Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. ~Sydney J. Harris
ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY: A huge victory here and statewide!
County website with official election results.
MoGOP website .
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Harold Hoflander won the Presiding Commissioner race with 59.41% to 40.46% of the vote, winning all 15 of 15 precincts.
2. Rep. Mike McGhee won his last term (term-limited out in 2012) with his biggest margin ever--66.9% to 33.1% of the vote.
3. Roy Blunt won the U.S. Senate seat big in Lafayette County, bigger than he did statewide, with 59.5% of the vote here versus Carnahan's 35.2%.
4. Vicky Hartzler beat Ike Skelton in the 4th CD with 50.4% to 45.1% of the vote. In Lafayette County, she lost the county and received 4939 to Skelton's 6567. Ray, Lafayette, Saline, Johnson, Henry, Moniteau, Hickory and Pulaski were the only counties of the 25 in the 4th CD that Skelton carried.
5. Tom Schweick for Auditor won in Lafayette County 54.99% to 41.38%.
6. Rep. Joe Aull, Democrat (26th Legislative District) was unopposed. (His district includes part of Lafayette County and Saline County)
7. Rep. Stanley Cox, Republican (118th Legislative District) won with 70.37%.. Part of his district is in Lafayette County, the rest in Pettis.
8. Sheila Solon, Republican (55th District) won with 75% of the vote. There were only 36 votes in this district from Lafayette County, a small portion of the district.
The 55th Missouri House District includes portions of Blue Springs south of Interstate 70 and most of Grain Valley and Oak Grove as well as portions of unincorporated Jackson County and a small part of Lafayette County.
9. Unopposed Republican county candidates included: Patsy Olvera, Recorder; Linda Niendick, County Clerk; Cherie Mason, Auditor; Deana Aversman, Circuit Clerk; Judge John Frerking, Associate Circuit Court Judge
FOR PRECINCT BY PRECINCT TOTALS...VISIT THE COUNTY WEBSITE: http://www.lafayettecountymo.com/
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