Search » Advanced

November ballots set after mail-in election

By CAMDEN EASTERLING Chronicle Staff Writer

Betty Stroock and Eric Bryson are the official Bozeman City Commission candidates for the November general election.


 Stroock soundly beat four competitors in Tuesday's mail-ballot primary, securing 2,483 votes, or 50 percent of the 4,923 cast. Bryson came in second with 1,313 votes or 27 percent.

“I'm on cloud nine,” Stroock said. “I'm thrilled.”

Stroock called her majority a “vote of confidence” from Bozemanites.

“And I'm going to work very hard to get elected,” she said of the coming weeks until the general election.

Bryson said he was excited to be moving to the general election, although his vote percentage Tuesday wasn't as high as he would have liked.

“That just means I have a lot of work to do between now and November,” he said.

He and Stroock will vie Nov. 6 for the seat Commissioner Steve Kirchhoff vacates in January. The general election also will be on a mail-in ballot.

The three other commissioner candidates do not move on to that election. Candidate Bob Chase garnered 538 votes in Tuesday's primary, or 11 percent. Eddie Steinhauer had 392 votes, 8 percent.

And Frederick Richards, who declared in August that he was no longer campaigning because he plans to move outside the city limits, still received 140 votes, or 3 percent.

Write in candidates for commissioner got 57 votes, just more than 1 percent, although none count in the election because those write-ins did not file as candidates for the primary.

Write-in candidates can still file for the general election, until Oct. 11.

In the race for Bozeman mayor, incumbent Jeff Krauss appears to be the favorite with primary voters.

Krauss received 3,533 votes, or 68 percent of the 5,232 votes cast. Challenger Jon Gerster Jr. captured 1,623 votes, or 31 percent.

“It's just a straw poll,” said Krauss, the only primary candidate who waited at Willson School to hear the election results. “There's a lot of campaigning to do between now and November.”

Both he and Gerster move on to the general election regardless of the primary votes.

Write-in candidates for mayor took less than 2 percent.

Municipal Judge Karl Seel, who was unopposed, had the night's most impressive positive percentage. Nearly 98 percent of the votes for Bozeman's municipal judge position went to Seel.

Camden Easterling is at ceasterling@dailychronicle.com

Reader Comments

The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the view of The Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Please read our Online Users Agreement.
You must register with a valid e-mail to post comments on BozemanDailyChronicle.com. Only your Member ID will be posted with your comments. Posts that violate our Online User Agreement will be edited or removed.

Login:

Become a Registered User

Member ID:
*Password:
Remember login?
(requires cookies)
  Forgot Your Password?
 

Do not use usernames or passwords from your financial accounts!

Note: Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required!

Create a Member ID:
*Choose a password:
*Re-enter password:
E-mail Address:
Year of Birth:
 

(children under 13 cannot register)

First Name:
Last Name:
Company:
Home Phone:
Business Phone:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Web site:
 

Printer friendly version Subscribe