All four incumbent candidates for the Casper College Board of Trustees were re-elected after unofficial results from Tuesday's election.

With all 46 precincts reporting, Susan Miller garnered the most votes of any candidate, tallying a total of 21 percent of votes cast.

Scott D. Bennion and Bill Hambrick each earned about 19 percent of votes cast, and Charles Chapin earned about 18 percent. Hambrick is currently the board president.

Newcomers Don Cobb and Elmer Parson earned about 12 and 11 percent of votes, respectively.

Bennion has served on the board since 2000, Chapin since 1996, Hambrick since 2000 and Miller since 1995.

-Jasa Santos

Casper Republican John Kornkven predicted voters would eventually have "buyer's remorse" for choosing Obama as president.

"I think they are going to be very sad in a couple of years," he said while attending an election-night party held by Natrona County Republicans.

Kornkven spoke just before the television networks projected Obama as winner of the presidency.

"If Obama is elected, welcome to Obamanomics … I will expect my free check in the mail by everybody else that works," Kornkven said. "I guess that is kind of his philosophy."

Kornkven and other Republicans took consolation in the fact that Republicans won all three of Wyoming's congressional seats, as well as many local races.

"It's a great look at what Wyoming really wants," he said.

- Joshua Wolfson

The war in Iraq was the main issue that brought Fara Donathan to the polls to vote for McCain for president. The registered Republican said McCain has fought in a war and he isn't going to bring troops home before they have accomplished what they need to accomplish.

"He's not going to back out," she said. This is hard for people to understand, she said, because "they're not the ones who are over there." She used to be married to a military man and other members of her family are in the military.

- Allison Rupp

Charles Ledbetter describes himself as a "conservative cat," but that didn't stop the 29-year-old guitar teacher from voting for Barack Obama.

"Honestly, I can deal with gay marriage as long as folks quit dying," he said, referring to the Iraq War.

Ledbetter said it took some time for him to decide on Obama as his presidential pick, but explained he preferred the Democratic candidate's foreign policy style to that of John McCain.

"He said he is willing to negotiate and talk," Ledbetter said. "That doesn't even seem like it is in McCain's thought process."

- Joshua Wolfson

About a dozen people sat at the Obama for America office on Second Street making last-minute phone calls less than two hours before polls closed in Wyoming.

They were calling voters not only in Wyoming but also in the battleground state of New Mexico, said Michelle Sullivan, Wyoming director for Obama for America.

"We really haven't been out of the office, except for a few minutes," Sullivan said. Still, she and field organizer Barb Rea heard stories from the polling places.

- Allison Rupp

Casper resident John Gudgan said he voted for John McCain to "retain the way America should be." Asked to elaborate, he explained that meant avoiding the United States becoming a Communist dictatorship.

A key factor in McCain's favor is his honesty, Gudgun said, just after voting at Casper's Willard Elementary School.

"He has integrity and he has fought for his country," said the 42-year-old, who sells oil-field equipment. "He had a great deal of honor."

- Joshua Wolfson

Although the presidential race received the most attention this election, some voters were more focused on local contests. Brittany Urbanski, 18, was keenly interested in the Casper College bond measure, which she voted for.

"Casper College needs all the support and help they can get to make it better for their students," said Urbanski, who plans to attend the college after she finishes up at Midwest High School.

Urbanski came to her polling place, the Natrona County Public Library, wearing a jacket with an eagle and American flag on the back. It appeared to be a perfect fit for the occasion, but she said she wears it all the time.

- Joshua Wolfson

Election fever certainly came to Casper. Even the postman got into the act. A postal worker delivered mail in downtown Casper wearing a soft, stars-and-stripes top hat that look like a collision between Uncle Sam and the Cat in the Hat.

- Joshua Wolfson

First-time voters rocked the polls in Natrona County.

Brittny Richards said she has "been stoked" since she first realized she would be 18 for this election. The Casper College student turned 18 in April.

Though she and her friend, Kathleen Shumway, weren't exactly sure where to vote - they thought they could just vote at the courthouse - they were both excited to cast their first presidential election ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "Then we can get a better president," Richards said. "We need a Democratic president." Richards said she likes Obama because he speaks more about the issues instead of bashing his opponent and will bring the country out of the Iraq war.

Obama is more about the people, said Shumway, who just turned 18 in August. "He still has a lot of learning to do, but he's going to be good for our country," Shumway said. Both the women found out their polling places from the county elections office.

Nineteen-year-old Dana Nation also voted in her first election today. After waiting in line for about 15 minutes at Oregon Trail, she cast her vote for McCain. "I voted for McCain because I like my hunting rights," Nation said, "and I'm an outdoors enthusiast."

