Dawson County Election Results
2012 General Election
Goth. Goth. Goth. Dawson
East West Total County
Total ballots 697 657 1,354 7,896
Total registered voters 1293 1266 2,559 13,596
Voting percentage 54% 52% 53% 58%
NATIONAL
President
Romney/Ryan (R) 526 473 999 5,461
Obama/Biden (D) 142 167 309 2,200
Johnson/Gray (L) 11 5 16 113
Terry/Smith (BYP) 4 2 6 45
Write-ins 4 2 6 42
Senator
Deb Fischer (R) 526 461 987 5,422
Bob Kerrey (D) 161 188 349 2,375
Write-ins 3 2 5 38
3rd Congressional Dist.
Adrian Smith (R) 571 497 1068 5,905
Mark Sullivan (D) 111 141 252 1,808
Write-ins 2 1 3 26
GOTHENBURG
(Totals reflect additional early voting)
Council—East Ward
Duane Oliver 552 640
Write-ins 1 2
Council—West Ward
Jeff Kennedy 489 574
Write-ins 13 17
District 20 Board of Education—Elect 3
Jeremy L. Sitorius 518 480 1,322
Lisa A. Geiken 521 447 1,279
Amber L. Burge 511 454 1,275
Write-ins 6 9 24
Airport Authority—2-Year
Kent Kline 524 495 1,199
Write-ins 2 3 6
Airport Authority—Elect 2
Dave Collins 368 297 782
Richard L. Fiese 286 329 725
Kenneth R. Christensen 323 287 710
Write-ins 5 2 7
DAWSON COUNTY
Commissioner Dist. 1
E. Dean Kugler (R) 610 562 1,172 1,796
Write-ins 6 10 16 31
Commissioner Dist. 4
PJ Jacobson (R) 1,492
Write-ins 29
Commissioner Dist. 5
Butch Hagan (R) 672
Write-ins 27
Weed Board—Elect 3
Matthew Hothem 374 351 725 4,189
Thurman T. Williams 397 306 703 3,984
Write-in, Dale Gengenbach 33
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Amendment No. 1
(Impeachment for actions in pursuit of office)
For 565 512 1,077 5,881
Against 68 69 137 1,050
Amendment No. 2
(Establish constitutional right to hunt, fish, etc.)
For 556 494 1,050 5,817
Against 85 90 175 1,138
Amendment No. 3
(Change term limits to 3 terms)
For 225 191 416 2,565
Against 423 413 836 4,730
Amendment No. 4
(Increase salary of state senators)
For 194 152 346 2,084
Against 460 452 912 5,231
LEXINGTON
City Council—Elect 3
Linda L. Miller 1,347
Dora A Vivas 1,321
Jeremy Roberts 1,287
Sir Keevin Hardiman 808
Write-ins 37
School District 1 Board of Education—Elect 3
Rod Reynolds 1,685
Larry Steinberger 1,679
Cindy Benjamin 1,511
Francisca Acosta-Carlson 1,382
Write-ins 52
Airport Authority (2 elected)
Dale Nielsen 1,643
Write-ins 15
COZAD
City Council East Ward
Doug Swan 548
Write-ins 13
City Council West Ward
Sam McCain 585
Write-ins 4
School Dist. 11 Board of Education—Elect 3
Dennis Worrell 1,407
Ann Burkholder 1,229
Write-in, Jeremy Geiger 561
Write-in, Don Malcom 171
Write-in, David Moler 6
Airport Authority—Elect 2
Allison Donner 814
Roger D. Clark 596
Leland Spanjer 531
Write-ins 4
FARNAM
Village Board—Elect 3
Dan Widick 57
Clayton Earll 55
Kent Larson 40
Write-ins 13
EUSTIS-FARNAM
Dist. 95 Board of Education—Elect 3
(Dawson County votes)
Ginger Craig 153
John Keller 140
Alan Smith 133
Write-ins 7
OVERTON
Village Board—Elect 3
Rob Ecklund 146
David Smith 146
Brian Freeman 130
Write-ins 11
OVERTON
Sales and Use Tax
Against 143
For 60
Retain Worker’s Comp. Judge Fitzgerald
Yes 430 401 831 4,835
No 119 107 226 1,451
CCC Board of Governors, Dist. 2
Corey A. Burns 304 267 571 3,390
Merikay Berg 168 152 320 2,254
Write-ins 4 2 6 40
CCC Board of Governors, At Large
Sam Cowan 491 439 930 5,262
Write-ins 4 6 10 108
Central Platte NRD, Subdistrict 1
Jay Richeson 590 548 1,138 3,387
Write-ins 4 8 12 57
Central Platte NRD, Subdistrict 2
Dwayne Margritz 2,106
Andrew Murphy 662
Write-ins 21
Central Platte NRD, Subdistrict 3
Pat Luther 77
Marvion Reichert Jr. 49
Write-ins 2
Custer County PPD, At Large
Lloyd H. Ramsey 3
Margaret Bradley 2
John P. Blakeman 2
Write-ins 1
Dawson Co. Public Power District—Elect 2
Pat Hecox 57 47 104 1,443
Joe Jeffrey 29 13 42 1,607
Bruce Stuart 24 9 33 1,001
Write-ins 1 2 3 57
Educational Service Unit 10, Dist. 8
Write-in, Gene Libal 118
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