Estenson wins Thermopolis Mayor race

Unofficial results have been released for the 2022 Hot Springs County General Election. In Hot Springs County, there were a total of 2,213 votes cast.

A new Mayor will be the taking over for the Town of the Thermopolis. Adam Ryan Estenson received 650 votes winning over incumbent Mike Chimenti who received 552 votes.

For the Thermopolis Town Council race, Rachel Hughes received 612 votes to edge out incumbent Tony Larson with 598 votes. John Dorman, Sr. received 748 votes and will retain his seat on the council.

In the eight person race for three seats on the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees, there will be one new board member. Incumbents Sherman Skelton, with 1,054 votes, and Jennifer Axtell, with 1,031 votes, will retain their seats on the board. As the next highest vote earner with 921, Bethany Rose Webber will be joining the board. Nathan Miller received 737 votes, Andrea Miller received 712 votes, Mandy Wilson received 401 votes, Cynthia Garbin received 399 votes and Melissa V. Mohr received 302 votes.

In the race for the Wyoming House District 28 seat, it looks as though incumbent John R. Winter (R) will retain his seat. Winter received a total of 1,582 votes in Hot Springs County, with Kimberly M. Bartlett (D) receiving 590 votes. At press time Tuesday evening, early reports from Park and Fremont where also showing Winter as receiving the most votes in those counties. Big Horn County had not reported numbers at press time.

Results of the county commissioner race show incumbent Thomas J. Ryan retaining his seat with 1,407 votes and Paul M. Galovich received 1,517 votes to secure his seat.

Several HSC positions were uncontested in the general election and the incumbents will all retain their seats including: Jill Logan who received 1,854 votes for county attorney, Jerimie Kraushaar who received 1,920 votes for county sheriff, Becky Kersten who received 2,008 votes for county clerk, Julie Mortimore who received 2,019 votes for county treasurer, Daniel Webber who received 1,944 votes for county assessor, Terri Cornella who received 1,952 votes for clerk of district court and Mark Mortimore received 1,929 votes for county coroner.

East Thermopolis

East Thermopolis Mayor candidate Jeremiah Ramsey received 26 votes with 43 write in votes being received. Jack Kuiper’s name appeared on the ballot but he had withdrawn from the race so votes for him do not count. An official winner will be announced once canvasing has occurred. For East Thermopolis Town Council, Debra K. Lackey received 55 votes and Dolores Bush received 64 votes and they will fill the two seats up for election on the council. Julie Dodds Music received 39 votes.

Kirby

Incumbent Jessica Slagle received 21 votes for Mayor and she will retain her position. There were two seats up for election on the Kirby Town Council. Nathaniel Rodriguez received 21 votes, Kimberly Graham received 19 votes and Barrie Lynn Bryant Jr. received 12 votes. Rodriguez and Graham will serve on the council.

On the state level, at press time Tuesday evening, early reports were calling a win for incumbent Mark Gordon (R) for Governor of Wyoming and Harriet Hagman (R) for United States Representative. Compete, unofficial statewide results for the 2022 Wyoming General Election can be viewed at sos.wyo.gov

At press time, It looked as though Amendment A regarding rules for investments would pass and Amendment B which would increase the retirement age for judges would fail.