Curry, Skees and Holmquist are winners
Former undersheriff Chuck Curry will become the new Flathead County sheriff. He defeated the incumbent in the Republican primary on Tuesday by tallying 46 percent of the ballots. No Democrats ran for sheriff in the primary.
In WhitefishÕs House District 4 race, Derek Skees won the Republican primary, winning 48 percent of the vote. He will face Will Hammerquist in the November general election, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Pam Holmquist won the Repub-lican primary for county commissioner, tallying 44 percent of the vote in a three-way race. She will face the incumbent, Joe Brenneman, in the fall. Brenneman won the Democratic primary with 71 percent of the vote.
The top two candidates in the race for the new District Court judge position will advance to the fall election. David Ortley garnered 42 percent of the votes, and Heidi Ulbricht had 25 percent.
The top two candidates in the Justice of the Peace Dept. 2 race will also advance to the fall election. Incumbent Mark Sullivan had 31 percent and Travis Bruyer had 23.
About 28 percent of the countyÕs 58,584 voters cast ballots. Of the ballots cast, more than 80 percent were Republican.
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UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
FLATHEAD COUNTY PRIMARY ELECTION
REGISTERED VOTERS 58,584
BALLOTS CAST 16,528
BALLOTS CAST - DEMOCRAT 3,284 - 19.87%
BALLOTS CAST - REPUBLICAN 13,244 - 80.13%
VOTER TURNOUT 28.21%
DEMOCRATS
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
TYLER GERNANT 792 - 24.12%
MELINDA GOPHER 614 - 18.70%
DENNIS MCDONALD 824 - 25.09%
SAM RANKIN 487 - 14.83%
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
KEN TOOLE 2,621 - 79.81%
HOUSE DISTRICT 4
WILL HAMMERQUIST 434 - 83.30%
HOUSE DISTRICT 6
SCOTT WHEELER 379 - 79.45%
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
JOE BRENNEMAN 2,353 - 71.65%
NOEL GORTON 742 - 22.59%
REPUBLICANS
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
MARK T FRENCH 3,223 - 24.34%
A.J. OTJEN 529 - 3.99%
DENNY REHBERG 8,985 - 67.84%
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
BILL GALLAGHER 5,050 - 38.13%
BRAD JOHNSON 5,898 - 44.53%
HOUSE DISTRICT 4
P. WM. (BILL) GEISSE 166 - 13.23%
DAMON PACE 330 - 26.29%
DEREK SKEES 612 - 48.76%
HOUSE DISTRICT 6
BILL BECK 1,536 - 74.89%
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
HOWARD W. GIPE 4,807 - 36.30%
PAM HOLMQUIST 5,929 - 44.77%
PATRICK NICKOL 1,525 - 11.51%
CLERK & RECORDER/AUDITOR/SURVEYOR
PAULA ROBINSON 8,695 - 65.65%
REBEKAH ESLICK SAVELLE 2,766 - 20.88%
COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER
CHUCK CURRY 6,133 - 46.31%
MIKE MEEHAN 4,176 - 31.53%
LANCE NORMAN 2,630 - 19.86%
COUNTY ATTORNEY
ED CORRIGAN 9,998 - 75.49%
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
MARCIA M. SHEFFELS 9,955 - 75.17%
TREASURER/ASSESSOR/PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
ADELE KRANTZ 10,468 - 79.04%
NONPARTISAN
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 4
BETH BAKER 6,481 - 39.21%
NELS SWANDAL 5,692 - 34.44%
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 2
MIKE WHEAT 11,410 - 69.03%
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 11 DEPARTMENT 4
RICH DE JANA 1,750 - 10.59%
DAVID M. ORTLEY 7,026 - 42.51%
PHYLLIS QUATMAN 2,286 - 13.83%
HEIDI J. ULBRICHT 4,237 - 25.64%
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DEPARTMENT 1
GLEN NEIER 4,454 - 26.95%
DANIEL R. WILSON 7,625 - 46.13%
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE DEPARTMENT 2
TRAVIS W. BRUYER 3,953 - 23.92%
ERIC S. HUMMEL 3,305 - 20.00%
MARK R. SULLIVAN 5,168 - 31.27%
PAUL D. SULLIVAN 1,103 - 6.67%