If kids ruled the world…

…bond issue supporters could have gone to bed earlier last night. In USD 457’s Kansas Kids Voting election, held on Tuesday with at least a portion of the same ballot their grown-up counterparts used, Garden City students approved the district’s $97.5 million bond issue with a 772-350 vote.

Other results:

U.S. President:

• Democrat: Barack Obama/Joe Biden — 508
  
• Independent: Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez — 12
  
• Libertarian: Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root — 14
  
• Reform: Chuck Baldwin/Darrell L. Castle — 20
  
• Republican: John McCain/Sarah Palin — 533

Real-life winner: Obama/Biden

U.S. Senate:

• Republican: Pat Roberts — 420
  
• Democrat: Jim Slattery — 265
• Libertarian: Randall L. Hodgkinson — 64
  
• Reform: Joseph L. Martin — 77

Real-life winner: Pat Roberts

U.S. House – 1st District

• Republican: Jerry Moran — 396
  
• Democrat: James Bordonaro — 191
  
• Reform: Kathleen M. Burton — 161
  
• Libertarian: Jack Warner — 46

Real-life winner: Jerry Moran

County Commission – District 2

• Republican: Harold D. “Dave” Jones — 227
  
• Democrat: Cynthia Corn — 418

Real-life winner: Dave Jones

There were 1,087 ballots cast by kindergartners through 12th-graders.