OFFICIAL RESULTS
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA
MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
TOWNSHIP OF BROADVIEW
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 80
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 43
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 53.75
BROADVIEW COMMISSIONER
VOTE FOR 3
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 58 100.00
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 46.15
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 53.85
BILLINGS WARD 1
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 7939
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 3707
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 46.69
BILLINGS MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
BILL COLE . . . . . . . . . . . 2385 65.61
JEFF ESSMANN . . . . . . . . . . 1207 33.20
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 43 1.18
BILLINGS COUNCIL WARD 1
VOTE FOR 1
CHARLIE SMILLIE . . . . . . . . . 1320 37.06
MIKE YAKAWICH . . . . . . . . . . 2222 62.38
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 20 .56
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 54.71
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 1649 45.29
BILLINGS WARD 2
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 10560
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 5176
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 49.02
BILLINGS MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
BILL COLE . . . . . . . . . . . 2947 57.88
JEFF ESSMANN . . . . . . . . . . 2113 41.50
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 32 .63
BILLINGS COUNCIL WARD 2
VOTE FOR 1
FRANK EWALT. . . . . . . . . . . 2559 53.94
ROGER M. GRAVGAARD . . . . . . . . 2141 45.13
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 44 .93
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2430 47.75
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 2659 52.25
BILLINGS WARD 3
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 10723
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 5476
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 51.07
BILLINGS MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
BILL COLE . . . . . . . . . . . 3516 65.20
JEFF ESSMANN . . . . . . . . . . 1820 33.75
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 57 1.06
BILLINGS COUNCIL WARD 3
VOTE FOR 1
NADJA BROWN. . . . . . . . . . . 2157 41.33
DENISE JOY . . . . . . . . . . . 3015 57.77
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 .90
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2810 51.92
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 2602 48.08
BILLINGS WARD 4
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 13851
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 8578
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 61.93
BILLINGS MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
BILL COLE . . . . . . . . . . . 5656 66.60
JEFF ESSMANN . . . . . . . . . . 2794 32.90
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 42 .49
BILLINGS COUNCIL WARD 4
VOTE FOR 1
GEORGE BLACKARD . . . . . . . . . 3608 46.59
PENNY RONNING . . . . . . . . . . 4102 52.97
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 34 .44
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5226 62.00
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 3203 38.00
BILLINGS WARD 5
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 11199
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 6198
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 55.34
BILLINGS MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
BILL COLE . . . . . . . . . . . 3700 60.27
JEFF ESSMANN . . . . . . . . . . 2410 39.26
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 .47
BILLINGS COUNCIL WARD 5
VOTE FOR 1
D. SHAUN BROWN. . . . . . . . . . 3089 54.78
DENNIS ULVESTAD . . . . . . . . . 2503 44.39
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 47 .83
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3271 53.81
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 2808 46.19
LAUREL WARD 1
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 654
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 296
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 45.26
LAUREL MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
THOMAS NELSON . . . . . . . . . . 130 47.45
DAVE WAGGONER . . . . . . . . . . 140 51.09
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.46
LAUREL CITY JUDGE
VOTE FOR 1
JEAN M. KERR . . . . . . . . . . 252 98.05
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.95
LAUREL CITY COUNCIL WARD 1
VOTE FOR 1
EVAN BRUCE . . . . . . . . . . . 85 30.47
DOUG POEHLS. . . . . . . . . . . 90 32.26
HEIDI SPARKS . . . . . . . . . . 102 36.56
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .72
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 44.95
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 55.05
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 123 42.27
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 168 57.73
LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BONDS - YES. . . . . . . . . . . 122 43.11
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 161 56.89
LAUREL WARD 2
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 730
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 410
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 56.16
LAUREL MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
THOMAS NELSON . . . . . . . . . . 142 40.00
DAVE WAGGONER . . . . . . . . . . 207 58.31
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.69
LAUREL CITY JUDGE
VOTE FOR 1
JEAN M. KERR . . . . . . . . . . 356 98.61
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.39
LAUREL CITY COUNCIL WARD 2
VOTE FOR 1
BRUCE MCGEE. . . . . . . . . . . 313 96.60
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.40
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 44.84
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 55.16
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 178 43.73
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 229 56.27
LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BONDS - YES. . . . . . . . . . . 174 42.86
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 232 57.14
LAUREL WARD 3
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 965
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 655
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 67.88
LAUREL MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
THOMAS NELSON . . . . . . . . . . 292 50.61
DAVE WAGGONER . . . . . . . . . . 277 48.01
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.39
LAUREL CITY JUDGE
VOTE FOR 1
JEAN M. KERR . . . . . . . . . . 558 98.41
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.59
LAUREL CITY COUNCIL WARD 3
VOTE FOR 1
KATHY "KAT" STOKES . . . . . . . . 272 47.97
IRVING H. WILKE . . . . . . . . . 287 50.62
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.41
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 40.03
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 59.97
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 280 43.14
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 369 56.86
LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BONDS - YES. . . . . . . . . . . 272 41.72
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 380 58.28
LAUREL WARD 4
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 863
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 427
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 49.48
LAUREL MAYOR
VOTE FOR 1
THOMAS NELSON . . . . . . . . . . 161 41.60
DAVE WAGGONER . . . . . . . . . . 222 57.36
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.03
LAUREL CITY JUDGE
VOTE FOR 1
JEAN M. KERR . . . . . . . . . . 386 99.23
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .77
LAUREL CITY COUNCIL WARD 4
VOTE FOR 1
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . . 52 100.00
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 49.16
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 50.84
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 184 43.50
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 239 56.50
LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BONDS - YES. . . . . . . . . . . 184 43.29
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 241 56.71
LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT 7 & 70 (RURAL AREA)
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 2653
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 1710
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 64.46
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 43.66
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 937 56.34
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 736 43.22
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 967 56.78
LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BONDS - YES. . . . . . . . . . . 720 42.38
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 979 57.62
LOCKWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT 26
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 3852
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 2164
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 56.18
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007 47.06
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133 52.94
LOCKWOOD SCH DIST NO. 26 EXPANSION
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1492 69.33
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 30.67
YELLOWSTONE COUNTY RURUAL AREA
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 14465
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 7103
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 49.10
YELLOWSTONE CO. PUBLIC SAFETY MILL LEVY
VOTE FOR 1
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2961 41.72
AGAINST . . . . . . . . . . . . 4136 58.28
CARBON COUNTY PORTION OF LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT 7 and 70
VOTES PERCENT
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . . 258
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . . 113
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . . 43.80
LAUREL ELEMENTARY SCH DIST NO. 7-70 BOND
VOTE FOR 1
BOND - YES . . . . . . . . . . . 55 48.67
BONDS - NO . . . . . . . . . . . 58 51.33