The citizens of Kootenai County won big last night, almost sweeping the entire slate of stale moderates. Congratulations to:
COUNTY RACES
Marc Eberlein- Sends Tondee home, and Herzog to his umpteenth next election with 53.74% of the vote.
Dave Stewart- Won with 100% of the vote.
Jim Brannon- A resounding win with 64.46% of voters approving him.
Steve Matheson- Wins a squeaker with 50.08%.
Mike McDowell- Our favorite from the previous slate with 85.01%.
STATE RACES
Steve Vick- Unopposed, and still elected.
Vito Barbieri- District 2 voters approve with 67.19%.
Eric Redman- Sends Ed ‘More Jobs’ Morse packing his bags with 55.60% of the vote.
Bob Nonini- The race DooFo said was Whalens’ apparently wasn’t. Nonini with 64.70%.
Ron Mendive- Congrats with 65.89% of the vote.
Don Cheatham- Tells Jeff Ward to pound sand with 39.89%.
Mary Souza- Wins out over Big Money Goedde with 52.69%
Kathy Sims- Voters say no to Democrat Rick Currie. Sims with 61.71%.
ALMOST
Congrats to Toby Shindelbeck for coming within 180 votes of sending Luke “Potty Mouth” Malek packing.
More updates later-
CHESTER