Tie for East Thermopolis council seat

THERMOPOLIS — After all the votes were counted in East Thermopolis there is a tie for one of two council seats.

There are two seats open in East Thermopolis and Gary Holbert topped the ticket among three candidates with 57 votes. Jack Kuiper and Bonnie S. Smith tied for the second seat with 48 votes apiece. Results show that one write-in vote was cast. There were also 78 under votes, meaning someone did not cast a vote or the marking was unreadable.

Hot Springs County Clerk Rosemary DeSeyn said Tuesday night that she would be checking with the Secretary of State’s office Wednesday morning to get clarification on the state statute regarding a tie. She said the statute references a decision by the county canvassing board but does not state how they would make the decision. The board meets Thursday to certify the results to the state.

In other municipal races in Hot Springs County, Dusty Lewis and William Malloy won election to the Thermopolis city council; Zachary Crees and Tina Keasling won election to the Kirby council. Jessica Slagle was unopposed for the Kirby mayor seat.

In the county, Phillip Scheel won re-election to the commissioners earning nearly 52% of the vote over independent candidates James Michael Byrd and Sharena Fruciano.

BIG HORN COUNTY

In Big Horn County, Bruce Jolley was unopposed for the commissioner seat, after he defeated incumbent Deb Craft in the primary in August. He received 4,884 votes.

For municipal races, voters re-elected Greybull Mayor Myles Foley with 452 votes to John Koller’s 325. For the council David Bernard Jr., 539 votes, and Terra Robbins, 419, won election. Marquerite Van Dyke finished third in the voting with 298 votes.

In Basin, Stuart DesRosier, 333 votes, and Carl Olson, 330 votes, won election to the two seats, defeating Charles Hopkin, 292 votes, and Stephen Naso, 110 votes.

In Manderson, Aleta Driver, 36, and Johnny Davis, 34, won election to four-year seats on the council, defeating Tim Patrick, 23, and Rod Patrick, 20. Barbara Wall, 41 votes, defeated, Randy Brown, 22, for the lone two-year seat.

In Burlington Don Hibbert and Jenny Booth won election to the council as they were unopposed on the ballot.