(KLZA)-- Nebraska First Legislative District voters elected Bob Halstrom from Syracuse to represent them in the Nebraska Legislature on Tuesday. The unofficial vote total saw Halstrom receie 51.8% of the votes cast to 48.7% for Dennis Schaardt of Steinauer.

Schaardt received more votes than Hallstom in Richardson, Pawnee, Nemaha and Johnson counties but Hallstrom's home county of Otoe saw him receive more than 2,100 more votes than Schaardt to win the close race.

In local contested races in Richardson County Tuesday,

Falls City Council:

Ward 1 Frank Killingsworth 255; Brian Poppe 239

Ward II Kenny Killingsworth 317; Brittany Campbell 159

Ward III Sara Ruiz 270; Sarah Bangert 154

Ward IV Josh Kaster 201; James Wisdom 142.

Falls City School Board: Top 3 elected.

1. Roger Windle 1750; 2. Kevin Scheitel 1437; 3. Gabe Ramsey 1184.

4. Incumbent June Bowers 1162; 5. Marc Merz 945; 6. Chris Fischer 689.

HTRS School Board: Top 3 elected.

1. Quentin Bowen 1030; 2. Mike Kanel 982; 3.Kyle Hilgenfeld ( Inc.) 973;

4. Leah Reyes 656.

Pawnee City School Board: Top 3 elected:

1. Mark Sunneberg Jr. 528; 2. Jason Vetrovsky ( Inc.) 521; 3. Hanna Brumbaugh 463;

4. J.W. Vlcek 370

Auburn School Board: Top 3 elected:

1. Eli Davidson 1521; 2. Grant Brueggemann 1465; Janny Crotty 1444; 4. James Paschal 901.

Johnson-Brock School Board: top 3 elected:

1. Incumbent, Blayne Behrends - 583; 2. Brian Meyer - 567; 3. Bryan Wakulinski - 473; 4. Phalisady Bowhay - 204.

Johnson County Central School Board: top 3 elected

1. Sarah Weber - 1177; 2. Jon Schmid -896; 3. Daniel Jones - 780; 4. Scott Straka 755.

Rulo voters approved imposing a 1 percent sales tax on the same transactions that are taxed by the state of Nebraska on a vote of 40 in favor and 31 against.

In Nemaha County, Nebraska elections Tuesday:

Johnny Curtright was elected the the Ward 3 Council seat in Auburn defeating Seth Bingham 299 - 197.

Two Village Board of Trustee members were recalled by Brownville voters.

Martin Hayes was recalled on a vote of 71 in favor to 26 against and Colleen Volkmer was recalled on a vote of 76 yes votes to 24 against.

Voters in Johnson approved a bond question in an amount of $950 thousand for a 4,000 square foot addition to the existing fire station and equipping it on a vote of 111 to 77.

Elected to Village Boards Tuesday were:

Kraig Coonce and incumbent, Rebecca Simmonds in Rulo.

Delbert Jeanneret and Amy Miller in Brock.

Kim Johnson and Paul Fish in Brownville.

Travis Knippelmeyer, Irene Seeba and Neal Hahn in Johnson.

Michael Hall, Jeannie Montanelli and George Childers in Nemaha.

All of the election results are unofficial until provisional ballots are reviewed and the Canvass Board meets.