GOSHEN COUNTY – The Goshen County School Board of Trustees will be seeing a few new faces as the race for six open seats finally came to an end late Tuesday evening. The heated head-to-head battle brought forth 16 total candidates which appeared on the 2024 General Election Ballot for Goshen County. The unofficial numbers were counted and reviewed just after 7 p.m. as area precincts closed. For the four-year term, Kate Steinbock, Kelly Meeboer Strampe, Tony Goulart and Valerie Lamb Sharp are heading to office in January while Lena Moeller will be returning for another term. For the two-year board of trustee term Dylan Hager will be returning to office. 

There were 6,609 registered voters, 6,214 ballots cast and one blank ballot cast. 

President and Vice-President of the United States, four-year term

(R) Donald J. Trump/ JD Vance 4,893 79.25%

(D) Kamala D. Harris/ Tim Walz 1,156 18.72%

(L) Chase Oliver/ Mike Ter Maat 85 1.38%

Write-in totals: 40 0.65%

Overvotes: 4

Undervotes: 36

Contest totals: 6,214

United States Senator, six-year term

(R) John Barrasso 5,066    83.01%

(D) Scott D. Morrow 1,011 16.57%

Write-in totals: 26 0.43%

Overvotes: 2

Undervotes: 109

Contest totals: 6,214

United States Representative, two-year term, vote one

(R) Harriet Hageman 4,876 80.13%

(D) Kyle G. Cameron 938 15.42%

(L) Richard Brubaker 133 2.19%

(C) Jeffrey Haggit 98 1.61%

Write-in totals: 40 .66%

Overvotes: 20

Undervotes: 109

Contest totals: 6,214

State representative house district 02, two-year term

(R) JD Williams 1,125 96.24%

Write-in totals: 44 3.76%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 163

Contest totals: 1,332

State representative house district 05, two-year term

(R) Scott Smith 3,893 92.78%

Write-in totals: 303 7.22%

Overvotes:0

Undervotes: 686

Contest totals: 4,882

County commissioner, four- year term

(R) Justin Burkart 5,282 96.67%

Write-in totals: 182 3.33%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 750

Contest totals: 6,214

For justice of the supreme court for a regular eight-year term

Shall Justice Kate M. Fox be retained in office?

Yes: 4,396 80.10%

No: 1,092 19.90%

Overvotes:  2

Undervotes: 724

Contest totals: 6,214

For justice of the supreme court for a regular eight-year term

Shall Justice John G. Fenn be retained in office?

Yes: 4,342 79.98%

No: 1,087 20.02%

Overvotes: 1

Undervotes: 784

Contest totals: 6,214

For justice of the district court for a regular six-year term

Shall Judge Edward A. Buchanan be retained in office?

Yes: 4,808 84.31%

No: 895 15.69%

Overvotes: 3

Undervotes: 508

Contest totals: 6,214

For Judge B of the district court of the eighth judicial district, for a regular six-year term.

Shall Judge F. Scott Peasley be retained in office?

Yes: 4,451 81.71%

No: 996 18.29%

Overvotes: 1

Undervotes: 766

Contest totals: 6,214

For circuit court judge of the eighth judicial district, for a regular four-year term

Shall Judge Nathaniel Scott Hibben be retained in office?

Yes: 4,841 86.23%

No: 773 13.77%

Overvotes: 2

Undervotes: 598

Contest totals: 6,214

City council of Torrington, four-year term, no more than two

Dennis Kelly 1,796 54.02%

Richard Warren 1,460 43.91%

Write-in totals: 69 2.08%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 1,541

Contest totals: 4,866

Eastern Wyoming College Trustee, at large four-year term, vote for not more than four

Kurt Sittner 3,902           25.69%

Robert Baumgartner 3,851     25.35%

Randy L. Adams 3,710 24.42%

Katherine Patrick 3,583 23.59%

Write-in totals: 145 0.95%

Overvotes: 40

Undervotes: 9,625

Contest totals: 24,856

Goshen County School District #1 Trustee, at-large four-year term, vote for no more than five

Kate Steinbock 1,955 8.82%

Kelly Meeboer Strampe 1,893 8.54%

Tony Goulart 1,846 8.33%

Valerie Lamb Sharp 1,817 8.20%

Lena Moeller 1,816 8.19%

Travis Grosz 1,283 5.79%

Michael D. Harrison 1,604 7.24%

Rob Hunt 1,669 7.53%

Victoria (Tori) Hunt 921 4.15%

Peter Kasperbauer 1,419 6.40%

Ryan W. Larkin 1,194 5.39

Thomas A. Massey 1,633 7.37%

Diane Servantez 1.342 6.05%

Michael Tighe 1,622 7.32%

Write-in totals:  156

Overvotes: 50

Undervotes: 8,560

Contest totals: 30,780

Goshen County School District #1 Trustee, at-large unexpired two-year term, vote for one

Dylan Hager 2,862 56.17%

Jo Meininger 2,200 43.18%

Write-in totals: 33 .65%

Overvotes: 27

Undervotes: 1,034

Contest totals: 6,156

North Platte Valley Conservation District Supervisor, at-large four-year term

Lucas Moore 3,558 99.58%

Write-in totals: 15 0.42%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 863

Contest totals: 4,436

North Platte Valley Conservation District Supervisor, rural four-year term, vote for one

Andrea Eisenbarth 3,618 99.61%

Write-in totals: 14 0.39%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 804

Contest totals: 4,436

North Platte Valley Conservation District Supervisor, urban four-year term, vote for one

Linda Nichol 901 99.12%

Write-in totals: 8 0.88%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 144

Contest totals: 1,053

Lingle ñ Fort Laramie Conservation District Supervisor, at-large four-year term

David Johnson 887 99.55%

Write-in totals: 4 0.45%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 162

Contest totals: 1,053

Lingle ñ Fort Laramie Conservation District Supervisor, urban four-year term

Jenna Meeks 876 99.43%

Write-in totals: 5 0.57%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 172

Contest totals: 1,053

South Goshen Conservation District Supervisor, rural four-year term, vote for no more than two

Jennifer Scheer 443          54.49%

Dave Bartlett 367           45.14%

Write-in totals: 3 0.37%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 637

Contest totals: 1,450

South Goshen Conservation District Supervisor, urban four-year term 

Curtis G. Grandstaff 590  99.66%

Write-in totals:  2 0.34%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 133

Contest totals: 725

Constitutional Amendment A

The adoption of this amendment would separate residential real property into its own class of property into its own class of property tax assessments. The amendment would authorize the legislature to create a subclass of owner-occupied primary residences. 

Against: 3,195 55.30%

For: 2,583 44.70%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 436

Contest totals: 6,214

County lodging tax

Shall Goshen County, Wyoming, be authorized to continue to collect an additional 2% excise tax upon the sales price paid for lodging services within the county, the primary purpose of which is for local travel and tourism promotion, all as more particularly governed by the application provisions of W.S. 39-14-204?

For: 3,995 66.62%

Against: 2,002 33.38%

Overvotes: 2

Undervotes: 215

Contest totals: 6,214

County sales and use tax

Shall Goshen County, Wyoming, continue to impose a 1% sales and use tax, to raise revenue for distribution to the general fund of Goshen County and the incorporated cities and towns within Goshen County?

For: 3,643 60.62%

Against: 2,367 39.38%

Overvotes: 0

Undervotes: 204

Contest totals: 6,214