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Election results now official

The primary election results are now official, with no changes necessary from the preliminary numbers that were released on election night itself.

In contested seats, John D. Davis beat incumbent Kelly Dennis to the Republican nomination for county commissioner by 999 votes to 741.

Harriet Hageman retained the nomination for U.S. Representative and John Barrasso was Crook County’s Republican choice to retain his U.S. Senate seat.

“We didn’t have any automatic recounts,” says County Clerk Melissa Jones. “There’s a formula and it has to be a certain percent to [trigger a] recount.”

This formula...