LIVE Park County primary election results

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10:45 p.m. Just got a phew from Clerk Kelly Jensen. We're done. No surprises. Keep in mind these results are unofficial until certified later this week.

Dave Bonner wins re-election to House District 25 by about 15 percent (300 votes), Sam

Krone wins District 24 pretty handily, incumbent Tim French and challengers Loren Grosskopf and Joe Tilden advance as the top three GOPers for the Park County Commission. Commissioners Jill Shockley Siggins and Bill Brewer have been voted off the board.

Barb Poley looks to be the winning candidate in the GOP treasurer's race.

West Park's $14.2 million cap tax fails with little doubt, with only about 30 percent of Park County voters supporting it.

Powell City Councilman Rex Sanders has lost his seat, with challengers Myron Heny and Tim Sapp advancing.

I think that's a wrap. You can see all of the county results here, and the Casper Star-Tribune is doing a fantastic job covering the statewide races here. The GOP governor's race is too close to call with nearly all votes in.

Thanks to those who followed along!

10:33 p.m. Things that Powell's vote didn't change -- in GOP race for treasurer, Barb Poley has emerged on top over Rebecca Winterowd, in state GOOP races, Simpson wins the county's support for governor, Cloud wins the county's auditor nod, Hill the county nod for state superintendent of public instruction.

10:12 p.m. Some more highlights: looks like incumbent city councilman Rex Sanders has been ousted. He picked up just 17 percent of the vote (69 votes), behind Myron Heny (45 percent of the vote, 182 ballots) and Tim Sapp (33 percent, 133 votes).

I think we can safely say the West Park cap tax has failed. Voters in Powell and Meeteetse soundly voted it down; with their votes added in, only 30 percent of voters county-wide supported the tax.

10:10 p.m. Most of Powell's precincts are in (so are Meeteetse's) and we have 24 of 29 precincts reporting; absentees are among those still out.

In House District 25, incumbent Dave Bonner leads with 45 percent of the vote (683 votes) over Gerry Parker's 32 percent (488 votes) and David Kellett's 18 percent (280 votes).

For the commission, incumbent Tim French (2,373 votes) and challengers Loren Grosskopf (2,029 votes) and Joe Tilden (1,873 votes) continue to have the top three slots for the three open seats. Incumbents Bill Brewer (1,783) and Jill Shockley Siggins (1,633) continue to trail. It's starting to look grim for them. Vicki Gibson of Powell looks like she picked up a ton of votes in her hometown, but with 1,104 votes so far, it likely won't be enough. Hank Whitelock is also in quadruple digits, with 1,349 votes.

9:47 p.m. Still waiting on Powell results to be uploaded.

9:26 p.m. Powell results just arrived. While those are being processed, it might be a good time to start checking statewide results, as the GOP governor's race looks TIGHT early on between Micheli, Mead and Meyer, with Colin Simpson significantly behind.

9:20 p.m. While we continue to wait for results from Powell and other areas, a brief recap of what we know so far:

Sitting commissioners Jill Shockley Siggins and Bill Brewer need help from Powell to keep their seats. Challengers Joe Tilden and Loren Grosskopf are sitting in the top two spots, followed by incumbent commissioner Tim French. It'll be a tough uphill battle for anyone other than those five to vault into the top three.

The West Park Hospital cap tax is headed to failure unless Powell voters overwhelmingly support it.

Similarly, barring a monumental shift in Powell, Barb Poley takes the GOP's nomination for Treasurer over Rebecca Winterowd.

Sam Krone takes the House District 24 race pretty handily, early results indicate.

Colin Simpson will win his home county in the GOP governor's race.

9:01 p.m. Some other results as we wait for Powell's ballots to come in... Again, this is with 10 of 29 precincts reporting, mostly Cody area.

In the GOP race for auditor, Cynthia Cloud (of Cody) has 66 percent of the vote (1,602 votes), Bruce Brown has 34 percent (827 votes).

State Superintendent of Public Instruction (GOP side), Cindy Hill leads 48 percent of the vote (1,114 votes), Jim McBride has 31 percent (703 votes), Trent Blankenship has 15 percent (351 votes) followed by Ted Adams - 6 percent and 131 votes.

U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) is winning over challenger Evan Slafter, 83 percent to 17 percent.

If you're wondering To update the unopposed candidates (secretary of state, state treasurer, county sheriff, coroner, attorney, clerk of district court, etc.), nobody's getting bumped off by a write in campaign.

8:54 p.m. 10 Park County precincts are in (of 29). Basically still just Cody results.

In the GOP governor's race Simpson continues to lead with 39 percent (1,059 votes), followed by Rita Meyer at 23 percent (628 votes), 21 percent for Ron Micheli (563 votes), and 14 percent for Matt Mead (391 votes).

On the Dem side, Leslie Petersen leads Pete Gosar by 21 votes.

Challengers Joe Tilden (1,104 votes) and Loren Grosskopf (1,098 votes) and incumbent Tim French (1,068 votes) continue to lead the race for the three open seats on the commission. Siggins (889 votes) and Brewer (850 votes) are next, followed by Whitelock (659 votes).

The $14.2 million West Park cap tax is looking very likely to fail, with 58.5 percent opposed (1,662 votes) and 41.5 percent in favor (1,178 votes), again, in mostly Cody precincts.

In the race for county treasurer, Poley has more than 80 percent of the vote (1,931 votes), followed by just less than 20 percent for Rebecca Winterowd (472 votes).

