June 8, 1976 Primary Election and Bond Issue
Court House Bond Issue (60% required)
Yes 3802 (49%)
No 3898 (51%)
Democratic Party 7192 votes
US Representative, 1st District
Edward Mezvinsky 4708 (100%)
State Senate, District 12
Paul Pouder 132 (100%)
State Senate, District 36
Joan Orr 185 (100%)
State Senate, District 38
Mary Frances Paulding 69 (100%)
State Representative, District 24
Herbert Hinkhouse 171 (100%)
State Representative, District 25
John Patchett 529 (60%)
George Petrick 355 (40%)
State Representative, District 72
Linda Svoboda 229 (73%)
Helen Gruenewald 85 (27%)
State Representative, District 73
Arthur A. Small Jr. 1162 (59%)
Jean Lloyd-Jones 815 (41%)
State Representative, District 74
William Hargrave 1977 (100%)
write in 2 (0%)
State Representative, District 75
Stephen Jess Clabaugh 67 (100%)
County Auditor
Tom Slockett 4324 (64%)
Dolores Rogers 2407 (36%)
Clerk of Court
E. J. Wombacher 4137 (100%)
Sheriff
write in 2
County Board of Supervisors (full term) (2 to be nominated)
Lorada Cilek 2528 (39%)
Don Sehr 2489 (38%)
James W. Powers 1819 (28%)
Max R. Miltner 1650 (25%)
Michael Kattchee 1573 (24%)
Clifford H. Hess 1101 (17%)
Donald L. Riley 873 (13%)
Robert E. Long 416 (6%)
Louis L. Kulish 295 (5%)
James Winston Bryant 247 (4%)
write in 1
County Board of Supervisors (unexpired term)
(1 to be nominated)
Harold Donnelly 2884 (43%)
Janet Shipton 1909 (29%)
Robert Lenz 1883 (28%)
Republican Party 1730 votes
US Representative, 1st District
Jim Leach 1529 (100%)
State Senate, District 12
Merlin D. Hulse 39 (100%)
State Senate, District 36
Charles Dunham 23 (66%)
Judith Dierenfeld 12 (34%)
State Senate, District 38
Richard Drake 47 (100%)
State Representative, District 24
Edgar H. Holden 39 (100%)
State Representative, District 25
Darrell Eugene Slabaugh 208 (100%)
State Representative, District 72
Phil Tyrell 36 (100%)
State Representative, District 73
Stephen Brandenberg 398 (100%)
State Representative, District 74
no candidate 0
State Representative, District 75
Betty Hoffman 32 (60%)
Otto Nealson 21 (40%)
County Auditor
scattered write in 5
Clerk of Court
scattered write in 1
Sheriff
Gary Hughes 1631 (100%)
County Board of Supervisors (full term)
(2 to be nominated)
John W. Johnson 1232
Bob Baker 1152
County Board of Supervisors (unexpired term)
(1 to be nominated)
scattered write in 4