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School districts around the area held elections for school board, or school referendums, on Tuesday. Below are results from area school districts.
LYND
The Lynd Public School District had both a school board election and a referendum this year. The referendum, which proposed to increase the school district’s general education revenue by $700 per pupil, narrowly failed with voters, according to unofficial vote totals from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. A total of 257 voters said "no" to the referendum question, and 247 voters said "yes."
Lynd was also holding elections for a total of three school board members. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, candidates David Gruhot, Amanda St. Aubin and Brenda Sanow had the lead in vote totals. Gruhot received 348 votes. St. Aubin received 187 votes, and Sanow received 176 votes.
Candidates Mark DeJaeghere, Vickie Radloff and Shelby Eischens received 165 votes, 142 votes and 120 votes, respectively.
DAWSON-BOYD
The Dawson-Boyd School District held elections for four seats on its school board, plus a special election for two additional school board seats. The district also held a referendum that would revoke its current revenue authorization of $460 per student, and replace it with an authorization of $1,300 per student. The new revenue authorization would also be subject to an annual increase at the rate of inflation.
The referendum failed, with 788 "no" votes and 571 "yes" votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
In the school board election, candidates Elsie Nelson, Lynn Marotzke and Clint Schindler led in votes. Nelson received 918 votes, Marotzke received 872 votes, and Schindler received 833 votes. Candidates Shawn Zollner and Troy Estling received 688 votes and 658 votes, respectively.
There was only one candidate on the ballot for the special election. Tonya Kelly received 1,061 votes, and there were 164 write-in votes, the Secretary of State's Office said.
CANBY
The Canby School District held elections for three school board seats. There were only three candidates on the ballot. Suzanne Fairchild received 1,178 votes, Brittany Kockelman received 1,142 votes and Todd Lendt received 1,040 votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
HENDRICKS
The Hendricks School District held elections for three seats on its school board. Candidates Tom Olson, Cassandra Moravetz and Joshua Vierhuf received 371 votes, 356 votes and 329 votes, respectively, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
IVANHOE
The Ivanhoe School District held elections for three seats on its school board. There were only two candidates on the ballot. Candidates Daniel Popowski and Kathy Wall received 512 votes and 471 votes, respectively. There were 58 write-in votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
LAKE BENTON
The Lake Benton School District held elections for three seats on its school board. There were only two candidates on the ballot. Candidates Janell DeVries and Anthony Schwing received 450 votes and 424 votes, respectively. There were 33 write-in votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
LAKEVIEW
The Lakeview School District held elections for four school board seats. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, Joel Timm, Blake Geistfeld, Korey Herrick and Andy Frank had the lead in vote totals. Timm had 1,008 votes, Geistfeld had 912 votes, Herrick had 885 votes and Frank had 670 votes. Alan Grube received 639 votes.
MINNEOTA
The Minneota Public School District held elections for four seats on its school board. Abby Thostenson, Martin Hennen, Trisha Fink and Shelby Sorenson were in the lead in the election. Thostenson received 945 votes, Hennen received 851 votes, Fink received 631 votes and Sorenson received 596 votes.
Candidates Josh Anderson and Lisa Becker received 536 votes and 439 votes, respectively, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
MURRAY COUNTY CENTRAL
The Murray County Central School District held elections for three school board seats. There were only three candidates on the ballot. Brent Miller received 1,802 votes, Heather Hoekman received 1,801 votes and Michael Stelter received 1,685 votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
REDWOOD AREA
The Redwood Area School District held elections for four school board seats. There were only four candidates on the ballot. Derek Woodford received 2,417 votes, Meghann Kodet received 2,351 votes, Sarah Myers received 2,327 votes and Andrew Lueck received 2,187 votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
RUSSELL-TYLER-RUTHTON
The RTR School District held elections for three school board seats. There were no candidates on the ballot in Russell, but there were 145 write-in votes. In the Tyler district, Peggy Dunblazier received 431 votes. In the Ruthton district, Nicholas Johansen received 438 votes, the Secretary of State's Office said.
TRACY AREA
Tracy Area Public Schools held elections for four school board seats. Four candidates ran for school board. According to unofficial vote totals, Ryan Verlinde received 1,826 votes, Adam Snyder received 1,790 votes, Jody Bauer received 1,779 votes and Scot Bowman received 1,675 votes.
WABASSO
The Wabasso School District held elections for four seats on its school board. Christopher Eichten, Travis Welch and Tom Carlson led in votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported. Eichten received 871 votes, Welch received 849 votes, and Carlson received 814 votes.
Candidates Mary Haberman and Curtis Stellmacher received 693 votes and 465 votes, respectively.
WESTBROOK-WALNUT GROVE
The Westbrook-Walnut Grove School District held elections for three school board seats. There were only three candidates on the ballot. Jack Jorgenson received 932 votes, Greg Madson received 923 votes, and Denise Clouse received 910 votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST
The Yellow Medicine East School District held elections for three school board seats. There were only three candidates on the ballot. Leiah Hoffman received 2,241 votes, Laurel Christianson received 2,088 votes, and Ron Winter received 1,979 votes, the Secretary of State's Office reported.