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2023 Area Election Results
Golden Belt Area - Mayor, City Council, College Trustees, & School Board Elections
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Results are "Unofficial" as of publication


Elections Results

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We'll update here as election results come in this evening.

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City of Great Bend

Voters picking mayor and four council members, one from each ward.

Candidates include:

Mayor (elect 1), 

Davis A. Jimenez - 265

Cody Lee Schmidt - 1091*

Council Ward 1 (elect 1), 

Brent A. Cox - 108

Alan Moeder - 163*

Council Ward 2 (elect 1), 

Jolene Biggs - 466

Council Ward 3 (elect 1), 

Cory Urban - 384

Council Ward 4 (elect 1), 

Natalie Towns -43

Rickee Maddox - 56*

Randolph S. Myers - 52


City of Hoisington


Candidates include:

Mayor (elect 1), 

Micah Ehler - 108

Chris Kinman - 212*

Council Ward 1 (elect 1), 

E.D. Coles - 21

Becky L. Steiner - 53*

Council Ward 2 (elect 1), 

Darren Reinert - 83

Council Ward 3 (elect 1), 

James W. Morris - 35

Mike Davis - 38*

Council Ward 4 (elect 1), 

Write-ins:

Aaron Braddy - 12

John Henderson - 5

Garrett Tindall - 4

Gary Shook - 3


City of Ellinwood

Mayor:
Irlan Fullbright - 135


City Council (vote for two)
Scott Tillotson -
Jon Prescott - 


City of Claflin

Voters will pick a mayor and two council members

Candidates include:

Mayor:

Mike Urban - 221

Council:

J.D. Linville - 86

Dan R. Michaelis - 124*

Corey Liebl - 211*

Donald E. Hurtgen Jr. - 14


City of Pawnee Rock

Voters will pick a mayor and two council members.

Candidates include: 

Mayor 

W. Paul Umble - 23*

write-in:

Heath Dill - 15

Council,

Lakin Dill - 24*

write-ins:

John Blundell - 13*

Barry Jack - 8

Dawn Ramey - 5

Dawn Brown - 3

Other cities

There were no filings in: Albert (mayor and five council members); Galatia (mayor and five council members); Olmitz (mayor and two council members); and Susank (mayor and five council members). The polling place would be the Hoisington Activity Center, Arts and Crafts Room, 1200 Susank Rd. Hoisington, entrance on northeast side.


Area Trustees:

Barton Community College Trustees

The names of the candidates are (elect three).

Cole Schwarz - 1223

Dale E. Maneth - 1701*

Gary G. Burke -1464*

Mike Johnson - 1709*


Ellinwood Hospital District Board of Trustees  

• The names of the candidates are (elect two).

Kathleen Hammeke Hines - 

Justin Lear - 


Area School Districts:

Unified School District 355 Board of Education – Ellinwood

USD 355 voters will be electing school board members by election at large in according with their Voting Plan (elect four).

 The names of the candidates 

Debbie McCormick -

Donald E. Anderson II - 

Jason C. Winget - 

John Sturn -


Unified School District 428 Board of Education – Great Bend

 USD 428 voters will be electing school board members by election at large in accordance with their Voting Plan A (elect four).

 Candidates are:

Aaron Emerson - 783*

Karen E. Lindberg - 975*

Marcus Herrera - 638

Randy Wetzel - 997*

Sara Williams - 805*


Unified School District 431 Board of Education – Hoisington

 USD 431 voters will be electing school board members by election at large in accordance with their Voting Plan A (elect five).

Candidates are:

Jessica Baze 

Julia Debes 

Kevin D. Patterson 

Rebecca Mooney 

Neil Ochs


Cottonwood Extension District Board

The candidates are: (elect two).

Kathie M. Rondeau 

Glenna Reinert