- Allison Rupp

At 35, Clint Robertson finally made the decision to vote in his first election. He said he felt so strongly about the election this year he had to vote.

Robertson said he voted for McCain because he does not like some of the programs Obama supports and his views mesh well with McCain's ideas, especially about retirement plans. Even though he had not heard about the library project and tax he said he voted for it.

"My mother just passed away and she loved the library," Robertson said. "She went there all the time." When asked why he had not voted before, he said, "Cause I never wanted to do jury duty."

Renea Vitto, county clerk, said jury duty is tied to voter registration, but it is also tied to driver's licenses. She said they have heard this as a reason for not voting, but assured people that if they have a driver's license they can be called for jury duty.

- Allison Rupp

Democratic U.S. House candidate Gary Trauner was feeling somewhat nervous but "pretty confident" about his chances in Tuesday's election, said Laramie County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Bell, who spoke to the candidate by phone. Trauner was driving home to Wilson to watch the results of the election.

- Jared Miller

Tucker Fagan, campaign manager for Republican U.S. House candidate Cynthia Lummis, said members of the campaign were feeling "guarded confidence" about their chances in Tuesday's election. The campaign was holding a small gathering Tuesday night at the historic Nagel Warren Mansion Bed and Breakfast in Cheyenne.

- Jared Miller

The make up of the electorate in Campbell County could be in flux, as Rep. Tom Lubnau noted in his House District 31. "I've got 5,000 new people in my district now (since 2004)," Lubnau said. Most of those new residents come from out of state to work in energy.

- Dustin Bleizeffer

Polls will likely remain open late Tuesday in Campbell County where there was still a line leading outside of the building at Cam-plex in the evening, according to Campbell County election clerk Cindy Edwards. "Oh my God. This is crazy," said Edwards. Absentee voting was higher than ever. There were 4,323 absentee ballots requested and 4,219 had been returned.

- Dustin Bleizeffer

Campaign volunteers for U.S. House candidate Gary Trauner continued to pound the pavement in Cheyenne right up to the last minute.

Voters in some sections of town awoke Tuesday morning to find filers on their doors than included personalized information about polling locations. Cheyenne was considered a critical battleground in the race between Trauner and former state treasurer Cynthia Lummis.

- Jared Miller

Voter turnout in Goshen County Tuesday was "very good," said Mary Feagler of the Goshen County clerk's office at Torrington. "We had over 1,200 absentee ballots and the polls have been really busy out there all day," she said.

- Joan Barron

Democrats watched the polls in Natrona County closely on Tuesday.

Shortly after 3 p.m., Ron Akin and other Democrats were supposed to meet at his house to call registered Democrats who had not made it to the polls yet. Akin, a former Democratic candidate for the U.S. House, said the list of missing Democrat voters would be small in his precinct because "they're showing up in big numbers."

Though, he admitted registered Democrats were outnumbered by registered Republicans 7-to-3 at his polling place of Oregon Trail.

He said the Natrona County Democratic Party has been "slightly more organized" and "very motivated this year."

Akin, who lost to Barbara Cubin in the 2002 election for Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat, said he expected more than 100 percent voter turnout for his precinct.

Akin spent the day hanging out at Oregon Trail to watch the excitement. The school is across the street from his house. "I've been around Wyoming politics for a while and this is the biggest turnout I have seen," Akin said, "especially for my precinct."

- Allison Rupp

Voters streamed into the Natrona County Library Tuesday morning, including 22-year-old Travis Smith, who came to cast a vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Smith, who works at a Casper hotel, said he voted "to make sure our country is going to go down the right path."

First-time voter Ashley Johnson, 19, also voted for the Republican ticket. Johnson said McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, appealed to her.

"She is a very independent woman who knows what she wants," said Johnson, an unaffiliated voter.

Johnson felt excited voting for the first time, but afterward, had one minor complaint.

"It went well but they didn't have an 'I voted' sticker," she said.

-Joshua Wolfson

Voters started lining up at Oregon Trail Elementary School about the same time Paula Hess went to work this morning at 6 a.m. Hess has been the custodian at the school for 18 years, and she said she had never seen this many people voting in the school.

"We had people coming in at 6 a.m.," Hess said. "I told them we're not voting yet, but they said they wanted to be first in line."

It's a good thing people were there early, because lines wrapped down the hallway. Polls opened at 7 a.m. Lines were slowing around 2 p.m. Only about eight people stood in line to register.

Parents at Oregon Trail helped make the wait as painless as possible by providing cookies, brownies and other goodies in a bake sale.

"It's a historic election," Hess said. "We've never had a woman for vice president and we've never had a black man be president."

- Allison Rupp