Pinkerton upsets Smith
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| Lee Pinkerton |
Incumbent Dan Dinning retained his seat, handily defeating challenger Connie M. DeCoe-Munier, 1,204 to 564; and Sheriff Greg Sprungl held off challenger Jeff Ennis, 1,041 to 747. Sprungl will also be challenged in the November general election, as he faces off against Independent candidate Gary Leonard.
Running unopposed, prosecutor Jack Douglas garnered 1,376 votes.
In state Republican races, incumbents reigned in Boundary County. Congressman Raul Labrador trounced challenger Reed McCandless, 1,288 to 369; District 1 State Senator Shawn Keough defeated Danielle Ahrens 1,233 to 564; and Eric Anderson will go to the general election having defeated two GOP rivals, garnering 1,018 votes to 667 picked up by Donna Capurso and 85 that went to Louie Nye.
On the Democratic ticket in Boundary County, Cynthia Clinkingbeard defeated Jimmy Farris for the First District U.S. House seat, 42-39; Laura Bry ran unopposed to challenge Keough in November, gaining 80 votes; and Andrew Sorg and Tim Tucker, also unopposed, garnered 77 and 84 votes respectively to face off against Anderson and Eskridge.
In Republican Central Committee races, Larry DeVore beat write-in candidate Brenda Tomulty, 253 to 5 to represent the BF/Kootenai precinct; Tim Dillin defeated Donna Standley in the Copeland precinct105 to 66; Robert Pluid beat Terry Capurso in the Moyie Springs precinct, 317 to 108, Dave Jurgensen beat Walter Burrow 190 to 90 in the North Bonners Ferry precinct, Ken Carrter will represent Naples precinct, with 110 votes to Connie DeCor-Munier's 69 and Chris Ketner's 56, and Linda Alt retains her seat representing the Valley View precinct, beating Rick Dodd 228 to 54.
None of the Democratic precinct committeeman positions were challenged.