Former Pottawatomie County commissioner Stan Hartwich lost his 3rd District seat to challenger Gerald F. Greene in the primary elections. But Hartwich, who pushed a write-in campaign, may have surged past Greene to narrowly reclaim his seat. Of 3,051 votes, Greene tallied 1,503 and the write-in category tallied 1,548.

Congratulations and happy emotions ran over in the Strecker-Nelson Gallery Wednesday as supporters of the USD 383 bond issue celebrated the issue's passage by voters.

The question being posed Nov. 4 to voters in the Manhattan-Ogden School District is: Do the dollars make sense?

A common question in many of Manhattan's bars might be "Got a light?" However, if an ordinance on the ballots Nov. 4 is passed, that question, and the activity it suggests, might be going by the wayside.

In a less-heavily publicized portion of Tuesday's elections, voters in Riley County — as well as voters in the other counties around the state — will decide whether to retain judges at several levels.

Elections can often be broken down to "old guard" vs. "up-and-comer." In the race for the Kansas U.S. Senate seat, though, the most that can be said is "old guard" vs. "older guard" — and just which one qualifies as the "older" might be up for debate.