Hamilton, Johnson win Republican primary races

By Roger Sims, rsims@linncountyjournal.com

MOUND CITY – Linn County Commissioner Jim Johnson took the next step to retaining his county commission seat in District 3 by winning the Republican primary on Tuesday. Alison Hamilton won the Republican nomination for the District 2 seat.

And former county commissioner Rick James (R-La Cygne) essentially clinched the race to succeed Trevor Jacobs as the next person to represent the 4th District to the Kansas House of Representatives.

Barring a successful write-in campaign, all three are expected to win on the November ballot because they have no opposition.

Here are the unofficial vote totals for Republican county races:

District 2 commission race:

• Rod Earnest 214 34.13%

• Alison Hamilton 228 36.36%

• Vicki Leonard 185 29.51%

District 3 commission race:

• Jim Johnson 424 58.56%

• Richard C. Morrell 300 41.44%

Sheriff race:

• James Akes          1,527 86.61%

• Patrick Huntley  236 13.39%

County Attorney race:

• Joseph Falls   553  34.33%

• Justin Meeks           1,058   65.67%

County Clerk:

• David Lamb          1,665 100%

Treasurer:

• Joannie Reed         1,643 100%

Register of Deeds

• Christy Schmitz 1,672   100%

For state office, the unofficial results for the Republican races are:

Kansas Representative 4th District race:

    Linn County votes           District total

• Rick James       1,138 72.76% 2,092 58%

• Joshua Jones     426 27.24% 1,520 42%

Kansas Senate 12th District race:

                                   Linn County votes           District total

• Stetson Kern        435 24.7% 3,076 31%

• Caryn Tyson        1,326 75.3% 6,962 69%

In the race for the 2nd District seat to the U.S. House of Representatives, former state Attorney General Derek Schmidt handily beat out his rivals both in Linn County and across the 2nd District. In the 19th District primary, Anderson County vet Fred Garner had no opponent

        Linn County votes         District total

• Derek Schmidt       986   57.23% 33,873 53%

• Shawn Tiffany 353  20.49% 12,300   19%

• Chad Young 128  7.43% 3,302    5%

• Jeff Kahrs 206   11.96% 11,239    18%

• Michael Ogle   50 2.9% 2,777    5%

In the race for the Democratic nomination for the 2nd District seat to the U.S. House, former congresswoman Nancy Boyda received the nod to face Schmidt in the November election:

Linn County votes District total

• Matt Kleinmann 52 33.12% 12,308   48%

• Nancy Boyda 105 66.88% 13,085   52%