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UPDATED FINAL RETURNS: GOP sweeps local elections
Republicans made a clean sweep of all contested local races Tuesday.
Due to problems with the vote tabulating machines at the courthouse, election returns were late being reported, with counting lasting until nearly 2 a.m.
The final unofficial results for Elmore County, listed below, also include totals for the Owyhee County and Twin Falls County portions of legislative District 23.
The results after all precincts had reported are:
President of the United States
| (D) Barack Obama | 2,513 |
| (R) Mitt Romney | 5,227 |
| (I) Ross "Rocky" Anderson | 40 |
| (C) Virgil Goode | 33 |
| (L) Gary Johnson | 124 |
| (I) Jill Stein | 64 |
U.S. Representative - 2nd District
| (D) Nicole LeFavour | 2,447 |
| (R) Mike Simpson | 5,491 |
Senator - Legislative District 23
| (R) Bert Brackett | 9,177 |
| (I) Bill Chisholm | 4,165 |
Representative Position A -
Legislative District 23
| (D) Jody Bickle | 3,926 |
| (R) Rich Wills | 9,641 |
Representative Position B -
Legislative District 23
| (D) Pam Chiarella | 4,556 |
| (R) Pete Nielsen | 9,037 |
County Commissioner - District 1
| (R) Franklin "Bud" Corbus | 4,644 |
| (I) Larry "Slick" Jewett | 3,045 |
County Commissioner - District 3
| (D) Michael J. Crawford | 2,688 |
| (R) Albert "Al" Hofer | 4,893 |
County sheriff
| (R) Rick Layher | 6,997 |
County prosecuting attorney
| (D) Kristina M. Schindele | 5,872 |
SOIL and WATER CONSERVATION
| Kip Crowley | not reported |
| John Kieffer | not reported |
| Steve Nemeth | not reported |
Non-partisan JUDICIAL ballot
Retain Magistrate Judge George Hicks
| Yes | 6,486 |
| No | 936 |
Retain Magistrate Judge David Epis
| Yes | 6,273 |
| No | 1,082 |
Non-partisan ballot
Senate Joint Resolution 102
| Yes | 5,825 |
| No | 1,082 |
House Joint Resolution 2aa
| Yes | 6,024 |
| No | 1,761 |
Idaho ballot PROPOSITIONS
Idaho Ballot Proposition 1
| Yes | 3,313 |
| No | 4,707 |
Idaho Ballot Proposition 2
| Yes | 3,433 |
| No | 4,590 |
Idaho Ballot Proposition 3
| Yes | 2,787 |
| No | 5,226 |