Election ‘96 Results
(From For the Record, November 8, 1996:) Joe Blackburn, a Republican, won the Benewah County sheriff’s race with 2,054 votes. His opponents, Edgar Ashton and incumbent Democrat Rodney Thormahlen, received 130 and 1,693 votes respectively. The number of votes were inaccurately reported in Thursday’s newspaper.
BONNER COUNTY
Total Number Voting - 15,070
Precincts Reporting - 30 of 30
President
Browne & Jorgensen - L 121
Clinton & Gore - D 5,394
Dole & Kemp - R 6,207
Hagelin & Tompkins - NL 76
Perot & Choate - RFM 2,669
Phillips & Titus - UST 69
U.S. senator
Mary J. Charbonneau - I 307
Larry Craig - R 7,405
Walt Minnick - D 6,841
Susan Vegors - NL 152
Representative In Congress
District 1
Helen Chenoweth - R 7,077
Marion Ellis - NL 355
Dan Williams - D 7,209
State Senator District 1
Shawn Keough - R 7,152
Tim Tucker - D 4,854
State Senator District 2
Larry Kenck - D 1,040
Clyde Boatright - R 1,369
State Representative District 1
Position A
Harvey Rush Balison - D 5,120
John L. Campbell - R 6,321
State Representative District 1
Position B
Jim Stoicheff - D 9,097
State Representative District 2
Position A
Hilde Kellogg - R 1,858
State Representative District 2
Position B
Marc McGregor - D 920
Wayne R. Meyer - R 1,368
County Commissioner District 1
Patty Douglas - I 1,143
Steve Klatt - D 6,397
Bud Mueller -R 6,694
County Commissioner District 2
Larry Allen - R 6,960
Brian E. Orr - D 6,815
County Sheriff
Pete Robinson - D 5,216
Evan “Chip” Roos - R 8,889
Prosecuting Attorney
Tevis W. Hull - I 4,419
Philip H. Robinson - R 5,209
John R. Topp - D 4,616
Retain District Court Magistrate Buchanan
10,518
NO 2,220
911 Question
10,351
NO 3,954
Constitutional Amendment S.J.R. NO. 111
6,072
NO 5,960
Proposition 1 - Limit Property Tax
7,944
NO 5,914
Proposition 2 - Limit Bear Hunting Season
6,706
NO 7,415
Proposition 3 - Radioactive Waste Control
7,609
NO 6,302
Proposition 4 - Term Limits
7,785
NO 5,789
County School District 82
Supplemental Levy<
Levy 7,492
Levy NO 6,958
KOOTENAI COUNTY
Precincts Reporting - 52 of 52
President
Hagelin & Tompkins - NL 109
Perot & Choate - RFM 6,083
Phillips & Titus - UST 351
Browne & Jorgensen - L 276
Clinton & Gore - D 13,627
Dole & Kemp - R 18,740
U.S. Senator
Susan Vegors - NL 272
Mary J. Charbonneau - I 682
Larry Craig - R 21,611
Walt Minnick - D 17,262
U.S. Representative District 1
Helen Chenoweth - R 19,840
Marion Ellis - NL 846
Dan Williams - D 19,002
State Senator District 2
Larry Kenck - D 5,704
Clyde Boatright - R 8,315
State Representative District 2
Position A
Hilde Kellogg - R 11,176
State Representative District 2
Position B
Wayne R. Meyer - R 8,377
Marc McGregor - D 5,114
State Senator District 3
Gordon Crow - R 9,772
D.E. (Sam) Sears - D 6,185
State Representative District 3
Position A
Jim Clark - R 8,372
Marvin G. Vandenberg - D 7,373
State Representative District 3
Position B
Jeffrey W. Alltus - R 9,354
Alan Wasserman - D 6,496
State Senator District 4
Jack Riggs - R 4,933
Charles Eberle - UST 126
Mary Lou Reed - D 3,679
State Representative District 4
Position A
Thomas B. Dorr - R 4,806
Larry C. Watson - D 3,586
State Representative District 4
Position B
Donald N. Heikkila - D 2,967
