GREEN RIVER — The 2020 General Election was certainly one to remember with record-breaking absentee ballots and long lines.

According to Sweetwater County Election Clerk Destinee Morison, a total of 16,698 residents voted in the 2020 General Election. Of those, 5,457 were absentee voters, plus 1,626 voters voted at the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Absentee Polling Location. This is a total of 7,083 voters who took advantage of voting early.

The number of absentee voters for the 2020 General Election is a new record for the county, Morison said.

To put this into perspective, 2,048 absentee ballots were received for the 2018 General Election, while 1,984 absentee ballots were received for the 2016 General Election.

This year, the county saw more than either of those General Elections during the 2020 Primary Election with 3,462 absentee ballots.

As for the amount of those who decided to vote this year, is was actually about 600 less than the 2016 General Election. According to information from Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office, 17,309 voters voted in the 2016 General Election.

“We definitely expected a large voter turnout for the 2020 General Election,” Morison said.

The following results became official after the canvassing process was completed by the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office.

Federal Offices

United States Senator
Cynthia Lummis (R) – 12,351
Merav Ben-David (D) – 3,877

United States House Representative
Liz Cheney (R) – 11,097
Lynnette Grey Bull (D) – 3,680

State Offices

Senate District 12
John Kolb (R) – 3,278
Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (D) – 2,576

Senate District 14
Fred Baldwin (R) – 1,640

House District 17
Chad Banks (D) – 1,822

House District 18
Scott Heiner (R) – 1,621

House District 39
Marshall Burt (L) – 1,696
Stan Blake (D) – 1,421

House District 47
Jerry Paxton (R) – 658
Lela Konecny (L) – 94

House District 48
Clark Stith (R) – 2,573

House District 60
Mark Baker (R) – 2,793
Lindsey Travis (D) – 1,260

County Offices

Sweetwater County Commissioner
Lauren Schoenfeld (R) – 9,704
Mary Thoman (R) – 9,053
Joe Barbuto (D) – 4,339
Dave Gray (D) – 3,336

City Offices

Rock Springs City Council Ward I
Tim Robinson – 1,406

Rock Springs City Council Ward II
Rob Zotti – 2,505

Rock Springs City Council Ward III
Larry Hickerson – 753
Ryan Greene – 671

Rock Springs City Council Ward IV
Brent Bettolo – 868
Rose Moseby – 816

Green River City Council Ward I
Sherry Bushman – 1,026
Tom Murphy – 716

Green River City Council Ward II
George Jost – 1,050

Green River City Council Ward III
Robert Berg – 1,781

Granger City Council – 4 Year
Anselmo “Hippy” Valerio Jr. – 36
Stanley N. Jorensen – 33

Granger City Council – 2 Year
Daniel D. Soto Jr. – 34
Kevin Lennon – 33

Wamsutter Town Council – 4 year
Sally Garwood – 84
Anjelica Wood – 70

Wamsutter Town Council – 2 year
Gerald Proberts – 81

School Districts

Sweetwater County School District No. 1 School Board
Max Mickelson – 5,267
Stephanie Thompson – 4,554
Carol Jelaco – 4,253

Sweetwater County School District No. 1 School Board: Farson-Eden
Andrea R. Summers – 5,723

Sweetwater County School District No. 2 School Board
Steve Core – 2,560
Brenda Roosa – 2,300
David Young – 2,298
Mark Sanders – 2,247

The full official election results are located here.

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