By Staff Report
The Grand Island Independent
Posted May 13, 2008 @ 09:04 PM
Last update May 14, 2008 @ 12:30 AM
GRAND ISLAND —
FINAL STATEWIDE RESULTS
Voter Turnout: 23%
| Party |
Race |
District |
Candidate |
votes |
Percentage |
| Republican |
President |
|
John McCain |
118065 |
87% |
| Republican |
President |
|
Ron Paul |
17647 |
13% |
 |
| Democrat |
President |
|
Hillary Clinton |
43614 |
47% |
| Democrat |
President |
|
Mike Gravel |
3864 |
4% |
| Democrat |
President |
|
Barack Obama |
46279 |
49% |
 |
| Nebraska |
President |
|
Don J. Grundmann |
37 |
47% |
| Nebraska |
President |
|
Bryan Malatesta |
18 |
23% |
| Nebraska |
President |
|
Diane Beall Templin |
24 |
30% |
 |
| Green |
President |
|
Jesse Johnson |
13 |
19% |
| Green |
President |
|
Cynthia McKinney |
38 |
57% |
| Green |
President |
|
Kent Mesplay |
8 |
12% |
| Green |
President |
|
Kat Swift |
8 |
12% |
| Republican |
U.S. Senator |
|
Mike Johanns |
111289 |
78% |
| Republican |
U.S. Senator |
|
Pat Flynn |
31369 |
22% |
 |
| Democrat |
U.S. Senator |
|
Larry Marvin |
2619 |
3% |
| Democrat |
U.S. Senator |
|
Scott Kleeb |
64903 |
69% |
| Democrat |
U.S. Senator |
|
James Bryan Wilson |
3166 |
3% |
| Democrat |
U.S. Senator |
|
Tony Raimondo |
23832 |
25% |
 |
| Nebraska |
U.S. Senator |
|
Kelly Renee Rosberg |
192 |
100% |
 |
| Green |
U.S. Senator |
|
Steven R. Larrick |
116 |
100% |
| Republican |
Congress, District |
1 |
Jeff Fortenberry |
45326 |
100% |
 |
| Democrat |
Congress, District |
1 |
Max Yashirin |
26847 |
100% |
| Republican |
Congress, District |
2 |
Lee Terry |
22965 |
84% |
| Republican |
Congress, District |
2 |
Steven Laird |
4241 |
16% |
 |
| Democrat |
Congress, District |
2 |
Jim Esch |
20812 |
81% |
| Democrat |
Congress, District |
2 |
Richard N. Carter |
5011 |
19% |
| Republican |
Congress, District |
3 |
Adrian Smith |
54736 |
87% |
| Republican |
Congress, District |
3 |
Jeremiah Ellison |
7885 |
13% |
 |
| Democrat |
Congress, District |
3 |
Jay C. Stoddard |
17600 |
74% |
| Democrat |
Congress, District |
3 |
Paul A. Spatz |
6102 |
26% |
| Republican |
Public Service Commissioner |
02 |
John S. McCollister |
10481 |
100% |
 |
| Democrat |
Public Service Commissioner |
02 |
Anne Boyle |
15712 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
01 |
Lavon L. Heidemann |
5179 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
03 |
Christopher N. Geary |
345 |
8% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
03 |
Scott Price |
1438 |
35% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
03 |
Gail F. Kopplin |
1690 |
41% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
03 |
Bob Twiss |
618 |
15% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
05 |
Ben English |
383 |
12% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
05 |
Heath Mello |
1887 |
61% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
05 |
Rebecca Barrientos-Patlan |
810 |
26% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
07 |
Jeremiah Nordquist |
1223 |
67% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
07 |
Christopher Moles |
601 |
33% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
09 |
Gwen Howard |
2571 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
11 |
John M. Carter |
177 |
9% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
11 |
Devin R. Santo |
38 |
2% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
11 |
Dennis J. Womack |
205 |
10% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
11 |
Brenda J. Council |
1535 |
79% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Kurt L. Geschwender |
851 |
24% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Tanya Cook |
895 |
26% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Jackie Casey |
538 |
15% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Dave Newell |
782 |
22% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Donna Marie Adams |
168 |
5% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Chris K. Green |
106 |
3% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
13 |
Ron Geringer |
165 |
5% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
15 |
Charlie Janssen |
3540 |
60% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
15 |
Richard B. Register |
2401 |
40% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
17 |
Douglas R. Garwood |
2004 |
42% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
17 |
Robert J. Giese |
1672 |
35% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
17 |
Jason V. Bowman |
1148 |
24% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
18 |
Scott Lautenbaugh |
2056 |
44% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
18 |
Carl Lorenzen |
2091 |
44% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
18 |
Sean Tyler |
567 |
12% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
19 |
Mike Flood |
5732 |
94% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
19 |
Daniel Truman Barrows |
364 |
6% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
Vern Barrett |
1055 |
21% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
James Arthur Jeffers |
1251 |
25% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
Tami Soper |
930 |
18% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
Ken Haar |
1428 |
28% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
Justin Larsen |
186 |
4% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
21 |
Curtis D. Schell |
188 |
4% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
23 |
Chris Langemeier |
4271 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
25 |
Travis A. Wagner |
2758 |
28% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
25 |
Kathy Campbell |
5258 |
54% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
25 |
Brent Smoyer |
1713 |
18% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
27 |
Colby Coash |
1902 |
36% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
27 |
Chuck Stepanek |
447 |
8% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
27 |
Dan Marvin |
2958 |
56% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
29 |
Tony Fulton |
3160 |
50% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
29 |
Susan Scott |
3120 |
50% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
31 |
Rich Pahls |
2511 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
33 |
Dennis Utter |
2342 |
35% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
33 |
Marvin Butch Hughes |
1450 |
22% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
33 |
Chuck Shoemaker |
2886 |
43% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
35 |
Gregg Neuhaus |
1897 |
40% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
35 |
Mike Gloor |
2852 |
60% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
37 |
Galen Hadley |
2044 |
39% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
37 |
Jim George |
2399 |
45% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
37 |
Mike McShea |
841 |
16% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
39 |
Beau McCoy |
1848 |
33% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
39 |
Rex J. Moats |
2083 |
37% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
39 |
Bob Tingelhoff |
1217 |
22% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
39 |
William C. Pulte |
505 |
9% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
41 |
Jerry Peterson |
301 |
3% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
41 |
Gary A. Rasmussen |
2111 |
22% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
41 |
Kate Sullivan |
4336 |
45% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
41 |
Paul Eurek |
2630 |
27% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
41 |
Jerome Warner |
196 |
2% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
43 |
Deb Fischer |
7966 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
45 |
Abbie Cornett |
3245 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
47 |
Karl L. Elmshaeuser |
1572 |
27% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
47 |
Ken Schilz |
2481 |
42% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
47 |
Bernard G. Fehringer |
1804 |
31% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
49 |
LeRoy J. Louden |
2989 |
72% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
49 |
Scott Bolinger |
585 |
14% |
| Nonpartisan |
Legislative District |
49 |
Michael Jacobson |
591 |
14% |
| Nonpartisan |
State Board of Education |
01 |
Bob Evnen |
26320 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
State Board of Education |
02 |
Kerry T. Winterer |
19757 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
State Board of Education |
03 |
Jim Scheer |
24658 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
State Board of Education |
04 |
Rebecca A. Valdez |
6386 |
46% |
| Nonpartisan |
State Board of Education |
04 |
Tim A. Heller |
7525 |
54% |
| Nonpartisan |
Board of Regents |
01 |
Tim Clare |
18945 |
55% |
| Nonpartisan |
Board of Regents |
01 |
Don Costello |
3931 |
11% |
| Nonpartisan |
Board of Regents |
01 |
Earl Scudder |
11329 |
33% |
| Nonpartisan |
Board of Regents |
02 |
Howard Hawks |
20901 |
100% |
| Nonpartisan |
Proposed Amendment |
|
For |
136123 |
58% |
| Nonpartisan |
Proposed Amendment |
|
Against |
99145 |
42% |
FINAL COUNT FOR HALL COUNTY
VOTES PERCENT
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 41) . . . . . 41 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 31,649
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 7,892
BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN . . . . . 4,556 57.73
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRATIC . . . . . 2,913 36.91
BALLOTS CAST - NEBRASKA. . . . . . 17 .22
BALLOTS CAST - GREEN PARTY. . . . . 2 .03
BALLOTS CAST - NONPARTISAN. . . . . 404 5.12
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 24.94
********** (REPUBLICAN) **********
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Vote for 1
John McCain. . . . . . . . . . 3,751 86.55
Ron Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 482 11.12
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 101 2.33
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,334
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for 1
Mike Johanns . . . . . . . . . 3,417 76.67
Pat Flynn . . . . . . . . . . 1,023 22.95
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 17 .38
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,457
REP IN CONGRESS DIST 3
Vote for 1
Adrian Smith . . . . . . . . . 3,598 82.33
Jeremiah Ellison . . . . . . . . 763 17.46
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 9 .21
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,370
HALL COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Vote for 1
Gerard A. Piccolo. . . . . . . . 3,596 99.20
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 29 .80
Total . . . . . . . . . 3,625
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2
