Voters in Verndale headed to the community center to vote for the candidates in the primary.
Voters in Verndale headed to the community center to vote for the candidates in the primary.
Primary results are in!
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The primary was held on August 14 and the results are in with a record breaking voter turnout.
Wadena County
U.S. Representative District 8
Republican candidate Harry Robb Welty received 5074 (10.21 percent) of the votes. Pete Stauber received 44,619 (89.79 percent).
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Jason Metsa received 8991 (13.11 percent) of the votes. Joe Radinovich 30,289 (44.16 percent) and Soren Christian Sorensen 2395 (3.49 percent), Kirsten Kennedy 8061 (11.75 percent) and Michelle D. Lee 18,850 (27.48 percent) of the votes.
County Commissioner
District 5
Jon Kangas received 227 (47.89 percent) of the votes, Curtis Ronneberg 166 (35.02 percent) and Randy Wenthold received 81 (17.09 percent of the votes.
County Auditor/Treasurer
Heather R Olson received 772 (38.45 percent) of the votes, Brian Hagen received 392 (19.52 percent), Judy Taves 390 (19.42 percent), Curtis Kreklau Jr. 231 (11.50 percent), and Stacy Smagacz received 223 (11.11 percent) of the votes. . . .