub 6
Vote for 1
Jerry Smith. . . . . . . . . . 128 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 128
Lower Loup NRD Board of Dir Sub 7
Vote for 1
Craig E. Frenzen . . . . . . . . 1,200 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,200
Lower Loup NRD Board of Dir Sub 8
Vote for 1
Darwin Sieh. . . . . . . . . . 1,939 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,939
Lower Loup NRD Board of Dir Sub 9
Vote for 1
Michael P. Gutzmer . . . . . . . 2,254 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,254
Lower Loup NRD Board of Dir Sub 10
Vote for 1
Darwin B. Anderson . . . . . . . 2,287 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,287
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 1
Vote for 1
Gene Acklie. . . . . . . . . . 623 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 623
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 2
Vote for 1
David Shelso . . . . . . . . . 191 31.11
Marvin J. Eden. . . . . . . . . 423 68.89
Total . . . . . . . . . 614
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 3
Vote for 1
Ted D. Bailey . . . . . . . . . 312 52.17
William Taylor. . . . . . . . . 286 47.83
Total . . . . . . . . . 598
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 4
Vote for 1
Art Bailey . . . . . . . . . . 585 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 585
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 5
Vote for 1
John Hannah. . . . . . . . . . 624 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 624
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 6
Vote for 1
Robert Hilger . . . . . . . . . 629 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 629
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 7
Vote for 1
Ronald F. Sabatka. . . . . . . . 595 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 595
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 8
Vote for 1
Robert J. Meduna . . . . . . . . 576 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 576
Lower Platte N NRD Board of Dir Sub 9
Vote for 1
Ervin A. Bull . . . . . . . . . 192 32.93
Ray Casey . . . . . . . . . . 391 67.07
Total . . . . . . . . . 583
ESU 7 Dist 1 Board Member
Vote for 1
Richard Stephens . . . . . . . . 44 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 44
ESU 7 Dist 2 Board Member
Vote for 1
Esther Mohnsen. . . . . . . . . 212 37.26
Wendy Rahtz. . . . . . . . . . 357 62.74
Total . . . . . . . . . 569
ESU 7 Dist 3 Board Member
Vote for 1
Gene Burton. . . . . . . . . . 201 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 201
ESU 7 Dist 5 Board Member
Vote for 1
Duane Munson . . . . . . . . . 1,871 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,871
ESU 7 Dist 8 Board Member
Vote for 1
John Wurdeman . . . . . . . . . 385 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 385
ESU 8 Dist 6 Board Member
Vote for 1
Robert Chilcoat Jr. . . . . . . . 83 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 83
School Board Member Columbus - 4 Yr
Vote for 3
Barbara J. Lehr . . . . . . . . 5,651 34.04
Alan L. Dostal. . . . . . . . . 5,619 33.84
Mike Goos . . . . . . . . . . 5,200 31.34
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 130 .79
Total . . . . . . . . . 16,600
(Totals include Polk and Butler County Votes)
School Board Member Columbus - 2 Yr
Vote for 1
Ron Rathbone . . . . . . . . . 5,929 99.36
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 38 .64
Total . . . . . . . . . 5,967
(Totals include Polk and Butler County Voters)
School Board Member Lakeview
Vote for 3
Larry Mohrman . . . . . . . . . 774 14.04
John A. Wurdeman . . . . . . . . 856 15.53
Timothy J. Mueller . . . . . . . 1,179 21.39
Dan Pabian . . . . . . . . . . 904 16.40
Dan Lutjens. . . . . . . . . . 851 15.44
Jerry Korte. . . . . . . . . . 935 16.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 12 .22
Total . . . . . . . . . 5,511
School Board Member Humphrey
Vote for 4
Cory Groenke . . . . . . . . . 398 14.97
James J. Frauendorfer . . . . . . 650 24.47
Allen Christensen. . . . . . . . 552 20.73
Randy Herchenbach. . . . . . . . 650 24.47
Troy Mach . . . . . . . . . . 390 14.70
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 .65
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,657
(Totals include Madison County Votes)
School Board Member St Edward
Vote for 3
Mark Jensen. . . . . . . . . . 56 29.02
Ted Jensen . . . . . . . . . . 40 20.73
Garry W. Riggs. . . . . . . . . 30 15.54
Richard Roan . . . . . . . . . 13 6.74
Lisa Rasmussen. . . . . . . . . 54 27.98
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 193
School Board Member Twin River
Vote for 3
Jason Urkoski . . . . . . . . . 168 20.02
David Baxa . . . . . . . . . . 192 22.88
Dan Preister . . . . . . . . . 173 20.62
Marc A. Swantek . . . . . . . . 162 19.31
Jennifer Miller . . . . . . . . 136 16.21
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 8 .95
Total . . . . . . . . . 839
School Board Member Madison
Vote for 3
George H. Moyer . . . . . . . . 4 10.00
Harlow G. Hanson . . . . . . . . 2 5.00
Donna Habrock . . . . . . . . . 5 12.50
Deb Neidig . . . . . . . . . . 11 27.50
Jim Reeves . . . . . . . . . . 9 22.50
Allan J. Frisch . . . . . . . . 9 22.50
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 40
School Board Member Leigh
Vote for 5
Jean M. Wendt . . . . . . . . . 100 14.88
