UPDATED:
Unofficial election results show that Seward County will have a new sheriff, Mike Vance. Vance defeated incumbent Joe Yocum 3,868 votes to 3,059, winning just over 55 percent of the vote.
In other major local races, Bob Vrbka won over incumbent Whitney Fleischman for the County Commissioner District 3 seat, and Ken Schmieding won over Corey Gray for the District 5 seat.
Incumbent Ellen Beck beat out Amanda Whitney for Seward City Council Ward 1, and Alyssa Hendrix won over incumbent Richard Hans for Ward 3.
On the Milford City Council, Kelly Heser defeated Robert Engel to represent Ward 1. Ward 2 will be represented by a write-in candidate, but the winning name has not yet been released.
In related news, Milford Mayor Nick Glanzer resigned at the council's Nov. 6 meeting. In his resignation letter, Glanzer said his family is moving outside of the Milford city limits, making him ineligible to hold the office. City Council President Patrick Kelley will assume the mayoral role, effective Friday, Nov. 9.
Statewide races are still being tallied. In Seward County and so far in state results, incumbent Mark Kolterman is beating out Stephanie Nantkes for State Legislature District 24. Pete Ricketts won in Seward County and is leading statewide for governor of Nebraska over Bob Krist.
In Seward County, Measure 427 (Medicaid Expansion) failed with 58 percent of voters voicing their opinion against the expansion. Statewide, though, votes ‘For’ the expansion are leading.
The vote to continue Milford’s LB 840 Economic Development Program passed.
View unofficial results for other Seward County races here: http://files.countyofsewardne.com/clerk/election/GenResults.pdf.
Statewide results can be found here: http://www.sos.ne.gov/dyindex.html.
