Country still waits final count for U.S. President

    America is still wondering who will be its next President.
    With the race for the White House between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden topping Tuesday’s ticket, all eyes remained on six states where vote-counting wasn’t completed yet Wednesday.
    And, it could be several days before results are known in some of these states.
    In Chase County and Nebraska, the raw vote was decidedly in the Republican Trump’s favor.
    Trump drew 1,714 votes in Chase County, while Biden tallied 226, or 87.14% to 11.49%.
    Statewide, Nebraska also voted overwhelmingly for the Trump/Pence ticket by a 58.59% to 39.31% margin. Trump/Pence won in 91 of 93 Nebraska counties, with the exception of Douglas (Omaha) and Lancaster (Lincoln) counties.
    Biden did pick up one of the state’s five Electoral College votes in Congressional District 2 which includes Omaha.
    Wednesday morning, the Electoral College tally across the U.S. was Biden/Harris with 238 and Trump/Pence 213.
    Nebraska is one of two states that splits its Electoral College votes along with Maine.
    Nebraskans reelected U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, and all three Representatives to Congress—Adrian Smith (Dist. 3), Donald Bacon (Dist. 2) and Jeff Fortenberry (Dist. 1). All are Republicans.
    Chase County Clerk/Election Commissioner Debbie Clark reports 79.48% of Chase County’s 2,495 registered voters submitted ballots either in-person or early.
    A total of 749 cast early ballots, or 37% of the 1,983 voters who did vote.
City council, local races
    Incumbent Doug Gaswick and candidate Craig Loeffler were just three votes from tying each other, and will take seats on the Imperial city council the next four years.
    Gaswick finished with 606, Loeffler had 603 and a third challenger, Duncan Einspahr, tallied 352.
    Loeffler will fill the seat to be vacated by incumbent Johna Jablonski, who did not seek reelection.
    Five candidates, four of them incumbents, ran for five open seats on the Chase County Schools board of education.
    In Chase County, Karl Meeske led the field with 1,218 votes. Carrie Terryberry garnered 1,190, Willy O’Neil 1,126, Josh Fries 1,092 and Laura Maddox 1,082.
    The CCS district extends slightly into Dundy County, where additional school board votes were: Fries 9, O’Neil 7, Meeske 7, Terryberry 6 and Maddox 6.
    Republican Duane Dinnel ran unopposed for the Dist. 1 Chase County Commissioners’ seat that covers mostly eastern Chase County but includes part of Imperial. Dinnel will replace incumbent Chuck Vette, who lost to Dinnel in the primary.
    Dinnel’s expected Democratic opponent, Dave Teply, pulled out of the race after he moved out of District 1.
    David C. Brown of Champion came out on top over David R. Oxford, Jr. of Enders for the only contested seat on the Upper Republican NRD board for subdistrict 3.
    Subdistrict 3 includes south central and southwest Chase County and north central and western Dundy County.
    Brown had the majority in both counties with 232 votes total. Oxford garnered 172. In Chase County, the breakout was Brown 175 and Oxford 144.
    Voters in Chase County also cast ballots to two NRD board candidates who were unopposed.
    Incumbent Harry Merrihew was reelected in subdistrict 5 (east side of Imperial), while C.J. Swanson ran opposed for subdistrict 7 (southwest Imperial). Swanson will fill the seat held by Tom Terryberry, who didn’t seek reelection.

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