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8:26 p.m. - Final results from all 25 precincts. 2,720 total ballots cast.
Magistrate judge:
Willey - 1,308
Stefek - 855
Ranker - 485
President:
Obama-Biden - 696
Romney-Ryan - 1,905
Kansas Senate 35th district:
Emler - 2060
Bryant - 394
Constutional Amendment:
Yes - 1,320
No - 1,013
See complete story in the 11/8 I-R.
8:15 p.m.- 17 of 25 precincts counted.
Magistrate judge:
Willey - 1,015
Stefek - 613
Ranker - 324
President -
Obama-Biden - 490
Romney-Ryan - 1,431
Constitution Amendment:
Yes - 974
No - 755
8:10 p.m. - With 11 of 25 Ellsworth County precincts counted. Verle Willey increased his lead to 745 votes. Stefek had 479 and Ranker 239.
President
Obama-Biden - 381
Romney-Ryan - 1,060
Kansas State Senate, 35th District,
Emler - 1,153
Bryant - 193
7:45 p.m. - With 6 of 25 Ellsworth County precincts counted, Verle Willey maintained his lead for magistrate judge. He had 400 votes, compared to 286 for Democrat Stefek and 119 for Independent Ranker.
In other results:
President
Obama-Biden - 240
Romney-Ryan - 562
Kansas State Senate, 35th District
Emler, R-Lindsborg - 621
Bryant, L-Galva - 106.
A constitutional amendment that would allow the Kansas Legislature to change the way water craft are taxed was 353 yes and 209 no.
Republican Verle Willey was ahead in early voting Tuesday night only minutes after the polls closed in Ellsworth County and early and absentee ballots were counted.
Willey received 240 votes for the job of magistrate judge. Other vote totals were: Democrat Doug Stefek, 137, and Independent Geri Ranker, 76.
The judge’s job was the only really contested local race.
Veteran Kansas Sen. Jay Emler, R-Lindsborg, received 347 votes, compared to 60 for libertarian candidate Jesse Bryant, Galva.
At the national level, the Romney-Ryan ticket had 308 votes. Obama and Biden, on the Democratic side, had 149 votes in early voting.
Ellsworth County election officer Jan Andrews said 472 early and absentee ballots were cast. That is about 12 percent of the county’s registered voters, the most ever. Only 9 percent of the eligible voters cast early ballots in the primary election earlier this year.
