Kramer wins Primary vote, but Boundary County Sheriff race may not be over yet

May 19, 2016

The race to be the next Sheriff of Boundary County may not be over just yet. Ordinarily, if a Democratic or a Republican candidate wins the mid-year primary election, and has no opponent from the other party to challenge them in the November General election, it is generally a given they will be running unopposed for a likely victory in the November election. There may possibly be a quirk thrown into that scenario in what has been this year's high profile race for Boundary County Sheriff. Three candidates from the Republican Party were seeking the position of Sheriff in Tuesday's primary, including incumbent Sheriff Greg Sprungl, and challengers Dave Schuman and Dave Kramer. Mr. Kramer emerged as the winner of the primary, and as no Democratic candidate nor any other candidate had filed to run in the primary, it looked like Mr. Kramer was set to be the next Boundary County Sheriff following November's election. But the contest may not be completely over. Candidate Dave Schuman is considering the possibility of continuing his campaign as a write-in candidate for the November election. "There are a number of people that are trying to persuade me to pursue a write in campaign," said Mr. Schuman in an e-mail to supporters. He plans to have a meeting next week with those supporters, to look at the possibility of such a campaign. "The least I can do is listen to and see if we could come up with a plan," added Mr. Schuman in his e-mail. "Based on the amount of people that show up and what we decide, we will go from there."