The primary election votes cast in Nuckolls County were counted and the results posted on this newspaper’s web site last Wednesday afternoon.
Unofficially there were a total of 708 votes cast, 636 on election day and 72 in advance. Of these, 578 were Republican ballots, 98 Democrat, 2 Libertarian and 30 nonpartisan. Twenty-six ballots were blank.
In the only purely local question, there were 95 yes votes and 45 no votes on the City of Nelson proposition one, For proposition two there were 103 yes votes and 37 no votes. As both propositions passed, the Nelson City Sales Tax will be increasing and the additional revenue will be used to stimulate economic development.
On the Republican ticket for president, Donald J. Trump received 489 votes, Nikki Haley 63 and Perry Johnson 14.
For the six year term as U.S. Senator Deb Fischer received 429 votes and Arron Kowalski 123. For the two year term, Pete Ricketts reeived 469 and John Glen Weaver 74, Mac Stevens received 20.
For Third District Congressman, Adrian Smioth received 417, John Walz 110 and Robert McCuiston 38,
On the Democratic ticket, Joseph R. Biden polled 69 votes for president and Dean Phillips 20
For the two year Senate seat Preston Love Jr. received 75 votes. There wasn’t a candidate for the six-year term.
For Congress, Daniel Ebers received 46 votes and David Else 37.
Now it is on to the general election in November. The general election ballots will include city, village and school district positions.
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