Wheetley, Caudle, Hough and Asmus win Scott County's contested races

BENTON, Mo. — Scott County voters elected a new sheriff and coroner during Tuesday’s primary election.

Nearly 34%, or 8,489 of Scott County’s 25,143 registered voters cast ballots during Tuesday’s election.

The only contested county races in Tuesday’s election were on the Republican ballot. The following results, which were provided by Scott County Clerk Allen Seabaugh, are unofficial.

In a close race for sheriff, Derick Wheetley, who received 2,725 votes, defeated current sheriff Wesley C. “Wes” Drury, who had 2,551 votes, and Hunter Juden, who netted 2,285 votes.

“I appreciate the citizens of Scott County trusting me to lead the sheriff’s department,” Wheetley said. “There will be exciting things happening starting in January.”

Wheetley also expressed gratitude to his family and political campaign for their hard work.

In a vote of 3,734 to 3,427, John Cody Caudle won the coroner’s race against incumbent Scott Branam.

Voters residing in the county’s First District chose David F. Hough, 1,009 votes, as the associate commissioner over John Klueppel, 829 votes; Michael Williams, 588 votes; Will Watson, 357 votes; and Jim Simmons Sr., 71 votes.

In the Second District commissioner race, Chase Asmus won the Republican seat with a total of 1,654 votes. He defeated Robert Hinkebein, 1,147 votes; Randy W. Senciboy, 682 votes; Steve Minner, 474 votes; Joshua Glastetter, 435 votes; and Robert “Bob” Graviett, 223 votes. Asmus will now face Rick Vandeven in the November general election for the Second District Commissioner seat. Vandeven was the sole candidate on the Democratic ballot. He received 251 votes.

The Scott County Rural Fire Protection District’s Proposition Safety passed with 722 “yes” votes and 398 “no” votes, for a 64.46% approval rate. A four-sevenths majority, or 57.14%, approval was required for passage.

County officials running unopposed on the Republican ticket were Carla Essner, assessor, who received 6,553 votes; Karen R. Dirnberger, public administrator, who garnered 6,452 votes.

Running unopposed on the Republican ticket in his bid for 33rd Circuit Judge was Zac Horack, who received 6,379 votes.

In the Republican race for 148th state repreprentative, voters chose David A. Dolan over Gary Senciboy with a vote of 4,262 to 3,134 votes.

Following the state trend, Scott County voters chose Jamie Burger, 4,384 votes, over Christina “Chris” Dodson Dinkins, 1,124 votes, and Jacob Turner, 1,972 votes, in the race for the 27th District state senator. Burger won the Republican race with a vote total of 13,121 votes over Turner’s 11,929 and Dinkins’ 7,044 votes.

Running unopposed was Republican Josh Hawley in his bid for U.S. Senator. He received 6,523 votes.

In the Republican race for governor, the following votes were cast in Scott County: Mike Kehoe, 3,381; John R. “Jay” Ashcroft, 1,580; Darrell Leon McLanahan III, 86; Jeremy Gundel, 36; Bill Eigel, 2,107; Robert James Olson, 25; Chris Wright, 64; Darren L. Grant, 29; Amber Thomsen, 127.

The following Scott County votes for were cast in the lieutenant governor race: Holly Rehder,4,426; David Wasinger, 1,187; Lincoln Hough, 1,082; Paul Berry III, 130; Tim Baker, 345; Matthew Porter, 185.

For secretary of state, Dean Plocher received the most Scott County votes with 1,712 followed by Denny Hoskins, 1,543; Mike Carter, 962; Shane Schoeller, 643; Mary Elizabeth Coleman, 580; Valentina Gomez, 489; Jamie Corley, 450; and Adam J. Schwadron, 429.

In the race for state treasurer, the following votes were received: Vivek Malek, 3,555; Cody Smith, 1,240; Andrew Koenig, 1,184; Lori Rook, 848; Tina Goodrick, 149; and Karan Pujji, 35.

In the attorney general race, Andrew Bailey, 4,654 votes, netted more votes than Will Scharf, 2,235 votes.

In the Republican race for Eighth District U.S. representative, Jason Smith received 6,184 votes followed by James Snider, 665 votes, and Grant Heithold, 382 votes.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

In the race for U.S. senator, Scott County voters cast the following votes: Karla May, 344 votes; Decemer L. Harmon, 111 votes; Lucas Kunce, 255 votes; and Mita Biswas, 22 votes.

In the goveronor race, vote totals were Eric Morrison, 147; Crystal Quade, 235; Sheryl Gladney, 72, Hollis L. Laster, 50; and Mike Hamra, 235.

Vote totals for the lieutenant governor race were Richard Brown, 421, and Anastasia Syes, 296.

In the secretary of state race, the following votes were cast: Monique Williams, 276; Barbara Phifer, 262; and Haley Jacobson, 177.

In the U.S. District 8 race, Randi McCallian received 495 votes and Franklin Delano Roth II garnered 222 votes.

In the race for the Richland Township Committeewoman, Jasmine Sales received 236 votes while Constance E. Branion netted 138 votes.

Running unopposed were Mark Osmack, state treasurerer, 678 votes; and Elad Jonathan Gross, attorney general, 683 votes.

LIBERTARIAN PARTY

Running unopposed were W.C. Young, U.S. senator; Bill Slantz, governor; Ken Iverson, lieutenant governor; Carl Herman Freese, secretary of state; John A. Hartwig Jr., state treasurer; Ryan L. Munro, attorney general; and Jake Dawson, Eighth District U.S. repesentative. They each received 9 votes.

NON-PARTISAN

In a vote of 4,602 to 3,605, Scott County voters were against Amendment No. 1. Scott County voters also were against Amendment No. 4 with a vote of 4,167 to 3,948.