Howard County Election Results 2026
HOWARD COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS - Unofficial
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Election
Unofficial Results as of 9:40pm 11/3/26
State Representative District 63
Michael R. Bergan (REP) — 2,365 votes (63.90%)
Jeff Thurlow (DEM) — 1,335 votes (36.07%)
Write-in — 1 vote (0.03%)
Undervotes: 108
Overvotes: 0
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County Board of Supervisors District 2
Joe Pisney (REP) — 1,149 votes (98.63%)
Write-in — 16 votes (1.37%)
Undervotes: 144
Overvotes: 0
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County Board of Supervisors District 3
Dean Eastman (REP) — 696 votes (59.34%)
Tom Bilidt (DEM) — 294 votes (25.06%)
Brian Foster — 181 votes (15.43%)
Write-in — 2 votes (0.17%)
Undervotes: 26
Overvotes: 3
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County Treasurer
Christine Hron (REP) — 2,318 votes (61.91%)
Sara Kleve (DEM) — 1,423 votes (38.01%)
Write-in — 3 votes (0.08%)
Undervotes: 64
Overvotes: 1
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County Recorder
Roxann Vokaty — 3,146 votes (98.28%)
Write-in — 55 votes (1.72%)
Undervotes: 608
Overvotes: 0
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County Attorney
Kevin E. Schoeberl (REP) — 3,121 votes (98.02%)
Write-in — 63 votes (1.98%)
Undervotes: 624
Overvotes: 1
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Albion Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
AJ Friedges — 73 votes (47.10%)
Gerald Keune — 80 votes (51.61%)
Write-in — 2 votes (1.29%)
Undervotes: 61
Overvotes: 0
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Albion Township – Clerk
Craig Meirick — 98 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 10
Overvotes: 0
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Afton Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Michael Marr — 101 votes (52.06%)
Corwin Christensen — 92 votes (47.42%)
Write-in — 1 vote (0.52%)
Undervotes: 42
Overvotes: 0
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Afton Township – Clerk
Sarah Stickler — 109 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 9
Overvotes: 0
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Chester Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Melissa Adams — 46 votes (46.46%)
Brian Goodman — 53 votes (53.54%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 27
Overvotes: 0
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Chester Township – Clerk
Kimberly Brunsvold — 57 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 6
Overvotes: 0
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Howard Center Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Jerry Reicks — 87 votes (46.77%)
David Ollendick — 99 votes (53.23%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 52
Overvotes: 0
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Howard Center Township – Clerk
Gary L. Gassett — 103 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0.00%)
Undervotes: 16
Overvotes: 0
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Howard Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Kurt Grover — 92 votes (42.01%)
Jason Ludwig — 125 votes (57.08%)
Write-in — 2 votes (0.91%)
Undervotes: 75
Overvotes: 0
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Howard Township – Trustee to Fill a Vacancy
Duane Bodermann — 121 votes (99.18%)
Write-in — 1 votes (0.81%)
Undervotes: 25
Overvotes: 0
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Howard Township - Clerk
Trudy O’Donnell — 128 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 19
Overvotes: 0
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Forest City Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Jason Ullom — 73 votes (44.51%)
Gene Pisney — 91 votes (55.49%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 46
Overvotes: 0
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Forest City Township - Trustee to Fill a Vacancy
Jan Cray — 101 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 4
Overvotes: 0
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Forest City Township - Clerk
Andrew Pisney — 97 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 8
Overvotes: 0
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Jamestown Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Steve Christensen — 86 votes (56.95%)
Jim Krueger — 63 votes (41.72%)
Write-in — 2 votes (1.32%)
Undervotes: 57
Overvotes: 0
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Jamestown Township - Clerk
Sandra Gronwoldt — 94 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 10
Overvotes: 0
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New Oregon Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Mike Mrachek — 217 votes (51.79%)
Dean D. Hubka — 199 votes (47.49%)
Write-in — 3 votes (0.72%)
Undervotes: 103
Overvotes: 0
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New Oregon Township - Clerk
Bob Stika — 237 votes (99.16%)
Write-in — 2 votes (0.84%)
Undervotes: 22
Overvotes: 0
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Oakdale Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Loren Rickert — 59 votes (52.68%)
Keith Knode — 53 votes (47.32%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 22
Overvotes: 0
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Oakdale Township - Clerk
Monica Jensen — 65 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 2
Overvotes: 0
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Paris Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Lon F Scheidel — 107 votes (54.87%)
Brad Sovereign — 88 votes (45.13%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 63
Overvotes: 0
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Paris Township - Clerk
Chuck Stevenson — 119 votes (100.00%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 10
Overvotes: 0
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Saratoga Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Barry Christenson — 79 votes (47.59%)
Richard Baethke — 87 votes (52.41%)
Write-in — 0 votes (0%)
Undervotes: 38
Overvotes: 0
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Saratoga Township - Clerk
Susan Norman — 92 votes (98.92%)
Write-in — 1 votes (1.08%)
Undervotes: 9
Overvotes: 0
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Vernon Springs Township – Trustee (Vote for 2)
Ken Hruska — 220 votes (53.40%)
Mark O. Reis — 191 votes (46.36%)
Write-in — 1 votes (0.24%)
Undervotes: 132
Overvotes: 0
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Vernon Springs Township - Clerk
Roger L. Kleve — 239 votes (99.58%)
Write-in — 1 votes (0.42%)
Undervotes: 32
Overvotes: 0
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Howard County Hospital – Trustee (Vote for 5)
Michael Walter Mahr — 2,544 votes (19.05%)
Don Recker — 1,869 votes (13.99%)
Jay Johnston — 2,127 votes (15.93%)
Jan Carman — 2,265 votes (16.96%)
John J. Wacha, III — 2,308 votes (17.28%)
Chuck L. Malek — 2,214 votes (16.58%)
Write-in — 29 votes (0.22%)
Undervotes: 5,589
Overvotes: 100
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County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 2)
Timothy Huhe — 2,418 votes (45.11%)
Hunter Slifka — 2,915 votes (54.38%)
Write-in — 27 votes (0.50%)
Undervotes: 2,258
Overvotes: 0
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County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for 5)
Sami Swestka — 1,606 votes (11.98%)
Brent Mehmert — 2,518 votes (18.78%)
Amber Vrieze — 1,337 votes (9.97%)
Madison Hrdlicka — 1,485 votes (11.08%)
Lori Kenan — 1,728 votes (12.89%)
Diana Huhe — 1,563 votes (11.66%)
David Ahern — 1,516 votes (11.31%)
Holly O’Brien — 1,640 votes (12.23%)
Write-in — 13 votes (0.10%)
Undervotes: 5,559
Overvotes: 80
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