Some unofficial election results.
In the primary election Tuesday, Bryan Murphy defeated Jared Froggatte 1,159 to 753 (60 percent to 40 percent) for Allen County Sheriff for the Republican nomination. Murphy will face Skyler Clark (independent) in the November general election.
Tom Williams defeated Rob Frances 65 percent to 35 percent for County Commission District 2.
Jim Talkington defeated Don Bauer 55 percent to 45 percent for County Commission District 3. Neither Talkington nor Williams have a Democratic opponent in November.
For the Iola City Council, both Kendall Callahan and Ken Rowe were voted out of office tonight. Callahan was ousted by a vote of 170 to 139 (57 to 43 percent). Rowe was voted out by a vote of 150 to 78 (66 to 34 percent).
Also locally, Caryn Tyson led John Coen 54 to 46 percent in their State Senate GOP primary. (Tyson also led by similar margins with about 75 percent of the rest of the Senate District 12 reporting).
Ed Bideau of Chanute looks to have an advantage in the Kansas House District 9 race, although Bud Sifers won Allen County by 15 votes, 631 votes to Bideau’s 616. Judy Brigham was third in Allen County with 461 votes. That breakdown is 36.94 percent for Sifers, 36.07 percent for Bideau and 26.99 percent for Brigham.
Conventional wisdom (for what its worth) says that Bideau will carry his native Neosho County, although only about half of Neosho County’s precincts have reported to the Kansas Secretary of State’s office as of 11 p.m. Tuesday. Of those votes, Bideau received 67 percent.
