Lancaster County
Election Commissioner
Election Commissioner
Official Returns
Wed. Nov. 20 1996
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Total Number Voting 98615 Of 137266 71.84 %
Precincts Reporting 207 Of 207 100.00 %
ELECTION
ABSENTEE DAY TOTAL
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TOTAL NUMBER VOTING 4902 93713 98615
PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT
DOLE & KEMP -R 2572 42221 44793 45.86%
CLINTON & GORE -D 2041 41284 43325 44.36%
PEROT & CHOATE -RFM 198 8397 8595 8.80%
BROWNE & JORGENSEN -L 27 459 486 0.50%
HAGELIN & TOMPKINS -NL 10 256 266 0.27%
PHILLIPS & TITUS 9 201 210 0.21%
U.S. SENATOR
BEN NELSON -D 2205 46726 48931 50.18%
CHUCK HAGEL -R 2492 44140 46632 47.82%
JOHN W. DECAMP -L 64 1058 1122 1.15%
BILL DUNN -NL 40 793 833 0.85%
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DIST. 1
DOUG BEREUTER -R 3261 59257 62518 65.35%
PATRICK J. COMBS -D 1475 31669 33144 34.65%
LEGISLATURE MEMBER DIST. 21
CAROL L. HUDKINS 133 2846 2979 58.02%
CAROL M. YOAKUM 79 2076 2155 41.98%
LEGISLATURE MEMBER DIST. 25
JEROME WARNER 741 11931 12672 73.45%
HAL STEPHENS DUMAS III 269 4311 4580 26.55%
LEGISLATURE MEMBER DIST. 27
DIANNA R. SCHIMEK 301 6487 6788 57.25%
BARB NICHOLS 229 4840 5069 42.75%
LEGISLATURE MEMBER DIST. 29
LAVON CROSBY 715 12416 13131 100.00%
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER DIST. 1
KIMBERLY J. PETERSON 1732 35710 37442 52.37%
MAX D. LARSEN 1736 32319 34055 47.63%
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER DIST. 4
RICK SAVAGE 118 2464 2582 60.54%
DEAN J. JUNGERS 76 1607 1683 39.46%
UNIV. OF NEBR. BOARD OF REGENTS DIST. 1
CHARLES WILSON 2925 55492 58417 100.00%
RETAIN APPEALS COURT JUDGE - SIEVERS
YES 2575 50173 52748 71.37%
NO 994 20163 21157 28.63%
RETAIN WORKERS' COMP. JUDGE - VAN NORMAN
YES 2593 51138 53731 74.33%
NO 940 17617 18557 25.67%
RETAIN WORKERS' COMP. JUDGE - RAMIREZ
YES 2406 43750 46156 70.54%
NO 1025 18254 19279 29.46%
RETAIN DISTRICT COURT JUDGE - MCGINN
YES 2794 54010 56804 76.23%
NO 846 16863 17709 23.77%
RETAIN JUVENILE COURT JUDGE - DAWSON
YES 2632 51724 54356 75.60%
NO 840 16700 17540 24.40%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. 1
RICHARD MARESH 68 1769 1837 100.00%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. 2
GENE WATERMEIER 216 4343 4559 100.00%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. 3
MARY A. HARDING 513 10598 11111 100.00%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. 4
RUTH M. JOHNSON 563 11920 12483 64.84%
PATRICK S. CRAWFORD 300 6466 6766 35.16%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DIST. 5
HELEN E. GRIFFIN 774 15428 16202 50.26%
EDWARD SCHWARTZKOPF 964 15068 16032 49.74%
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT LARGE
RICHARD O. SCOTT 2711 52781 55492 100.00%
NEBR. PUBLIC POWER DIST. DIR. SUBDIST. 1
DENNIS RASMUSSEN 1633 35705 37338 54.67%
WALLY BARNETT 1639 29317 30956 45.33%
NEBR. PUBLIC POWER DIST. DIR. SUBDIST. 2
RALPH D. JOHNSON 1520 31469 32989 50.64%
DEL WHITEFOOT 1478 30679 32157 49.36%
NORRIS PUBLIC POWER DIST. DIR. SUBDIV. 5
JERALD J. POMAJZL 17 362 379 100.00%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 1
DON JACOBSON 1564 28441 30005 54.06%
LINDA S. VESCIO 1185 24312 25497 45.94%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 2
KIMBERLIE L. SCHOLTING 1266 24719 25985 51.99%
SUSAN TWEET 1246 22747 23993 48.01%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 3
LARRY E. SWANSON 1556 30621 32177 63.05%
LEONARD BUCHHOLZ 984 17870 18854 36.95%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 4
J.E. JACK WAGENER 1534 27558 29092 56.60%
JASON GREEN 1070 21240 22310 43.40%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 5
DICK POWELL 1357 26458 27815 50.62%
ANNE H. SMITH 1319 25820 27139 49.38%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 6
ART KNOX 2483 37881 40364 100.00%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 7
MARY E. ROGGE 1600 32914 34514 64.33%
BILL OVERMAN 1006 18132 19138 35.67%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 8
DALE WATERMEIER 2411 43870 46281 100.00%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST. 9
JUDY WALSH 2433 43946 46379 100.00%
LOWER PLATTE SO. N.R.D. DIR. SUBDIST 10
PAUL R. MORRISON 1731 33712 35443 68.41%
DANNY LEE LADELY 725 15639 16364 31.59%
NEMAHA N.R.D. SUBDIST. 1
GLEN L. KROESE 29 626 655 73.51%
JOHN JORDISON 6 230 236 26.49%
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 2
LARRY HUDKINS -R 2377 39602 41979 57.05%
MICHAEL BARRETT -D 1387 30215 31602 42.95%
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 4
DARLENE R. TUSSING -D 2183 49976 52159 65.05%
BOB VANVALKENBURG -R 1767 26252 28019 34.95%
BENNET VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ROBERT ELLIS 4 168 172 52.60%
MELANIE M. CHENEY 3 152 155 47.40%
COLONIAL ACRES BOARD OF TRUSTEES (2 YR.)
