Lemhi County races finish with new Republican nominees for commissioner and sheriff

LEMHI — Lemhi County now has charismatic Republican nominees for region commissioner and region sheriff aft Tuesday’s superior elections.

John Bennett hit retired 3 opponents, Chris Horton, Albert Pardo, and Leah Madsen, for Lemhi County Sheriff.

Bennett earned 35%, a full of 997 votes. Madsen followed intimately down pinch 30%, Horton pinch 25%, and Pardo pinch 10%.

EastIdahoNews.com reached retired to Bennett for a remark and we will update if we perceive back.

The title for nan Lemhi County Commissioner District 1 was close. Rick Carlson defeated John Blayden pinch 53%, a full of 1,362 votes to go nan Republican nominee.

“I’m happy to spot a large turnout successful nan county, and I’m happy to spot nan voters really progressive successful nan election,” Carlson tells EastIdahoNews.com. “There were adjacent races, a batch of group turned retired and our schoolhouse enslaved passed.”

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