2020 primary election results: Valdez, Armbrister lead races with nearly all precincts reporting

photo by: Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo

A collection of "I voted" stickers is pictured at the Douglas County Courthouse in this file photo from Nov. 3, 2016.

Douglas County residents cast their votes by mail and at the polls Tuesday. A number of local and state races on the ballot will be decided in the primary, as no opponents from the opposite party filed to run in November’s general election.

Also on the ballot were contested primaries for Kansas seats in U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

Polls closed at 7 p.m., and the Journal-World will update this page with results throughout the evening as votes are counted. More information can be found on the Douglas County clerk’s website and the Kansas secretary of state’s website.

For more coverage of the election, including previous stories about candidate forums and Q&As, go to ljworld.com/2020-election/.

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Last updated: 10:46 p.m. Tuesday

Douglas County races

County Commission 2nd District — Democratic Primary

• Story: Douglas County Commission incumbent holds slight lead for reelection; candidates say final results could take days

Candidate Votes Percent
Shannon Reid 2,021 37%
Sara Taliaferro 1,330 24%
Nancy Thellman 2,138 39%
(Unofficial results, 35 of 36 precincts) 97% reporting

County Commission 3rd District — Democratic Primary

• Story: Two candidates who opposed Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail win primary elections for 3rd District seat

Candidate Votes Percent
Shannon Portillo 3,346 57%
Karen Willey 2,503 43%
(Unofficial results, 37 of 39 precincts) 95% reporting

County Commission 3rd District — Republican Primary

• Story: Two candidates who opposed Douglas County’s plan to expand its jail win primary elections for 3rd District seat

Candidate Votes Percent
Pam McDermott 1,947 56%
Ronald Thacker 1,552 44%
(Unofficial results, 37 of 39 precincts) 95% reporting

District attorney — Democratic Primary

• Story: KU law professor wins primary race for Douglas County district attorney, ousts longtime incumbent Branson

Candidate Votes Percent
Charles Branson 4,562 28%
Cooper Overstreet 5,407 33%
Suzanne Valdez 6,576 40%
(Unofficial results, 97 of 100 precincts) 97% reporting

Sheriff — Democratic Primary

• Story: Lieutenant wins in Douglas County sheriff primary

Candidate Votes Percent
Jay Armbrister 6,514 40%
Dale Flory 4,774 29%
Doug Woods 5,175 31%
(Unofficial results, 97 of 100 precincts) 97% reporting

Treasurer — Democratic Primary

• Story: Douglas County deputy treasurer wins primary race for office’s top position

Candidate Votes Percent
Timothy Morland 6,260 41%
Adam Rains 9,106 59%
(Unofficial results, 97 of 100 precincts) 97% reporting

Register of deeds — Democratic Primary

• Story: Douglas County deputy register of deeds leading in race to become next leader of the deeds office

Candidate Votes Percent
Kent Brown 8,185 52%
Kim Murphree 7,573 48%
(Unofficial results, 97 of 100 precincts) 97% reporting

State races

Kansas House 10th District — Democratic Primary

• Story: Haswood wins contested primary, will become third Native American in history of Kansas Legislature

Candidate Votes Percent
Christina Haswood 2,279 70%
Brandon Holland 505 16%
A.J. Stevens 455 14%
(Unofficial results, 19 of 19 precincts) 100% reporting

Kansas House 42nd District — Republican Primary

• Story: Incumbent Karleskint appears to lose close primary to conservative challenger in Kansas House District 42

Candidate Votes Percent
Jim Karleskint 1,548 48%
Lance Neelly 1,680 52%
(Unofficial results, 16 of 16 precincts) 100% reporting

National races

U.S. House 2nd District — Republican Primary

• Story: Kansas Rep. Watkins unseated after facing criminal charges

Candidate Votes Percent
Jake LaTurner 43,091 49%
Dennis Taylor 14,886 17%
Steve Watkins 29,494 34%
(Unofficial results, 859 of 951 precincts) 90% reporting

U.S. House 2nd District — Democratic Primary

Candidate Votes Percent
Michelle De La Isla 35,235 75%
James K. Windholz 11,645 25%
(Unofficial results, 868 of 951 precincts) 91% reporting

U.S. Senate — Republican Primary

• Story: Kansas GOP picks Rep. Marshall for Senate seat over Kobach

Candidate Votes Percent
Lance Berland 5,063 1%
John L. Berman 720 0%
Derek C. Ellis 3,537 1%
Bob Hamilton 64,166 19%
Kris Kobach 89,474 26%
David Alan Lindstrom 22,717 7%
Roger Marshall 132,724 39%
Brian Matlock 5,911 2%
John Miller 3,777 1%
Steve Roberts 6,879 2%
Gabriel Mark Robles 3,206 1%
(Unofficial results, 2938 of 3577 precincts) 82% reporting

U.S. Senate — Democratic Primary

Candidate Votes Percent
Barbara Bollier 143,079 86%
Robert Leon Tillman 23,103 14%
(Unofficial results, 2925 of 3577 precincts) 82% reporting

Results provided by: Douglas County Elections Office and the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office

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