RUSSELL SEMM 3 6 9 100.00%
COLONIAL ACRES BOARD OF TRUSTEES (4 YR.)
DEAN L. SICKING 3 7 10 100.00%
COLONIAL ACRES BOARD OF TRUSTEES (6 YR.)
VICKI BILOFF 3 8 11 100.00%
DAVEY VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RUTH ANN DAY ANDERSON 4 72 76 30.40%
JAMES E. KAISER 3 72 75 30.00%
DUANE E. EDSTROM 2 62 64 25.60%
CRAIG S. SCHNIEDER 1 34 35 14.00%
DENTON VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DOUGLAS R. ROSEKRANS 2 57 59 23.14%
BARBARA M. GADWOOD 2 54 56 21.96%
JOHN L. WILLIAMS 3 44 47 18.43%
DAVE BACKES 1 46 47 18.43%
PATRICK O. BARTEK 0 46 46 18.04%
FIRTH VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PAUL TENHULZEN 15 187 202 35.94%
JAMES E. FLIDER 13 168 181 32.21%
LEONARD EISENHAUER 13 166 179 31.85%
HALLAM VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
LOREN BECK 2 107 109 29.95%
GARY VOCASEK 2 106 108 29.67%
RICHARD C. SUITER 1 76 77 21.15%
NANCY K. BAEHR 1 69 70 19.23%
MALCOLM VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MICHAEL E. BICE 6 126 132 58.15%
LARRY MURRAY 5 90 95 41.85%
PANAMA VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
DON ONWILER 2 90 92 37.86%
SCOTT WIESKAMP 1 81 82 33.74%
GLENN BUIS 1 68 69 28.40%
RAYMOND VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MIKE RADER 1 61 62 100.00%
ROCA VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MICHAEL SHEA 1 61 62 32.29%
BARBARA J. BAIS 1 46 47 24.48%
DOUGLAS P. DESSEL 0 44 44 22.92%
RAYMOND CRABTREE 1 38 39 20.31%
SPRAGUE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BRUCE MAHLER 1 33 34 31.78%
GAROLD JUDSON 0 24 24 22.43%
JERRY SIDLO 0 19 19 17.76%
JOHN LEE 1 16 17 15.89%
LANCE WHITE 0 13 13 12.15%
HICKMAN CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
DOUGLAS K. HANSON 7 307 314 34.09%
JAMES L. PLOUZEK 7 299 306 33.22%
GARY W. LESOING 7 294 301 32.68%
WAVERLY CITY MAYOR
RON MELBYE 16 502 518 58.60%
KIM BASSINGER 12 354 366 41.40%
WAVERLY CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
MARILYN LARSON 21 581 602 39.48%
BRUCE FORBES 13 539 552 36.20%
KYLE BASSINGER 15 356 371 24.33%
GAGE COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 5
NEIL VAN BOENING 0 4 4 100.00%
LANCASTER COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 6
HOLLY WITTSTRUCK 129 2841 2970 60.75%
BEV BENNETT 73 1846 1919 39.25%
OTOE COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 4
MAGDALEN PARSONS 12 309 321 100.00%
SALINE COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 6
SARA FREEOUF 16 327 343 55.77%
KATHLEEN A. PALKY 9 263 272 44.23%
SAUNDERS COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 2
THOMAS D. MITCHELL 18 420 438 100.00%
SEWARD COUNTY EDUC. SERVICE UNIT 6
MARGIE LEHR 1 8 9 39.13%
LINDA L. LUEBBE 1 5 6 26.09%
SHARON K. BENDER 2 2 4 17.39%
ROGER MEYER 1 3 4 17.39%
GAGE BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 30
EUGENE R. WIESE 0 4 4 26.67%
ROBERT KLEIN 0 4 4 26.67%
DAVID OLTMAN 0 3 3 20.00%
SUSAN SCHMIDT 0 2 2 13.33%
STEVEN DEAN 0 1 1 6.67%
MARCELLA M. RADEMACHER 0 1 1 6.67%
SALINE BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 2
LINDA PAPIK 17 514 531 27.63%
GARY F. LOTHROP 23 474 497 25.86%
