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Gardner wins Tracy mayoral election

TRACY — The city of Tracy had a contested race for mayor, and a full slate of city council candidates running in this fall’s election. According to unofficial vote totals reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday night, Burke Gardner won the mayoral race with close to 55% of the vote. Gardner received a total of 379 votes, and Ronald Stephens received a total of 310 votes, the Secretary of State’s Office reported. Tracy residents also cast votes to fill a total of three seats on the city council. Of five candidates on the ballot, Jeri Schons, Nikki ...

Election results: Lyon County offices

LYON COUNTY — Several Lyon County offices were up for election this year, with sitting candidates running unopposed. According to unofficial vote totals from Tuesday night, there were no upsets in races for Lyon County Sheriff, County Attorney, or Lyon County Board. Sheriff Eric Wallen was running unopposed for re-election this fall. Wallen received a total of 9,175 votes, the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office said. Lyon County Attorney Abby Wikelius ran unopposed for re-election, and received 8,783 votes. Two seats on the Lyon County Board were up for re-election, with ...

Election results: City offices

On Tuesday, cities throughout Lyon County held elections for offices like mayor and city council members. The following are unofficial vote totals in city elections, as reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. BALATON The city of Balaton had the office of mayor and two city council seats up for election. In the mayoral race, Tori DeVries ran unopposed, and received 209 votes, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. In the city council election, a total of three candidates were running for two open seats. Unofficial vote totals said the race was a ...

Allen, Brink, Green lead MPS board election

MARSHALL — Voters in the Marshall Public School District selected three candidates to serve on the school board Tuesday. According to unofficial vote totals reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, out of six total candidates, Julie Allen, Sara Brink and Nathan Green were in the lead. The Secretary of State’s Office reported that Allen received 3,485 votes in the school board election. Brink, a current school board member, received 3,406 votes. Green received 3,283 votes. School board candidates Mike Braithwaite, Ashley Pippin, and Bob Prince received 1,723 ...

Lynd school referendum fails

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, and had six candidates running. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, candidates David ...

Seifert, Hennen win in state Senate & House races

Republican candidate Braxton Seifert was the victor in Tuesday’s election for Minnesota state Senate District 15, according to unofficial vote totals reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. At 11:40 p.m. Tuesday, with 150 out of 171 precincts in the district reporting in, Seifert had over 66% of the vote. Seifert had a total of 21,260 votes, and DFL candidate Andrea Boettger had 10,544 votes, the Secretary of State’s Office said. In the race for Minnesota state House of Representatives District 15A, Republican candidate Bradley Hennen also won, according to ...