LET’S CHECK THE RESULTS OF COUNTY ELECTIONS. THERE WERE NO CONTESTED RACES FOR COUNTY BOARD SEATS IN COTTONWOOD OR JACKSON COUNTY. IN MURRAY COUNTY, MOLLY MALONE WON A CONTESTED RACE IN THE 1ST DISTRICT. IN REDWOOD COUNTY, RICK WAKEFIELD WON A CONTESTED RATE IN THE 1ST DISTRICT. IN WATONWAN COUNTY, JAMES PETTERSEN WON A CONTESTED RACE IN THE 1ST DISTRICT. DILLON MELHEIM WON A CONTESTED RACE IN THE 5TH DISTRICT. IN NOBLES COUNTY, JUSTIN AHLERS WON A CONTESTED RACE IN THE 1ST DISTRICT. ROBERT PAPLOW WON A CONTESTED RACE IN THE 3RD COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT.
WE REVIEW THE RESULTS OF CITY ELECTIONS. IN WINDOM, DOMINIC JONES WAS RE-ELECTED AS MAYOR. MARV GUNIG WAS RE-ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN WARD #1. JAQUIE SCHMIDT WAS ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN WARD #2. IN MT LAKE, MIKE NELSON WAS RE-ELECTED AS MAYOR. TWO SEATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WENT TO DEAN JANZEN AND DARLA KRUSER. IN WESTBROOK, DENNIS “DIGGER” PHELPS WAS RE-ELECTED AS MAYOR. TWO SEATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WENT TO MANDA JORGENSON AND DENNIS JUTTING. IN JACKSON, TWO SEATS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN WARD #1 WENT TO BRANDON FINCK AND NICOLE HALL. A SEAT IN WARD #2 WENT TO MARCUS POLZ.
SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HELD ELECTIONS ON TUESDAY. THERE WERE NO CONTESTED RACES FOR THE WINDOM SCHOOL BOARD. THE RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTED ON A BUILDING REFERENDUM. THE PROPOSAL FOR A NEW $42-MILLION SCHOOL BUILDING WAS DEFEATED WITH 41% VOTING YES. AN OPERATING LEVY REFERENDUM, CALLING FOR A NEW 10-YEAR LEVY AT $700 PER STUDENT WAS APPROVED WITH 54% VOTING YES. ON THE RED ROCK CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD, THOMAS KUEHL WON A CONTESTED RACE FOR A SEAT IN THE 2ND DISTRICT. IN THE FULDA SCHOOL DISTRICT, THREE SEATS ON THE BOARD WENT TO BRIAN VANDERBEEK, KAYLA CLARKE AND DON TIESLER.
CHECKING RESULTS FROM OTHER RACES: REPUBLICAN BILL WEBER WAS RE-ELECTED IN STATE SENATE DISTRICT 22. REPUBLICAN ROD HAMILTON WAS RE-ELECTED IN STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 22-B. REPUBLICAN JOE SCHOMACKER WAS RE-ELECTED IN STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 22-A. REPUBLICAN BJORN OLSON WON THE RACE IN STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 23-B. WITH VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, IT APPEARED THAT D-F-L INCUMBENT TINA SMITH WAS WINNING THE RACE FOR A U-S SENATE SEAT. IN THE 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JIM HAGEDORN WAS LEADING D-F-L CANDIDATE DAN FEEHAN, AND IN THE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, IT APPEARS THAT REPUBLICAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH WILL UNSEAT LONG-TIME D-F-L CONGRESSMAN COLLIN PETERSON.