WILLIAM J. LORENZ 20 455 475 24.71%
RON SACK 21 398 419 21.80%
SALINE BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 82
JAMES W. HEITMAN 0 3 3 30.00%
TERRY A. SELLECK 0 3 3 30.00%
JOHN L. KASTANEK 0 2 2 20.00%
JERRY PETRACEK 0 1 1 10.00%
KELLY J. HOMOLKA 0 1 1 10.00%
SEWARD BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 5
KAREN F. STAUFFER 6 18 24 24.49%
BRIAN BENNETT 3 15 18 18.37%
BARBARA A. VEGAS 2 15 17 17.35%
DOUG YODER 3 12 15 15.31%
JOHN C. ADEN 1 13 14 14.29%
RODNEY HIEBENTHAL 3 7 10 10.20%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. OR-1
JAMES L. PENTERMAN 16 335 351 27.73%
DAVID D. COAKLEY 12 326 338 26.70%
LARRY JOE ROYAL 12 310 322 25.43%
ROGER L. SMITH 6 249 255 20.14%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 145 WARD 2
ALAN K. RETZLAFF 5 228 233 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 145 WARD 4
MARCIA R. HERRING 14 433 447 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 145 WARD 5
LINDA J. BEVANS 14 414 428 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 145 WARD 6
JERRY MINCHOW 29 444 473 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 148
CHERYL LINDNER 15 505 520 26.09%
JULIA LOSTROH 21 474 495 24.84%
KEITH GROELING 14 325 339 17.01%
LARRY DVORAK 8 319 327 16.41%
CAROL THOMAS 8 304 312 15.65%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 160 WARD 1
JIM PESCHONG 23 448 471 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 160 WARD 3
DALE E. HARLAN 11 330 341 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 160 WARD 5
JAMES A. MCCONNELL 13 275 288 100.00%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 161 WARD 1
LAYNE B. ROLOFSON 4 147 151 59.45%
JANET L. SNIDER 4 99 103 40.55%
BOARD OF EDUCATION DIST. 161 WARD 3
MARY ANN HORNUNG 7 220 227 100.00%
OTOE COUNTY SCHOOL DIST. 501 BONDS ISSUE
FOR SAID BONDS AND TAX 14 311 325 59.20%
AGAINST SAID BONDS AND TAX 8 216 224 40.80%
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 1
AGAINST 3079 55981 59060 64.99%
FOR 1297 30524 31821 35.01%
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2
FOR 2393 43204 45597 56.56%
AGAINST 1602 33424 35026 43.44%
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3
AGAINST 2325 45689 48014 56.06%
FOR 1884 35746 37630 43.94%
INITIATIVE PETITION MEASURE 409
FOR 2317 42522 44839 52.31%
AGAINST 2007 38881 40888 47.69%
INITIATIVE PETITION MEASURE 410
AGAINST 2286 44115 46401 56.51%
FOR 1818 33886 35704 43.49%
INITIATIVE PETITION MEASURE 411
AGAINST 3174 71593 74767 78.20%
FOR 1354 19487 20841 21.80%
INITIATIVE PETITION MEASURE 412
AGAINST 2874 68594 71468 75.30%
FOR 1494 21945 23439 24.70%
LINCOLN CITY AMENDMENT ART. VI SECT. 2
FOR 2747 50435 53182 79.84%
AGAINST 601 12826 13427 20.16%
LINCOLN CITY AMENDMENT ART. VII SECT. 3
FOR 2658 47776 50434 79.34%
AGAINST 584 12543 13127 20.66%
LINCOLN CITY AMENDMENT ART. VIII SECT.12
FOR 2240 40362 42602 69.20%
AGAINST 873 18085 18958 30.80%
LINCOLN CITY AMENDMENT ART. IX SECT. 28
FOR 1708 33976 35684 56.02%
AGAINST 1529 26482 28011 43.98%
LINCOLN CITY AMENDMENT ART. IX SECT. 43
FOR 2026 37525 39551 63.61%
AGAINST 1154 21466 22620 36.39%