In a closely watched race, the Colorado County Sheriff’s position was won by Justin Lindemann.
Lindemann received over 60 percent of the votes with 2,831 votes against his opponent, Wendy Alley, who garnered a respectful 39 percent with 1,825 votes. The race was cleanly run, with each contestant running on their own platforms.
Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties, unanimously backed Republican Donald Trump for president and Ted Cruz for U.S. Senator.
The Democratic Party backed Joe Biden for president and Colin Alred for U.S. Senator.
Additionally, all 13 Republican Propositions passed.
AUSTIN COUNTY
- Sheriff is Jack Brandes, unopposed.
- County Tax Assessor-Collector is Kim Rinn.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 1 is Greg Mikel.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 3 is Leroy Cerny, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 1 is Lance Johnson, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 2 is Dave Schulz, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 3 is Ronnie Griffin.
- Constable, Pct. 4 is James Clark, unopposed.
- County Chair (Democratic) is Pat Burns, unopposed; (Republican) is Charles Beers, unopposed.
COLORADO COUNTY
- County Attorney is Jay Johannes, unopposed.
- Sheriff is Justin Lindemann - County Tax Assessor-Collector may be a runoff between Erica Kollaja and Melinda Zajicek.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 1 is Shannon Owers.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 3 is Keith Neuendorff, unopposed.
- Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3 may be a runoff between Donald Clark and Bennie Zajicek.
- Constable, Pct. 1 is Richard La-Course, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 2 is Lonnie Hinze, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 3 is Ivan Menke, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 4 is Darrell Stancik.
- County Chair (Democratic) is Wayne Lefferd, unopposed; (Republican) is Tom Kelley, unopposed.
FAYETTE COUNTY
- County Attorney is James Herbich.
- Sheriff is Keith Korenek, unopposed.
- County Tax Assessor-Collector is Sylvia Mendoza, unopposed.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 1 is Jason McBroom, unopposed.
- County Commissioner, Pct. 3 is Harvey Berckenhoff, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 1 is WM Billy Roensch, unopposed.
- Constable, Pct. 2 is Roger Wunderlich.
- Constable, Pct. 3 is Robert Chambers.
- Constable, Pct. 4 is Jason Strickland.
- County Chair (Democratic) is Mary Wolf, unopposed; (Republican) is Michael Schlabach.
Runoff decisions will be posted as of today, March 14. The runoff primary will be held May 28.
