New faces will join Washington County board

Washington County will have at least two new Board of Supervisors members next year.

Ronald Hineline edged incumbent Kent Wilcox for the Republican nomination in the District 7 race. Hineline collected 160 votes to Wilcox’s 145 and he will face Joe Peleska in the Nov. 4 general election. Peleska ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Mary Alice Johnson won the Republican nomination in District 3, where the incumbent was not seeking re-election. Johnson beat Mick Mines 186-137 and will be unopposed in the general election.

Incumbent Marvin Rohwer won the District 1 Republican primary and will face Kent Clausen, who won the Democratic primary, in November. Rohwer beat Ritchie Nelson 122-112 while Clausen won a three-way race. Clausen had 83 votes to Pam Daly’s 72 and Robert Nieto’s 19.

Jeff Quist, another incumbent, won the Republican primary in District 5 and will face Democrat Rebecca Fox, who ran unopposed, in the general election. Quist collected 174 votes in the four-person race. Paul Cerio was second with 74 votes, followed by Matt Japp with 54 and Jason Kubie with 48.

In Saunders County, incumbent James Fauver, a Democrat, will face Brett Kmiecik in the District 6 Board of Supervisors race. Fauver beat Bob Gottschalk 196-76 in Tuesday’s primary.

In Yutan, one city council incumbent came out on top in East Ward primary while another finished second in the West Ward primary.

Incumbent Debbie Mattheis will face Kevin Griffith for the East Ward seat in November’s general election. Mattheis collected 46 votes to Griffith’s 34, Mel Ramsey’s 22 and Jay Bean’s 16.

Mark Nelson, an incumbent in the West Ward, finished second to Tim Ortmeier in the primary. Both will be on the ballot in November. Ortmeier had 99 votes, Nelson 44 and Donald Dooley 26.

Yutan voters also rejected a bond referendum 161-134 that would have allowed the city to spend up to $600,000 to make park improvements.

In Chester Township, voters approved 63-46 a measure that will allow the township to levy a property tax not to exceed 15 cents per $100 of taxable valuation in excess of the limits prescribed by law or final levy allocation until 2012-13 for general operations.

Rock Creek Township voters narrowly defeated -- 39-37 -- a measure that would have allowed the township to levy a property tax not to exceed 14 cents per $100 of taxable valuation in excess of the limited prescribed by law or final levy allocation and increase its budgeted restricted funds in the amount of $19,128 above the current year’s budgeted restricted funds until 2012-13 for general operations.