Near Final Missoula Election Results, All Precincts Reporting
These are the near final election results for Missoula in 2015, with less than 200 provisional ballots left to be counted:
The biggest story of the night is a come-from-behind victory for the School District No.1 Highschool Bond, which was failing during an original count, but recovered after more ballots poured in.
"Between 9:30 at night and 2:30 in the morning, about 1,200 ballots were left to be counted, or so we thought, and then it turned out there were several thousand more," Said MCPS Spokeswoman Hatton Littman. "Literally five boxes of ballots showed up to be counted."
In the end, there were 14020 Yes votes to 13838 No Votes, a difference of just 182.
A Mill Levy in School District 40 also had a come behind victory, by just 10 votes. The final tally was 939 For and 929 Against.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 1
Vote for 1
2 / 2 Precincts reporting
HEIDI WEST
2150
BILL MURRAY
1159
WRITE-IN
15
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 2
HARLAN WELLS
1216
JACK ROWAN
1064
WRITE-IN
NON
11
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 3
Vote for 1
1 / 1 Precincts reporting
GWEN JONES
1891
BEN HART
NON
531
WRITE-IN
NON
35
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 4
Vote for 1
1 / 1 Precincts reporting
JOHN DIBARI
1649
PATRICK WEASEL HEAD
1319
WRITE-IN
60
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 5
Vote for 1
2 / 2 Precincts reporting
JULIE ARMSTRONG
1826
CHASE CALLEN
1272
WRITE-IN
44
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WARD 6
Vote for 1
2 / 2 Precincts reporting
MICHELLE CARES
1200
MICHAEL ELLSWORTH
519
RICK BROWNE
331
WRITE-IN
40
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 ELEMENTARY BOND
Vote for 1
7 / 7 Precincts reporting
YES
10624
NO
7727