The Douglas County Clerk's Office completed counting ballots at 10:23 p.m. this evening.
Incumbents ruled the day in Douglas County with county commissioner Dave Brady, Justice of the Peace Jim EnEarl and Public Administrator Lynne EnEarl all winning their races handily.
Some new faces joined the incumbents with Carson Valley native James Settelmeyer taking the Assembly District 39 seat vacated by Assembly Minority Leader Lynn Hettrick and Douglas County planning commissioner Nancy McDermid winning the right to replace commissioner Tim Smith on the county commission.
McDermid defeated Democrat Greta Hambsch 11,735 votes to 6,629.
Brady won by a only slightly narrower margin over fellow Republican and former Carson Valley broadcaster Lloyd Higuera.
Brady received 9,491 votes to Higuera's 7,094 votes.
In the race for Assembly District 39, Republican and Carson Valley native James Settelmeyer defeated JoEtta Brown, 12,447 to 6,520.
All three Douglas County tax measures were defeated, with a proposed half-cent sales tax to support law enforcement in the county going down by the narrowest margin, 10,384 against to 8,533 in favor. Question 2, which would go to support the senior center was defeated 10,794 to 8,129 and Question 3 which would support the Douglas County Historical Society lost 14,618 to 4,229.
East Fork Justice of the Peace Jim EnEarl defeated challenger, Minden attorney Kelly Chase 9,552 votes to 6,095 in the race for .
EnEarl spent election night taking down his campaign signs.
In all 19,480 voters cast ballots in the election or about 71.5 percent of the county's active voters.
Senate CAPITAL Senatorial District
REP - AMODEI, MARK E. 8432
IAP - YOCHUM, MERRIT K. ''IKE'' 2529
State Assembly Dist. 39
DEM - BROWN, JOETTA 6520
REP - SETTELMEYER, JAMES 12447
County Assessor
REP - SONNEMANN, DOUGLAS 15595
County Clerk/Treasurer
REP - GRIFFIN REED, BARBARA J. 15724
County Commissioner District 2
REP - BRADY, DAVID J. 9491
REP - HIGUERA, LLOYD W. 7094
County Commissioner District 4
DEM - HAMBSCH, GRETA G. 6629
REP - MCDERMID, NANCY 11735
Public Administrator
IAP - DUPUIS, SAMUEL H. 5126
REP - ENEARL, LYNN 12525
Univ. Board of Regents Dst 9
NP - FULSTONE, II, DAVID H. 7082
NP - KNECHT, RON 8522
Justice of the Peace, East Fork
NP - CHASE, KELLY 6095
NP - ENEARL, JIM A. 9552
East Fork Swimming Pool Dist
NP - BENZ, BERNIE 3526
NP - GRAY, GORDON 4723
NP - HAMILTON, KYLE DENISE 4507
NP - O'HARA, PATRICK 4718
NP - SOLT, LESLEY 3221
Gardnerville Ranchos G I D
NP - BARNUM, BILL 1479
NP - JAMES, JEFF 1688
NP - REAVIS, BRUCE H. 1519
NP - WAGNER, AL 1694
Indian Hills G I D
NP - CLARK-ROSS, KATHRYN 596
NP - EISELE, BILL 644
NP - EVANS, RILEY EDWARD 465
NP - PATRICK, BRIAN 610
NP - PIERINI, DENISE 658
Town of Genoa - (3 pos)
NP - BOTTIGGI, D.E. ''BO'' 38
NP - PACE, GREG 105
NP - PETTIT, JACK E. 107
NP - WILLIAMS, BRIAN K. 92
County Question No. 1
YES 8533
NO 10384
County Question No. 2
YES 8129
NO 10794
County Question No. 3
YES 4229
NO 14618
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