Kamin L. Held . . . . . . . . . 112 16.67
Michael L. Settje. . . . . . . . 88 13.10
Jill M. Becher. . . . . . . . . 105 15.63
Ryan Hoffman . . . . . . . . . 75 11.16
Harlan Held. . . . . . . . . . 89 13.24
Stuart Osten . . . . . . . . . 92 13.69
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.64
Total . . . . . . . . . 672
School Board Member Clarkson Public
Vote for 3
Suzy Kluthe. . . . . . . . . . 0
Tom Hamernik . . . . . . . . . 0
Mark G. Gall . . . . . . . . . 0
Cari Janousek . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
School Board Member Newman Grove
Vote for 3
Brian Wallin . . . . . . . . . 130 36.72
Thomas W. Haase . . . . . . . . 114 32.20
Roger Lyon . . . . . . . . . . 109 30.79
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 .28
Total . . . . . . . . . 354
Columbus City Mayor
Vote for 1
Mike Moser . . . . . . . . . . 7,153 97.43
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 189 2.57
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,342
Columbus City Council Wd 1
Vote for 1
Charlie Bahr . . . . . . . . . 1,629 99.57
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 7 .43
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,636
Columbus City Council Wd 2
Vote for 1
Jim Bulkley. . . . . . . . . . 1,335 97.87
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.13
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,364
Columbus City Council Wd 3
Vote for 1
Ron Schilling . . . . . . . . . 1,820 98.38
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 30 1.62
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,850
Columbus City Council Wd 4
Vote for 1
John F. Lohr . . . . . . . . . 1,742 99.03
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 .97
Total . . . . . . . . . 1,759
Columbus Airport Authority - 6 Yr
Vote for 2
Cecil R. Jones. . . . . . . . . 3,414 30.66
Dan Meysenburg. . . . . . . . . 3,496 31.40
Jeff L. Krings. . . . . . . . . 4,183 37.57
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 41 .37
Total . . . . . . . . . 11,134
Columbus Airport Authority - 2 Yr
Vote for 1
David Hogelin . . . . . . . . . 5,759 99.41
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 34 .59
Total . . . . . . . . . 5,793
Humphrey City Mayor
Vote for 1
Donald Zavadil. . . . . . . . . 302 96.49
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.51
Total . . . . . . . . . 313
Humphrey City Council At Large
Vote for 2
Paul W. Duesman . . . . . . . . 200 36.04
Ron Krings . . . . . . . . . . 220 39.64
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 135 24.32
Denis Torczon 73
Barbara S. Chaney 48
Scattered Write-in 14
Total . . . . . . . . . 555
Humphrey Sales Tax
Vote for 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 48.00
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . 169 52.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 325
Newman Grove City Council At Large
Vote for 2
Tom Bagley . . . . . . . . . . 3 50.00
Michael Gearhart . . . . . . . . 3 50.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 6
Creston Village Board Trustees
Vote for 2
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 46 100.00
Don Schmitz 5
Dave Hollatz 5
Nancy Smith 4
Vern Fittje 3
Melvin Boyd 3
Scattered Write-In 23
(Oval-no name) 3
Total . . . . . . . . . 46
Cornlea Village Board Trustees
Vote for 2
Shane Baumgart. . . . . . . . . 12 75.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 25.00
Gary Preister 3
Tom Harding 1
Total . . . . . . . . . 16
Duncan Village Board Trustees
Vote for 3
Eugene L. Drozd . . . . . . . . 71 33.33
Joe Boruch . . . . . . . . . . 104 48.83
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 38 17.84
Ron Lueschen 7
Robert Hinze 4
Joe Head 4
Mark Schacher 3
Scattered Write-In 20
Total . . . . . . . . . 213
Lindsay Village Board Trustees
Vote for 3
Harry Nienaber. . . . . . . . . 49 13.92
David L. Arlt . . . . . . . . . 63 17.90
Larry D. Fischer . . . . . . . . 38 10.80
Eugene D. Werner . . . . . . . . 96 27.27
Dale A. Schaecher. . . . . . . . 106 30.11
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 352
Monroe Village Board Trustees
Vote for 3
Todd Connelly . . . . . . . . . 97 42.17
Steve Kirby. . . . . . . . . . 98 42.61
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 35 15.22
Mike Sempek 14
Traci Nelsen 5
Scattered Write-In 16
Total . . . . . . . . . 230
Monroe Sales Tax
Vote for 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 57.14
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . 54 42.86
Total . . . . . . . . . 126
Platte Center Village Board Trustees
Vote for 2
Rebecca S. Tracer-Rayman . . . . . 71 24.65
Larry Hassebrook . . . . . . . . 48 16.67
Eric Korus . . . . . . . . . . 115 39.93
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 54 18.75
Mark Borchers 48
Reeve Cunningham 3
Scattered Write-In 3
Total . . . . . . . . . 288
Tarnov Village Board Trustees
Vote for 2
Kathy Krings . . . . . . . . . 8 29.63
Jeff Kudron. . . . . . . . . . 17 62.96
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 7.41
Total . . . . . . . . . 27
Amendment 1
Vote for 1
For . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,422 39.02
Against . . . . . . . . . . . 6,911 60.98
Total . . . . . . . . . 11,333
Initiative 424
Vote for 1
For . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,435 56.70
Against . . . . . . . . . . . 4,914 43.30
Total . . . . . . . . . 11,349