New members to join school board

The 2022 General Election sees many incumbents maintaining their positions locally as well as seats across the state, although several newcomers will be joining the ranks, according to Tuesday night’s unofficial results. 
Newcomers to Weston County School District No. 1’s Board of Trustees will be Sean Crabtree, with 1,121 votes, and Joe Prell with 941, taking over the seats of Tom Wright, 642 votes, and Marcia Lambert with 682. Incumbents Dana Gordon and Jason Jenkins will be retaining their seats, with 1,009 and 684 votes respectively. 
Other candidates for WCSD No. 1’s board include Paul Bau (611), Steven Gale (176), Stanley Jasinski (359), Tyler Mills (478) and Gillian Sears (480). 
For Weston County School District No. 7’s Board of Trustees, incumbents Ty Miller (390) and Mark Mitchell (352) will retain their seats for four more years. Joining them will be Justin Mills, who garnered 475 votes to beat out Jackie Cowger (296) for the third open seat. 
Upton’s new mayor will be Nick Trandahl, who received 246 votes, beating out opponent Neil Schiller at 126. For Upton Town Council, incumbent Joe Watt will retain his seat with 257 votes. He will be joined by Tiffany McMillan, who received 279 votes over Delane Haynes, 173. 
Incumbents Ann McColley and Don Steveson were able to secure their seats on the Newcastle City Council for four more years, with 660 and 487 votes respectively. Joining the council will be John Butts, 470, beating out Donald Romine (330) and Thomas Voss (346) for the last four-year seat. 
Unofficially, according to Weston County Clerk Becky Hadlock, Thomas Voss received enough write-in votes to secure the two-year term seat.
The remainder of the seats in Weston County were essentially decided in the primary election, with incumbents running unopposed for nearly every office. The only newcomer to the slate of county offices will be County Coroner Scott Beachler, who received 2,581 votes in Tuesday’s election. 
For the other county seats, Hadlock received 2,142 votes, County Treasurer Susie Overman received 2,537, County Assessor Kara Lenardson received 2,605, Clerk of District Court Tina Cote received 2,573, Sheriff Bryan Colvard received 2,392 and County Attorney Michael Stulken received 2,296. 
Joining the Board of Weston County Commissioners in January will be Garrett Borton, with 1,982 votes, and Vera Huber with 1,849. Additionally, incumbent Nathan Todd will serve another four years after receiving 1,950 votes. 
After winning the primary election, Allen Slagle was able to secure 1,325 votes in the race for state representative for House District 2 and was running unopposed. Incumbents Rep. Chip Neiman (1,074), Sen. Cheri Steinmetz (1,362), and Sen. Ogden Driskill (819) were all running unopposed in the general election. 
In Wyoming’s contested races, Gov. Mark Gordon received the most Weston County votes with 2,033, followed by Democrat Theresa Livingston, 178, and Libertarian Jared Baldes with 169 votes. For Superintendent of Public Instruction, Republican Megan Defenfelder easily beat Democrat Sergio Maldonado with 2,212 Weston County votes and 266, respectively. 
Other statewide office candidates were running unopposed in the general election. State Treasurer Curt Meier received 2,537 Weston County votes, State Auditor Kristi Racines received 2,495 Weston County votes and Secretary of State-elect Chuck Gray received 2,471. 
Representative-elect Harriet Hageman, who easily beat Rep. Liz Cheney in the primary election, secured the most Weston County votes with 2,412. Other candidates included Democrat Lynnette Greybull, with 256 local votes, Libertarian Richard Brubaker with 47, and Constitution party candidate Marissa Joy Selvig with 44.  
Check back with the News Letter Journal online or in print next week for updates on the overall official results for state and national races, as well as information on judge retention and constitutional amendments.