There were a few close races during the 2018 Primary Election held Tuesday. In Cass County, just four votes separated Dana Halder and John Hartkopf, in the Republican race for Board of Supervisors in District 3. Hartkopf was the unofficial winner with 161 votes compared to Halder’s 157 votes. A third challenger, Linda Templeman, garnered 103 votes. In the Cass County Board of Supervisors – District 2, Republican Mark T. O’Brien defeated fellow Republican Pat McCurdy for the seat. The votes tallied 154 for O’Brien, and 137 for McCurdy. Voter turnout in Cass County was 16.63-percent.

In Adair County, Republican Brenda Wallace defeated fellow Republican Kim Crosswhite-Perkins for the County Treasurer’s post, 534-to 108. In Adams County, Republican Scott Akin handily defeated Republican challenger Laurie Greenlee (82-25) for the County Board of Supervisors in District 3. On the Democratic ticket, Tony Mullen beat Judith Butcher, by a vote of 66-to-16. In Audubon County, three Republicans were running for the Board of Supervisors. Incumbent Gary Van Aernam won the seat with his 142 votes against challengers Duane Deist (126 votes) and Jean Hinners (95 votes). Guthrie County voters elected Republican J.D. Kuster to the Board of Supervisors in District 4. Kuster received 114 votes to Dana Tewes’ 100. Republican Everett Grasty will face Democrat Kevin Wirt in the Board of Supervisor’s race in District 3.  Grasty won against three other Republican challengers, with his 91 votes. Randy Sparks had 79, Joel Hester 32 and Scott Calmer, 29. It was a close race for the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors in District 2, where Clifford Carney beat Rick Kness on the Republican ticket, by 90-to 87 votes.

On the Montgomery County Republican ticket, Tera Hughes won the Treasurer’s seat with 537 votes to Jackie Porter’s 292. And, Rudy Kinard defeated Roger Waggener, for the Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County District 1. The tally was 179 votes for Kinard and 29 for Waggener. In Pottawattamie County, Three Republicans out of a field of five, will move on to the November General Election, in the County Board of Supervisors race. The winners were Scott Belt, with 1,690 votes, Lynn Grobe (1,460) and Justin Schultz (1,564). The Democrats send Glen Hurts, Frances Parr and Marshal Pilger to the race in November.

There were no contested races in Shelby County.  All vote totals are unofficial until canvassed by the Boards of Supervisors in each respective county.