Vote for 1
Jim Eriksen. . . . . . . . . . 343 44.20
Daniel Purdy . . . . . . . . . 431 55.54
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2 .26
Total . . . . . . . . . 776
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 4
Vote for 1
Pamela E. Lancaster . . . . . . . 417 97.66
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.34
Total . . . . . . . . . 427
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 6
Vote for 1
Robert M. Humiston, Jr . . . . . . 164 46.72
Gary Quandt. . . . . . . . . . 187 53.28
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 351
********** (DEMOCRATIC) **********
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Vote for 1
Hillary Clinton . . . . . . . . 1,548 55.64
Mike Gravel. . . . . . . . . . 129 4.64
Barack Obama . . . . . . . . . 1,071 38.50
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 34 1.22
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,782
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for 1
Larry Marvin . . . . . . . . . 49 1.72
Scott Kleeb. . . . . . . . . . 2,233 78.52
James Bryan Wilson . . . . . . . 44 1.55
Tony Raimondo . . . . . . . . . 513 18.04
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 5 .18
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,844
REP IN CONGRESS DIST 3
Vote for 1
Jay Stoddard . . . . . . . . . 2,030 78.14
Paul A. Spatz. . . . . . . . . 563 21.67
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 5 .19
Total . . . . . . . . . 2,598
HALL COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 130 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 130
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 18 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 18
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 4
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 10 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 10
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 6
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 27 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 27
********** (NEBRASKA) **********
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Vote for 1
Don J. Grundmann . . . . . . . . 6 50.00
Bryan Malatesta . . . . . . . . 0
Diane Beall Templin . . . . . . . 2 16.67
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 33.33
Total . . . . . . . . . 12
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for 1
Kelly Renee Rosberg . . . . . . . 13 92.86
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 7.14
Total . . . . . . . . . 14
REP IN CONGRESS DIST 3
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 7 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 7
HALL COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 4
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 4
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 1 100.00
Total . . . . . . . . . 1
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 6
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
********** (GREEN PARTY) **********
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Vote for 1
Jesse Johnson . . . . . . . . . 1 50.00
Cynthia McKinney . . . . . . . . 1 50.00
Kent Mesplay . . . . . . . . . 0
Kat Swift . . . . . . . . . . 0
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 2
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for 1
Steven R. Larrick. . . . . . . . 1 100.00
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 1
REP IN CONGRESS DIST 3
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
HALL COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 2
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 4
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 6
Vote for 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
********** (NONPARTISAN) **********
LEGISLATIVE MEMBER DIST 33
Vote for 1
Dennis Utter . . . . . . . . . 239 36.66
Marvin Butch Hughes . . . . . . . 223 34.20
Chuck Shoemaker . . . . . . . . 187 28.68
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 3 .46
Total . . . . . . . . . 652
LEGISLATIVE MEMBER DIST 35
Vote for 1
Gregg Neuhaus . . . . . . . . . 1,897 39.85
Mike Gloor . . . . . . . . . . 2,852 59.92
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 11 .23
Total . . . . . . . . . 4,760
LEGISLATIVE MEMBER DIST 41
Vote for 1
Jerry Peterson. . . . . . . . . 9 2.95
Gary A. Rasmussen. . . . . . . . 93 30.49
Kate Sullivan . . . . . . . . . 111 36.39
Paul Eurek . . . . . . . . . . 86 28.20
Jerome Warner . . . . . . . . . 6 1.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 305
WOOD RIVER MAYOR
Vote for 1
Cary A. Voss . . . . . . . . . 57 20.73
John D. Webster . . . . . . . . 102 37.09
Greg Cramer. . . . . . . . . . 116 42.18
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 275
DIST 100 CENTURA SCHOOL BOARD MEM W1
Vote for 1
Kathy Brokaw . . . . . . . . . 11 20.37
Michelle Jensen . . . . . . . . 7 12.96
Ross Lyon . . . . . . . . . . 26 48.15
Gary Christensen . . . . . . . . 10 18.52
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 0
Total . . . . . . . . . 54
WOOD RIVER TAX PROPOSAL
Vote for 1
FOR the proposal . . . . . . . . 127 45.20
AGAINST the proposal. . . . . . . 154 54.80
Total . . . . . . . . . 281
NEBRASKA STATE AMENDMENT
Vote for 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,502 61.09
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . 2,867 38.91
Total . . . . . . . . . 7,369