Erichsen comes up short in Republican 109th primary

Ellsworth native Noah Erichsen started strong start in Ellsworth County for the Republican primary for the Kansas House 109^th race. As the other four counties reported vote totals, however, his early lead shrank, then evaporated.

At 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, Waymaster had a commanding lead over Erichsen in the race, 3,290 to 1,758, with only Osborne County left to report. Results are not expected until 11:30 p.m.

The unofficial results are as follows:

Ellsworth County:

Erichsen: 868

Waymaster: 449

Lincoln County:

Erichsen: 395

Waymaster: 433

Russell County:

Erichsen: 233

Waymaster: 1,587

Smith County:

Erichsen: 262

Waymaster: 821

Osborne County is the final county in the 109^th House district, and results were not tabulated yet.

A full story will appear in the AUg. 11 edition of the I-R.