Flanked by plexiglass partitions and wearing masks, (from left) Rodney Beard, Myra Bond, Carol Shotts, and Sue Rich greet voters at the Osage Prairie YMCA Tuesday. Sanitation methods were in place to help combat the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). Voting booths were being sanitized with Lysol between voters and hand sanitizer was available as well.

Photo by Sarah Haney | Daily Mail Editor

With voter turnout at 40 percent, Vernon County residents went to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the primary election. There were a total of 5,015 ballots cast 4,323 Republican (86.2 percent); 675 Democratic (13.46 percent); eight Libertarian (.16 percent); one Constitution (.02 percent); and eight nonpartisan (.16 percent).

The county's results are as follow:

County Sheriff

(Republican)

Jason Mosher 2,216 votes (51.74 percent)

David "Tiny" Johnson 2,067 votes (48.26 percent)

Northern Commissioner

(Republican)

Cindy Thompson 945 votes (53.09 percent)

Jason Claspill 835 votes (46.91 percent)

Northern Commissioner

(Democratic)

Neal F. Gerster 268 votes (100 percent)

Southern Commissioner

(Republican)

Everett L. Wolfe 1,488 votes (62.94 percent)

Jim Melton 876 votes (37.06 percent)

County Assessor

(Republican)

Lena Kleeman 3,771 votes (100 percent)

County Collector/Treasurer

(Republican)

Brent Banes 3,907 votes (100 percent)

County Public Administrator

(Republican)

Kelsey Westerhold 2,201 votes (53.4 percent)

Brett Dawn 1,058 votes (25.67 percent)

Beverly Beaty 863 votes (20.94 percent)

County Coroner

(Democratic)

David Ferry 645 votes (100 percent)

State-wide offices

Governor

(Republican)

Mike Parson 3,064 votes (74.03 percent)

Saundra McDowell 530 votes (12.81 percent)

James W. (Jim) Neely 337 votes (8.14 percent)

Governor

(Democratic)

Nicole Galloway 509 votes (78.07 percent)

Eric Morrison 63 votes (9.66 percent)

Jimmie Matthews 39 votes (5.98 percent)

Antoin Johnson 27 votes (4.14 percent)

Robin John Daniel Van Quaethem 14 votes (2.15 percent)

Governor

(Libertarian)

Rik Combs eight votes (100 percent)

Lieutenant Governor

(Republican)

Mike Kehoe 1,914 votes (51.8 percent)

Mike Carter 1,158 votes (31.34 percent)

Aaron T. Wisdom 375 votes (10.15 percent)

Arnie C. AC Dienoff 248 votes (6.71 percent)

Lieutenant Governor

(Democratic)

Alissia Canady 485 votes (75.9 percent)

Gregory A. Upchurch 154 votes (24.10 percent)

Lieutenant Governor

(Libertarian)

Bill Slantz seven votes (100 percent)

State Secretary of State

(Republican)

John R. (Jay) Ashcroft 3,898 votes (100 percent)

State Secretary of State

(Democratic)

Yinka Faleti 614 votes (100 percent)

State Secretary of State

(Libertarian)

Carl Herman Freese eight votes (100 percent)

State Treasurer

(Republican)

Scott Fitzpatrick 3,798 votes (100 percent)

State Treasurer

(Democratic)

Vicki Lorenz Englund 619 votes (100 percent)

State Treasurer

(Libertarian)

Nicholas (Nick) Kasoff eight votes (100 percent)

Attorney General

(Republican)

Eric Schmitt 3,762 votes (100 percent)

Attorney General

(Democratic)

Rich Finneran 384 votes (62.64 percent)

Elad Gross 229 votes (37.36 percent)

Attorney General

(Libertarian)

Kevin C. Babcock eight votes (100 percent)

United States Representative

(Republican)

Vicky Hartzler 2,936 votes (70.66 percent)

Neal Gist 1,219 votes (29.34 percent)

United States Representative

(Democratic)

Lindsey Simmons 615 votes (100 percent)

United States Representative

(Libertarian)

Robert E. Smith six votes (85.71 percent)

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