Flathead voters fill polling places in strong Tuesday turnout
In Tuesday’s primary election, Flathead County had one of the highest voter turnouts among Montana’s highest-populated counties.
The county saw 41 percent voter participation, with 27,452 residents casting ballots out of 66,529 registered voters, according to the Montana Secretary of State. Of those ballots, 13,000 were absentee.
Flathead County turned out in force for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Al Olszewski, a Kalispell physician, who garnered 8,379 votes in Flathead County.
Here, race by race, are the county’s election results:
U.S. SENATE
Jon Tester 7,770
Tim Adams 55
Steve Kelly 94
Troy Downing 3,342
Russ Fagg 1,591
Al Olszewski 8,379
Matt Rosendale 5,058
TOTAL 18,370
U.S. HOUSE
John Heenan 1,765
Grant Kier 2,329
John Meyer 174
Lynda Moss 323
Jared Pettinato 469
Kathleen Williams 2,349
Doug Campbell 138
Greg Gianforte 15,917
TOTAL 7,409
FLATHEAD COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Randy Brodehl 5,471
Gary Krueger 3,543
Gerald Scott 5,310
Ronalee Skees 3,288
TOTAL 17,612
FLATHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF
Cal Beringer 2,989
Brian Heino 8,888
Keith Stahlberg 3,006
Jordan White 3,468
TOTAL 18,351
EGAN SLOUGH ZONING INITIATIVE 17-01
FOR 17,527
AGAINST 7,552
TOTAL 25,079