Jessica Stölen
Editor
jstolen-jacobson@cherryroad.com
Who is on the local ballots?
This year’s State General Election will be held November 5th. The deadline to file for candidacy for local municipal and school district offices was Tuesday, August 13th.
Local municipal and school filings are listed below. Reported filings from the Minnesota Secretary of State Website were current at the time of print the morning of Wednesday, August 14th.
Granite Falls
Mayor: Steve Nordaune, Adam Preuss
Council Member At Large: Scott A Peterson
Special Election for Council Member at Large: No candidate filed
Council Member Ward 1 (elect two): Joseph Fagnano, Craig Opdahl, Beth Pullan
Clarkfield
Mayor: Darrin Johnson
Council Member (elect two): Paul Anspach, Craig Giles, Garret Niska, Dale Eugene Stringer Jr, Lisa Tilney
Echo
Mayor: Steven Lee Enriquez, Nichole Kepler
Council Member (elect two): Wyatt Bendix, Dan Larsen, Joseph Olsen
Hanley Falls
Mayor: No candidate filed.
Council Member: No candidate filed.
Hazel Run
Mayor: No candidate filed.
Council Member: No candidate filed.
City Treasurer: No candidate filed.
Posen Township
Town Supervisor Seat B: No candidate filed.
Town Treasurer: No candidate filed.
Wood Lake
Mayor: No candidate filed.
Council Member (elect two): No candidate filed.
Wood Lake Township
Town Supervisor Seat B: Joe Phinney
Town Treasurer: David Jeseritz
Yellow Medicine East School Board
School Board Member (Elect four): Amanda Lecy, Sonja Pederson, Matthew Zempel.
Yellow Medicine County
County Commissioner District 3: Troy Bruflat, Mitch Kling
County Commissioner District 5: Richard Hemish, Glen Kack
Soil and Water Supervisor District 1: Thomas J Remmele
Soil and Water Supervisor District 2: Jerry Nelson
Soil and Water Supervisor District 5: DeLon Clarksean
Chippewa County
County Commissioner District 2: Kurt Stranberg
County Commissioner District 3: David Nordaune
County Commissioner District 4: Jon Hokins, Bill Pauling
Soil and Water Supervisor District 3: Aaron Ahrenholz
Soil and Water Supervisor District 5: Jerry Schwitters
U.S. Senator (Federal Office)
Joyce Lynne Lacey, Independence-Alliance; Rebecca Whiting, Libertarian; John Berman, Republican; Loner Blue, Republican; Joe Fraser, Republican; Alycia R. Gruenhagen, Republican; Patrick D. Munro, Republican; Raymond D. Petersen, Republican; Christopher Seymore Sr., Republican; Royce White, Republican ; Steve Carlson, Democratic-Farmer-Labor; Ahmad R. Hassan, Democratic-Farmer-Labor; George H. Kalberer, Democratic-Farmer-Labor; Amy Klobuchar, Democratic-Farmer-Labor; Ole Savior, Democrat.
U.S. Representative District 7
Steve Boyd, Republican; Michelle Fischbach, Republican; Al (John) Peters, Democratic Farmer-Labor.
State Representative District 15A
Chris Swedzinski, Republican; Anthony M Studemann, Democratic-Farmer-Labor.
State Representative District 16A
Scott VanBinsbergen, Republian; Kathy Hegstad, Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Watch future editions of the Advocate Tribune for candidate questionnaires to find out more about this years candidates.
