Richardson County had a large voter turnout this year, with a turnout total on election day of 76.51 percent. The General Election for 2022 was 56.54 percent and General Election 2020 was 75 percent.
Turnout per precinct was: Arago/Barada-86.28 percent; FC Rural/Ohio-85.76 percent; FC Ward 1-77.91 percent; FC Ward 2-75.14 percent; FC Ward 3-74.1 percent; FC Ward 4-62.13 percent; Fran/Hrr/Spi-78.29 percent; Grant/Nemaha-85.32 percent; Humb. 1-67.73 percent; Humb. II-77.1 percent; Jeff/Rulo-77.64 percent; Liberty-80.5; East Muddy-79.62 percent; WMuddy/Porter-83.01 percent; Salem-87.6 percent; New or Former Resident-zero percent.
Richardson County again voted overwhelmingly to elect Donald Trump to his second nonconsecutive term, with Vice President-elect JD Vance (R) with 2,962 votes; current Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz (D) received 934 votes; Jill Stein /Kpadenou(G) received 11; Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L) received 20; Cornel West/Melina Abdullah (Independent) received 15; Write in total 20.
In one of the most publicized Nebraska races this year, Deb Fischer (R) received 2,336 votes, beating out Independent Dan Osborn, who had 1,516 in Richardson County. Fischer won Nebraska for a six-year term in the Senate. There were 13 write-in votes.
Pete Ricketts (R ) had 2,980 votes to overcome (D) Preston Love Jr.’s 847 in the County and the state for a two-year US Senator term. Adrian Smith (R) had 2,912 votes over Daniel Ebers’s 814 to take Richardson County and the state for District 3 Congress.
Bob Campbell (R ) will take the County Commissioner seat for District 2. He had 1,240 votes, 11 write-in votes. Rick Karas will retain his Commissioner seat, ending with 1,154 votes and 35 write-in votes.
Dennis Schaardt came out ahead in Richardson County with 1,946 votes over Robert Hallstrom, who had 1,604 votes. There were 16 write-in votes. Hallstrom ended up securing the District 1 State Senate Seat after Schaardt won Johnson, Nemaha Pawnee and Richardson. Otoe County ended up putting Hallstrom over the top for the win.
In the Falls City Council race, Frank Killingsworth defeated Brian Poppe 258 to 241 with one write-in vote for Ward 1.
In Ward 2, Kenny Killingsworth will take a Council seat with 324 votes over Brittany Campbell’s 162 and one write-in.
In Ward 3, Sara Ruiz will also take a Council seat with 275 votes, over Sarah Bangert’s 156 votes and four write-ins.
Josh Kaster came out ahead of James Wisdom, 203 to 142, with two write-ins for Ward 4.
Three came out on top in the race for District 56 Board Members. Roger Windle ended up with 1,790, Kevin Scheitel had 1,466, and Gabe Ramsey had 1,220. June Bowers ended with 1,180; Marc Merz had 964 and Chris Fischer had 710. There were 11 write-ins.
In the District 70 Board Member race, the top three were Mike Kanel with 999 votes, Quentin Bowen 994 and Kyle Hilgenfeld, and Leah Reyes with 671 votes. There were 24 write-in votes.
Dale Oehm had 151 votes and 12 write-ins; Kendra Douglas had 141 votes and seven write-ins and will both keep their Humboldt City Council seats.
Branson Darveau earned nine votes, Randy Handley eight, and Scott Handle seven to take a seat on the Barada Village Board. There were three write-ins.
Brian Burns had 61 votes, and Bill Koch had 40 with 10 write-in votes for the Dawson Village Board.
Kraig Coonce, 36 votes, and Rebecca Simmonds, 34 votes, were the two voted in on the Rulo Village Board. Hannah Barber received 25, James Coonce 18, Melissa Coonce 23, and four write-ins.
The Village of Rulo voted 40 for a city sales tax and 31 against sales tax.
Lindie Catlin received 43 votes; Mary Jane Wessel 46 and Warren Vogele Jr. 35 for Salem Village Board with one write-in.
For the Shubert Village Board, Tomas Borrego received 50 votes, Donna Lockard received 57, and there were 23 write-ins.
In Stella, Jim Donahoe received 67, Heath Stanley received 77, and there were 20 write-in votes. Ira Hall received five write-in votes for the Village Board.
Lois Miller received 78, Herman McAdams received 63, and there were 19 write-ins in the Verdon Village Board race.
District 1 Board Member: Jason Vetrovsky, JW Vloek and Mark A. Sunnenberg Jr. were the top three, each with one vote.
Robert Schafer had 1,866 votes over Gary Rogge’s 1,209 votes with 15 write-ins. Schafer took the win for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents six-year term District 5 win.
Dan Watermeier (R) had 3,304 with 30 write-in votes for Public Service Comm. District 1.
In votes to retain Judges, there were 2,158 yes and 1,056 no to retain Judge Martin; 2,131 yes and 1,083 no to retain Judge Bauer; 2,069 yes, 1,133 no to retain Judge Gaertig. All Judges were retained.
Kathy Boellstorff received 2,937 with 32 write-in votes for Southeast CC District 2; Neal Stenberg received 2,892 with 26 write-in votes for Southeast CC at large.
Mike Speece received 444 votes and three write-ins for Nemaha NRD SubD 8; Kraig Coonce received 1,745 votes and 25 write in’s for Nemaha NRD SubD 9; Eldon Snoke received 881 votes with eight write in’s for Nemaha NRD SubDist 10 four year; Tim Schaardt received 875 votes and seven write in’s for Nemaha NRD Sub Dist 10 2yr.
Lana Willman received 1,604 votes for ESU 4-2 and 14 write-ins.
In Ballot measures, Richardson County results: Initiative Measure 434 received 2,530 votes for and 1,286 against. Statewide, the measure passed limiting abortion after the first trimester.
In Richardson County results, Referendum Measure 435: 1,777 to retain and 1,894 to repeal. Statewide, the measure was passed to repeal authorizing state scholarship programs for private schools.
In Richardson County’s results, Initiative Measure 436 received 2,649 votes for and 958 against. Statewide, the measure passed requiring paid sick leave.
In Richardson County results, Initiative Measure 437 received 2,522 votes for and 1,147 against. Statewide, the measure passed to legalize medical marijuana.
In Richardson County results, Initiative Measure 438 received 2,318 votes for and 1,329 against. Statewide, the measure was passed to regulate the medical marijuana industry.
In Richardson County’s results, Initiative Measure 439 received 1,448 votes for and 2,371 against. Statewide, the measure failed to create a constitutional right to abortion.