Krone has 53 percent of the vote in the GOP District 24 race (1,027 votes), Simonton has 30 percent (587) and Whitman has 16 percent (313).

8:40 p.m. First results are in, they include 7 of 29 precincts, mostly Cody areas (correction, not Meeteetse).

Simpson's leading the county for the GOP governor nod, challengers Joe Tilden and Loren Grosskopf and incumbent Tim French lead the race for the three open commission seats. Incumbents Jill Shockley Siggins and Bill Brewer may be in trouble in the fourth and fifth position unless Powell comes through for them. Deputy Park County Attorney Sam Krone leads the House District 24 race by a healthy margin. GOP Treasurer candidate Barb Poley is up handily as well.

Looks bad for the cap tax. 58 percent (1,053 voters) against and 42 percent (761 voters for).

Powell's results are still on the way.

Governor's race:

GOP

Simpson -668

Meyer -412

Micheli -383

Mead -248

Kousoulos - 31

County Commission (top three):

Joe Tilden -744

Loren Grosskopf - 695

Tim French - 608

Jill Shockley Siggins - 581

Bill Brewer - 504

Hank Whitelock -409

Karla Dee Gitlitz -176

Fred Reynolds - 125

Vicki Gibson - 170

Bill Yetter -160

Ted Davey - 57

House District 24:

Krone - 788

Simonton - 442

Whitman - 248

8:08 p.m. Still no results yet, but elections department staff are in the process of uploading results from four precincts. Clerk Kelly Jensen said complications with having to print and use some emergency ballots has complicated the process, but she expects some results - such as those from Cody's bigger precincts - could be available in about 15 minutes.

7:50 p.m. Some more financial numbers, on the governor's race, if you're interested, as you'd guess, Cody native Colin Simpson led the way in raising money in Park County among Republicans, pulling in $257,144 in the county as of Aug. 3 -- with $117,260 coming from himself or immediate family. Ron Micheli raised $15,855 in the county. Rita Meyer raised $8,455 and Matt Mead raised $5,080 from individuals. Lesser-known GOP gubernatorial Candidate Alan Kousoulos of Cody raised all of his $4,038 in Park County, $3,111 of that from himself or immediate family. On the Democratic side, Pete Gosar raised $250 and Petersen reported raising nothing here.

Just for the record, the courthouse is hopping tonight. We've got ballots coming in, and down in the basement, the county planning and zoning board is hosting an overflow crowd at their monthly meeting.

7:34 p.m. No ballots back yet, but it appears turnout in Park County was really high, says Clerk Kelly Jensen. There were an unexpectedly high number of Republicans, Jensen said.

Party-switching, perhaps?

"We believe we had a lot (of switches)," Jensen said, but that's still just speculation until the numbers come in.

Ballots are coming in from the more than 10

polling places across the county as I type.

"The other clerks were saying it (election day) was dull and boring, I was like, huh?" said Jensen.

7:15 p.m. I'm not going to guess the results of some of the contentious races, but here are some possibly useful numbers to consider as the polls close here in Park County and across the state:

As of Aug. 3, the reporting deadline, here's what the fundraising picture looked like for the Republican candidates for House District 25 (the Powell area):

1. Tribune publisher (and incumbent) Dave Bonner - $1,850
2. Powell Church of Christ Preacher Gerry Parker - $1,830
3. K.I. Computing owner and tea party organizer David Kellett - $900

Back in May, Kellett said he'd need to raise $15,000 to run a successful campaign, so we'll see if that holds true.

And in the extremely heated GOP race in House District 24 (the Cody area) to replace outgoing House Speaker Colin Simpson, here's how the fundraising numbers shook out:

1. Private attorney Steve Simonton - $20,606 (for the record, that appears to be more than double the amount raised by any other legislative candidate in the state)
2. Deputy County Attorney Sam Krone - $9,430
3. Optometrist Jason Whitman $4,345

Just for fun, if Facebook followers are an accurate predictor of support, he's how the GO gubernatorial candidates may finish:

1. Colin Simpson - 2,337
2. Ron Micheli - 2,073
3. Matt Mead - 1,932
4. Rita Meyer - 1,714

And the Dems:

1. Leslie Petersen - 426
2. Pete Gosar - 417

6:10 p.m. As you hopefully are aware, today is primary election day in Wyoming (along with fellow W-state Washington). If you didn't know, well, you do now, and you've still got time to get to the polls and vote (they close at 7 p.m.).

Obviously, there aren't any results available from Park County just yet, but as soon as they are, I'll be updating this post. Just refresh the page for the latest. I'll probably start updates in earnest around 7:15 or so, depending on how things go.

If you're looking for some other sources to check live results as they come in, you can try the Park County Clerk's Office primary election results page and, for the whole state, the Secretary of State's elections results page. If things work like they did in 2008, the Tribune should have county results online before anyone else.

There's a lot of big races to track tonight. Here's what I plan on focusing on: the Republican county commission race, West Park's cap tax, the Cody and Powell GOP state house races (that's district 24 & 25, respectively), and, of course, the governor's races. And I'll be sure to track the county treasurer's race in the Republican party and Powell's Ward 3 City Council race (which is non-partisan).

As we wait for the polls to close, if you've got any fearless predictions for the outcome of tonight's races, by all means, please post them in the comments below and wow us with your political prognostication skills.