Don Pischner - R 5,352
County Commissioner District 1
Rollin J. Putzier - D 13,498
Dick Compton - R 23,776
County Commissioner District 2
Charles Sheroke - D 14,568
Ronald Rankin - R 19,702
Bob MacDonald (Write In) 3,908
County Clerk
Lee Knowles - R 15,950
Dan English - D 21,785
County Sheriff
Karl Thompson - D 15,694
Pierce Clegg - R 22,929
Prosecuting Attorney
Bill Douglas - D 29,689
Retain District Court Magistrate Burton
28,230
NO 5,668
Retain District Court Magistrate Luster
27,932
NO 5,830
Retain District Court Magistrate Marano
23,821
NO 10,966
North Idaho College Trustee
Position A
Steven D. Widmyer 25,444
North Idaho College Trustee
Position B
Barbara Chamberlain 17,075
James M. Kimball 6,707
David C. Paquin 5,872
Constitutional Amendment S.J.R. NO. 111
18,745
NO 13,476
Proposition 1 - Limit Property Tax
19,371
NO 18,629
Proposition 2 - Limit Bear Hunting Season
20,376
NO 18,984
Proposition 3 - Radioactive Waste Control
20,053
NO 18,194
Proposition 4 - Congressional Term Limits
24,721
NO 13,010
Coeur d’Alene Special Initiative
7,899
NO 4,554
SHOSHONE COUNTY
Total Number Voting - 6,200 of 8,499
President Browne & Jorgensen - L 51
Clinton & Gore - D 2,981
Dole & Kemp - R 1,588
Hagelin & Tompkins - NL 19
Perot & Choate - RFM 1,283
Phillips & Titus - UST 32
Charles Collins 1
U.S. Senator
Mary J. Charbonneau - I 143
Larry Craig - R 2,491
Walt Minnick - D 3,300
Susan Vegors - NL 65
U.S. Representative District 1
Helen Chenoweth - R 2,019
Marion Ellis - NL 139
Dan Williams - D 3,798
State Senator
Charles Eberle - UST 115
Mary Lou Reed - D 3,213
Jack Riggs - R 2,641
State Representative Position A
Thomas B. Dorr - R 1,548
Larry C. Watson - D 4,301
State Representative Position B
Donald N. Heikkila - D 3,211
Don Pischner - R 2,521
County Commissioner District 1
Jim Vergobbi - D 3,703
Gary Waters (Write In) 1,424
County Commissioner District 2
Sherry L. Krulitz - D 4,428
County Sheriff
Tim Castle - I 734
Dan Schierman - D 3,350
Larry Irvine (Write In) 1,727
County Prosecuting Attorney
John O. Cossel - D 4,439
Constitutional Amendment S.J.R. NO. 111
2,353
NO 2,581
Proposition 1 - Limit Property Tax
2,656
NO 2,958
Proposition 2 - Limit Bear Hunting Season
2,834
NO 2,725
Proposition 3 - Radioactive Waste Control
2,987
NO 2,630
Proposition 4 - Term Limits
3,437
NO 1,991
BENEWAH COUNTY
President
Clinton & Gore - D 1,488
Browne & Jorgensen - L 36
Hagelin & Tompkins - NL 10
Perot & Choate - RFM 701
Dole & Kemp - R 1,667
Phillips & Titus - UST 17
U.S. Senator
Walt Minnick - D 1,641
Mary J. Charbonneau - I 73
Susan Vegors - N 32
Larry Craig - R 2,093
Representative in Congress District 1
Dan Williams - D 1,688
Marion Ellis - NL 74
Helen Chenoweth - R 2,033
State Senator District 7
Marguerite McLaughlin - D 1,705
John Ferris - R 1,202
State Senator District 4
Mary Lou Reed - D 505
Jack Riggs - R 404
Charles Eberle - UST 26
State Representative District 7
Position A
Charles D. Cuddy - D 1,534
Homer Ferguson - R 1,213
State Representative District 7
Position B
June E. Judd - D 1,747
Patrick Petrie - R 1,079
Arthur L. Burbank - UST 114
State Representative District 4
Position A
Larry C. Watson - D 448
Thomas B. Dorr - R 424
