\u200bJohnson wins sheriff, Croll defeats incumbent treasurer<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County voters decided multiple contested county races when they went to the polls in Tuesday’s primary election. In Republican races, Thomas Johnson defeated Michael\u00a0Roney\u00a0for Coffey County Sheriff; incumbent Angie Kirchner\u00a0defeated Stella Eccles in the County Clerk race; Richard Croll\u00a0won a four-way race against incumbent\u00a0treasurer\u00a0Karen\u00a0Maley, Laura Hawkins and Stella Eccles; incumbent Don Meats defeated Christine Williams\u00a0in the race for Coffey County Commissioner in District 2, and Jesse Knight defeated Randy Miller in the commission race for District 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u200bThe Kansas House – 76th District was won by incumbent Eric Smith, Burlington, with 69 percent of all district votes, over Robert Harmon, Osage City.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u200bWhile Coffey County favored incumbent Bruce Givens over Michael\u00a0Fagg\u00a0in the Kansas Senate \u2014 14th District race, 1,271-1,022,\u00a0Fagg\u00a0upset Givens districtwide with 54 percent of the votes.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u200bCoffey\u00a0Countians\u00a0cast 2,317 ballots out of 6,079 registered voters for a 38.11 percent turnout. Provisional ballots and advance ballots cast by mail and received after Election Day will be considered Tuesday when the election is canvassed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u200bStatewide results are at http:\/\/www.sos.ks.gov\/ent\/kssos_ent.html.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
2020 Primary Election<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Unofficial Coffey County Results<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Aug. 4, 2020<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
* – winner, (i) – incumbent<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Sheriff<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Thomas L. Johnson\u00a0\u200b1,474<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Michael L. Roney 925<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Clerk<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Angie Kirchner (i) 1,256<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Stella P. Eccles 1,156<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
D – Donna Wallace 257<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Treasurer<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Richard Croll 873<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Laura A. Hawkins 676<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Karen E. Maley (i) 610<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Danah Stahl 231<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Commissioner \u2013 District 2<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Donald L. Meats 235<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Christine Williams 215<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Commissioner \u2013 District 3<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Jesse Knight 250<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Randy Miller 223<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Register of Deeds<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Gwen R. Birk (i) 2,312<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Coffey County Attorney<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Wade H. Bowie II (i) 2,245<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Kansas House of Representatives
District 76<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – *Eric L. Smith (i) 2,051<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Robert Harmon 342<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Kansas Senate – Dist. 14<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Bruce Givens (i)\u00a0\u200b1,271<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Michael A. Fagg 1,022<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
U.S. House of Representatives – Dist. 2<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Jake LaTurner 1,094<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
D – Michelle De La Isla 213<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
U.S. Senate\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
R – Roger Marshall 725<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
D – Barbara Bollier 245<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Township Trustee:\u00a0Republican Winners \u2013 Burlington Township – Sean Douglass, 129; Key West Township – Janie Baker, 75; Neosho Township – Irene Kennard, 46; Pleasant Township, Terry Emmons, 71; Rock Creek Township – Timothy E. Johnson, 177. Democratic Winners – Rock Creek Township – Dale\u00a0Hinderliter, 23.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Township Treasurer:\u00a0Republican Winners \u2013 Burlington Township – Warren Bell, 130; Key West Township – Holly Myers, 75; Lincoln Township – Ida M. Wilson, 304; Neosho Township – Lyle Fischer, 46; \u00a0Pleasant Township – Nancy L. Jesse, 73; Pottawatomie Township – David\u00a0Poire, 63; Rock Creek Township – Larry Bender, 187.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Republican Precinct Committeemen and Committeewomen: Winners \u2013 Burlington City Ward 1 – Robert Fitz, 197, Kathy Gales, 208; Burlington City Ward 2 – Brad L. Jones, 196, Rebecca Jo Smith, 189; Burlington City Ward 3 – Donald E. Small, 207, Denise Humlicek, 215; Burlington Township – Warren Bell, 129, Linda Bell, 127; Key West – James R. Strawder, 72, Kim Strawder, 72; LeRoy Township – Bill Otto, 156; Lincoln Township – Richard L. Morgan, 289, Ida Wilson, 286; Neosho Township \u2013 Roger Cook, 45, Tasha Rogers, 43; Ottumwa Township – Russel K. Stukey, 104, Angie Kirchner, 181; Pleasant Township – Mark Harris, 72, Carol Harris, 70; Pottawatomie Township – Greg Kropf, 59, Sharon Henry, 59; Rock Creek Township – Timothy E. Johnson, 170, Georgia Masten, 186; Star Township – Susan J. Mueller, 59; Burlington Ward 1 – Kathleen D. Gales, 171; Burlington Ward 2 – Brad L. Jones, 121, Rebecca Jo Smith, 110; Burlington Ward 3 – Donald E. Small, 139, Denise Humlicek, 145.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u200bJohnson wins sheriff, Croll defeats incumbent treasurer Coffey County voters decided multiple contested county races when they went to the polls in Tuesday’s primary election. In Republican races, Thomas Johnson defeated Michael\u00a0Roney\u00a0for Coffey County Sheriff; incumbent Angie Kirchner\u00a0defeated Stella Eccles in the County Clerk race; Richard Croll\u00a0won a four-way race against incumbent\u00a0treasurer\u00a0Karen\u00a0Maley, Laura Hawkins and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-election-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions\/4174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coffeycountyonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}