Update at 11:30 p.m.
12 of 31 Precincts have been reported at this time according to the Marion County website.
Hillsboro resident Dana Maxfield has worked at all of the elections the last several years at the Hillsboro United Methodist Church polling site. She also noticed a higher turnout than previous elections.
“Turnout was great! The first few hours were the busiest as usual, but it was steady the rest of the day, too. We had 1,032 voters show up today,” said Maxfield.
Polls closed at 7 p.m. with results flowing in afterward. More updates will be posted as they become available throughout the next few hours. All results are unofficial until they are canvassed by commissioners. They will be official on Wednesday, November 14. Election results are available courtesy of the Marion County Kansas Elections office:
National races
U.S. House of Representatives—District 1
Alan LaPolice (D) 611
Roger Marshall (R) 1,857
Kansas races
Governor/Lt. Governor
Laura Kelly (D) 848
Kris Kobach (R) 1,406
Rick Kloos (Ind) 16
Greg Orman (Ind) 199
Jeff Caldwell (Lib) 34
Secretary of State
Brian ‘Bam’ McClendon (D) 679
Scott Schwab (R) 1,727
Rob Hodgkinson (Lib) 74
Attorney General
Sarah G. Swain (D) 513
Derek Schmidt (R) 1,955
State Treasurer
Marci Francisco (D) 530
Jake LaTurner (R) 1,927
Commissioner of Insurance
Nathaniel McLaughlin (D) 424
Vicki Schmidt (R) 2,009
Kansas House District 70
Jo Schwartz (D) 291
John E. Barker (R) 602
Kansas House District 74
Stephen Owens (R) 1,385
State Board of Education
District 7
James Hannon (D) 626
Ben Jones (R) 1,785
County races
Commission District 1
Kent D. Becker (R) 1,213
Burns City Council (3 positions)
Kimberly Koop (U) 1
Hillsboro City Council – Ward 1
Brent Driggers (R) 405
Hillsboro City Council – Ward 2
Byron McCarty (R) 461
Judicial Retention
Court of Appeals Yes No
Position 1 Stephen D. Hill 1,720 461
Position 5 Kim R. Schroeder 1,757 432
Position 7 Henry W. Green, Jr. 1,674 480
Position 10 Anthony J. Powell 689 474
Position 11 Tom Malone 1,709 451
Position 12 Michael B. Buser 1,419 730
Position 13 Melissa Taylor Standridge 1,468 687
8th Judicial District Yes No
Division 1 Ben J. Sexton 680 439
Division 4 Stephen L. Hornbaker 1,615 484
Special Question
Change to 5-member Commission Dist? Yes No
1,340 1,075