State Representative District 4
Position B
Donald Heikkila - D 481
Don Pischner - R 411
County Commissioner District 1
Jack A. Buell - D 2,813
Rex W. Smith - I 185
Terry Duffey - R 955
County Commissioner District 2
Dave Johnson - D 2,389
Jack E. Denny - R 1,413
County Sheriff
Edgar Ashton - I 130
Joe Blackburn - R 2,054
Rodney L. Thormahlen - D 2,897
Prosecuting Attorney
Douglas Paul Payne - D 2,897
Retain Magistrate Patrick McFadden
3,321
NO 610
Constitutional Amendment S.J.R. NO. 111
2,149
NO 1,516
Proposition 1 - Limit Property Tax
2,201
NO 1,671
Proposition 2 - Limit Black Bear Hunting
1,146
NO 2,826
Proposition 3 - Radioactive Waste Control
1,931
NO 1,959
Proposition 4 - Term Limits
2,235
NO 1,569
STM Rural Fire Annexation
15
NO
BOUNDARY COUNTY
General Election, November 1996
Representative In Congress District 1
D. Williams - D 1,550
M. Ellis - NL 103
H. Chenoweth - R 2,191
State Senator District 1
T. Tucker - D 1,659
S. Keough - R 2,279
State Representative District 1
Position A
H. Balison - D 1,704
J. Campbell - R 2,089
State Representative District 1
Position B
J. Stoicheff - D 2,592
County Commissioner District 1
D. Graham - I 1,871
M. Skeen - R 1,944
County Commissioner District 2
D. Everhart - D 1,777
K. Lederhos - R 2,050
County Sheriff
G. Sprungl - D 2,182
R. Navarro - R 1,739
Prosecuting Attorney
D. Woodbury - R 2,909
Retain Magistrate Quentin F. Harden
2,618
NO 1,255
Constitutional Amendment S.J.R. NO. 111
1,916
NO 1,702
Proposition 1 - Limit Property Tax
2,092
NO 1,770
Proposition 2 - Limit Bear Hunting
1,590
NO 2,364
Proposition 3 - Radioactive Waste
1,934
NO 1,942
Proposition 4 - Term Limits
2,209
NO 1,560
LEGISLATURE
District 1 - 37 of 37
State Senator District 1
Shawn Keough - R 9,431
Tim Tucker - D 6,513
State Representatives District 1
Position A
John L. Campbell - R 8,409
Harvey Rush Balison - D 6,527
Position B
Jim Stoicheff - D 11,689
District 2 - 82 of 82
State Senator District 2
Clyde Boatright - R 9,684
Larry Kenck - D 6,744
State Representatives District 2
Position A
Hilde Kellogg - R 13,034
Position B
Marc McGregor - D 6,034
Wayne R. Meyer - R 9,745
District 3 - 52 of 52
State Senator District 1
Gordon Crowe - R 9,772
D.E.”Sam” Sears - D 6,185
State Representatives District 3
Position A
Jim Clark - R 8,372
Marv Vandenberg - D 7,373
Position B
Jeff Alltus - R 9,354
Alan Wasserman - D 6,469
District 4 - 82 of 82
State Senator District 4
Charles Eberle - UST 267
Mary Lou Reed - D 7,397
Jack Riggs - R 7,978
State Representatives District 4
Position A
Tom Dorr - R 6,778
Larry Watson - D 8,375
Position B
Don Pischner - R 12,286
Don Heikkila - D 10,161
District 7
State Senator District 7
Marguerite McLaughlin - D 4,686
John Ferris - R 2,425
State Representatives District 7
Position A
Charles D. Cuddy - D 4,105
Homer Ferguson - R 2,828
Position B
June E. Judd - D 4,337
Patrick Petrie - R 2,471
Arthur L. Burbank - UST 243
Central Shoshone Water District
$1.4 million revenue bond levy passed
1,414
NO 701
East Shoshone Water District
$125,000 override levy failed
326
NO 836
Benewah Soil Conservation District
Christina Crawford 138
Philip Lampert 112
Kootenai Soil Conservation District
Michael Schlepp 3,578
Errol Arford 3,427