The following write in candidates earned more than 5% of the Republican primary vote in contests where no Republicans were on the ballot, and were included in the official canvass. (No Democratic candidates earned more than 5% as write-ins.) Candidates must earn 35% of the vote to be nominated.
* - candidates who were on Democratic primary ballot
House District 74
Dave Jacoby 16 *
Ashley Hinson 2
Scattered 26
House District 77
Amy Nielsen 22 *
Steve King 4
Robert Knaack 4
Scattered 56
House District 85
Vicki Lensing 6 *
Christina Bohannan 5 *
Sean Beard 2
Scattered 18
House District 86
Mary Mascher 11 *
William Goodale 2
Scattered 19
Board of Supervisors
Dean Phinney 60 *
Lisa Green-Douglass 55 *
Royceann Porter 55 *
Rod Sullivan 53 *
Scattered 318
Auditor
Travis Weipert 103 *
Scattered 76
Sheriff
Brad Kunkel 436 *
Al Fear 324 *
Scattered 114
Candidates may only accept the nomination of one party. Weipert and Kunkel won enough write in votes to earn the Republican nomination. Both declined and accepted the Democratic nomination instead.