Malm to join commission

Gunnar Malm will join incumbents Linda Heath and Troy Thompson on the Laramie County Commission next year.

Although the race was too close to call between Heath and Malm (Less than one-hundreth of a percentage point separated them Tuesday night.), because they are top-three vote-getters, they will all earn seats.

Heath, Malm and Thompson each had 26.85, 26.97 and 28.92 percent of the vote, respectively.

Former Democratic State Representative Lee Filer trailed with a mere 16 percent of the vote.

Republican State Representative John Eklund easily retained his seat with 80 percent of the vote.

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