The results of the race for Sheriff of Sublette County, Wyoming, from November 2, 2010, are:  write-in candidate Dave Lankford 1,310 votes; Republican nominee John Wells 1,008; independent candidate Stephen Haskell 621 votes; independent candidate Mike Edison 304 votes; other write-ins 71.  Democrats did not run anyone.

Lankford’s wife, Mary Lankford, is county clerk of Sublette County, so she recused herself from any role in canvassing the write-in votes.  Here are the official election returns, which, oddly, do not include the name of the winning write-in candidate.  Wyoming has a peculiar tradition of canvassing write-in votes for write-in candidates who request this service, yet not include the names of these write-in candidates in the official election returns.  The source of Lankford’s vote total is this newspaper story.