CUSTER COUNTY – Custer County voters weighed in on several local races during the 2026 general election, including four county Supervisor positions, county offices and mayoral races in Broken Bow and Sargent.
An unofficial total of 3,938 ballots were cast in Custer County during the November 3 election. All results remain unofficial.
Custer County Supervisors
Four Custer County Supervisor districts were included on the ballot.
In District 1, incumbent Anne Gibbons received 583 votes, with seven write-in votes.
Clay Govier received 368 votes and six write-in votes for the District 3 supervisor position.
In District 5, incumbent Chip Blowers received 537 votes, with one write-in vote.
Deborah Amsberry received 557 votes and four write-in votes for the District 7 position.
Other County Positions
Several county officials also received votes in uncontested races.
Incumbent Elise Taylor received 3,388 votes for Custer County Assessor, with 16 write-in votes.
Kayla Clark received 3,329 votes for County Attorney, with 17 write-in votes.
Other county races included:
- County Clerk: Incumbent Kelly Jacobsen received 3,370 votes, with nine write-in votes.
- Clerk of the District Court: Incumbent Amy Oxford received 3,495 votes, with six write-in votes.
- County Sheriff: Incumbent Daniel Osmond received 3,496 votes, with 25 write-in votes.
- County Treasurer: Incumbent Sheri Bryant received 3,503 votes, with 10 write-in votes.
Broken Bow and Sargent Elections
In the Broken Bow mayoral race, incumbent Rod Sonnichsen won reelection with 529 votes, defeating Christopher Shelby, who received 233 votes. There were also six write-in votes.
For the Broken Bow City Council, Russell Smith received 329 votes and one write-in vote for the East Ward position.
In the West Ward Broken Bow City Council race, incumbent Paul Holland retained his position with 256 votes, defeating Jeremiah Daugherty, who received 121 votes. There were two write-in votes.
In Sargent, Melanie Myers was reelected mayor with 124 votes and 13 write-in votes.
Two positions were available on the Sargent City Council. Kash Tobias received 105 votes, Tim Leibert received 85 and Anthony Wagner received 43. There were 57 write-in votes.
Statewide Initiatives
Custer County voters also weighed in on three statewide initiative measures.
Initiative Measure 442, which would establish constitutional requirements for school sports participation based on biological sex, received 3,094 votes in favor and 692 against.
Voters rejected Initiative Measure 440, which would allow the state to authorize online sports betting, with 2,770 votes against and 1,036 in favor.
Initiative Measure 441, which would establish regulations for online sports betting, also received more opposition than support in Custer County, with 2,761 votes against and 1,055 in favor.
Additional results, including school board, township and village races, are available through the Custer County election results.
View the full election results : 2026 General Election
View the complete unofficial Custer County results : 2026 General Unofficial Results
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IMPORTANT POST-ELECTION NOTICE
According to the Arnold Sentinel, the following message was received from Custer County Election Commissioner Kelly Jacobson:
“It was identified that the Arnold Village Board contest was inadvertently included on the ballot for voters not residing within the Village of Arnold.
We are working closely with the Secretary of State to ensure that only results from voters residing within the Village of Arnold are included in the results.
All voters residing within the Village of Arnold received ballot style 3.01. Our bipartisan counting board is in the process of separating out the 3.02 and 3.04 ballot style results that incorrectly included the Village of Arnold contest.
We appreciate the public’s patience and want to assure voters that we are taking the necessary steps to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the election results. While this will take a little bit longer, we are confident that the results for the Village of Arnold can be isolated to reflect only the votes cast by eligible voters within the Village of Arnold.”
