Tuesday was election day in Kansas as the state conducted the first Presidential Preference Primary since 1992.
Results of the election saw no surprises as the presumptive nominees are both projected to win Kansas. President Joe Biden secured 84% of the Democratic party vote, while former President Donald Trump secured 75% of the Republican party vote. Those numbers largely mirrored results in Riley and Pottawatomie County, where Biden and Trump both won easily, though Trump’s margin of victory in Riley County was 64% compared to Nikki Haley who finished a distant second with 25%.
Unofficial final results from both counties are available below:
Unofficial Final Report_202403192037377011 Scan0468_202403192016232709A link to the state’s unofficial final results can be found here.
The results didn’t do much to influence the general election ballot, as President Biden and former President Trump had already secured the delegates necessary for their party’s nomination by Super Tuesday, on March 5.
Turnout was modest, with both Riley and Pottawatomie County seeing just under 7% turnout. A total of 2,560 votes were cast in Riley County while 1,177 registered voters cast ballots in Pottawatomie County.
As for advance voting, Riley County saw 1,152 voters cast their ballots early, while Pottawatomie County saw just 78 advance voters, though the clerk’s office had received 139 of 200 mail ballots as of Tuesday afternoon.
Vargo announced at Monday’s Riley County Commission meeting a continued plea for poll workers for the upcoming primary and general elections.
“We are short about 24 workers for the next primary election in August and I’m sure we’ll need election workers in November as well, so we encourage people to sign up to be a poll worker for the upcoming August and November elections,” he said.
The date for the primary election is Aug. 6. The general election will take place Nov. 5.
