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Ranzau retains seat on Sedgwick County Commission;

Howell wins handily

A new vast majority most likely will rule your Sedgwick County Commission right after Richard
Ranzau retained his District 4 seat in the close race as well as Jim Howell handily won your District
5 seat on Tuesday.
The outcome of the 2 races most likely will move the actual commission in order to a more
conservative bent.
Ranzau trailed Democrat Melody McCray-Miller most of the evening however pulled in 51 percent of
the votes in order to McCray-Miller's 48 % when recent outcomes for all precincts came in. Howell
defeated Democrat Richard Small with 63 percent of the vote to Young's 36 percent.
McCray-Miller said the girl has been "very proud with the race which I ran. Obviously I'm
disappointed within the outcome."
She said your woman had a few questions about election results. McCray Miller, a former state
representative as well as commissioner, stated your woman went together to 5 various polling areas
as well as heard in which poll workers had been mixing up paper ballots together with provisional
ballots. The Lady furthermore said the lady wished to acquire more information about a server crash
in which affected outcomes early inside the evening.
"I'd prefer to understand what the count had been prior to that," the lady said.

Ranzau along with Howell watched


outcomes and also mingled in the Sedgwick
County Republican Party's gathering in the
Wichita Marriott.
It's most likely Howell, Ranzau as well as
Karl Peterjohn, also any Republican, will
transfer quickly in order to reopen your
Judge Riddel Boys Ranch.
"Absolutely," Ranzau mentioned because he
received congratulations via supporters who
flocked around him when final results were
announced.
The county closed the particular boys ranch
throughout July, declaring it could no longer
afford to create up the major difference in
cost in between what the state paid out - $126 for each boy every day - along with what the county's
price would happen to always be able to be to run your youth residential middle - concerning $200.

The ranch was obviously a crucial issue inside the District 5 race. Younger mentioned initially which
he'd support reopening the ranch but later changed program following talking with County Manager
William Buchanan. Younger stated he made the actual decision the particular county couldn't afford
to maintain subsidizing the actual ranch, which usually is a state program.
Howell pushed difficult for your ranch as circumstances representative, assisting to secure any onetime grant regarding $750,000 as well as asking for any charge research involving youth residential
centers and outcomes.
Howell, 50, will be wrapping up his second term inside Topeka. He won his primary election,
defeating Derby Mayor Dion Avello. District 5 handles the southeast part of Wichita and also Derby.
Avello ran against Jim Skelton four many years ago, when Skelton, a new former Wichita city Council
member, decided not to operate pertaining to re-election, he inquired Avello in order to run.
"I'm obviously extremely happy with regards to my race," Howell said.
Young stated involving his defeat: "It's tough to fight somebody that's got more money."
Despite supporters telling him by means of his 14-month marketing campaign that will he would win,
Howell said, "I refused to just accept your preliminary sensation I had been winning. We continued
for the very end. I in absolutely no way desired to relax."
Howell said he ended up being "looking forward in order to transitioning from my private-sector
job."
He brings using him an extensive background throughout aviation, mostly within flight test
instrumentation. Boeing laid him off inside January, and he said he has been working a contract job
for Cessna Aircraft about the Scorpion program.
Ranzau, 49, ran on a campaign associated with "Fighting regarding Our Future," touting ways he
has assisted save the particular county through asking questions before signing off upon projects.
Ranzau had been visibly nervous all through the night in the Republican watch party, where red
"Fire Harry Reid" stickers had been out in complete force.
"Are anyone kidding?" Ranzau said, smiling, when asked regardless of whether the night had been
nerve-wracking. "We had been at the rear of the whole night."
He mentioned he believed his get came right down to boots on the ground.
"We went to the homes that could reach over 14,000 individuals and also knocked on near 10,000
doors," Ranzau said.
Howell was not wanting to say on the campaign trail that will however side with Ranzau as well as
Peterjohn, however he features much more widespread ground together with these compared to
using Commissioners Tim Norton, the Democrat, as well as Dave Unruh, the particular board's
Republican chairman. Unruh ran unopposed Tuesday night.
And whenever a supporter approached him at one point Tuesday night, Howell exclaimed, "We use a
new majority!"

Howell and also Ranzau took a few photographs with every other in the urging regarding election
watchers.
Norton, Unruh as well as Skelton are making up your board's majority, along with Peterjohn and
also Ranzau frequently voting with each and every other - but not often - around the losing end.
Ranzau provides voted against almost all incentives that have come before him in the past 4 years.
Howell said however just take each along with every request on a case-by-case basis.
McCray-Miller criticized Ranzau through the campaign with regard to voting upon ideology and not
in the very best curiosity involving his district, which in turn covers north-central Wichita, Park
Metropolis and also Valley Center.
The new vast majority could affect investing about economic development as well as how the county
approaches incentives for businesses. The Actual commission faces some big decisions next year.
Buchanan, your county's longtime manager, announced recently he had been retiring July 1. The
Particular county additionally is actually still operating in order to figure out where anyone should
make the move regulations enforcement center it shares using the city.
Original plans called for your county and city to train using the Kansas National Guard at the
Heartland Preparedness Middle in I-135 as well as K-96, nevertheless costs sent both back for the
drawing board. Mayor Carl Brewer still desires to construct from Heartland. Commissioners get said
the actual county can not necessarily afford its $15 million share.
The city and county have looked over former Cessna Aircraft buildings together 21st Street, but
individuals don't appear to be viable options. Law enforcement officers train at a former university
with 37th Street North and also Meridian. The Actual roof leaks, the particular heating along with
cooling product is obsolete, along with inside the winter, snow blows inside by means of skylights,
windows and also doors.
The city and also county said Sept. 23 they would review their own options for yet another 30 days.
that deadline has passed.

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