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Election results: Area school districts

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 ...

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 ...

Alcorn re-elected to Marshall council

MARSHALL -- Marshall City Council member John Alcorn won re-election in Marshall's Ward 1, receiving over 60% of the vote, according to unofficial vote totals reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office. Ward 1 vote totals came in Tuesday night with 699 votes for Alcorn, and 385 ...

Allen, Brink, Green lead Marshall School Board votes

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 ...

Hennen wins MN House 15A seat

Brad Hennen won Tuesday’s election for Minnesota House of Representatives in District 15A. According to unofficial vote totals, Hennen, R-Ghent, received about 66% of the vote in the district, with a total of 12,374 votes. DFL candidate Nathan Schmig, of Minneota, received a total of 6,350 ...

Seifert wins seat in Senate District 15

Braxton Seifert was the victor in Tuesday’s election for Minnesota Senate District 15. The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office reported that district-wide, Seifert (R-Marshall) had over 66% of the vote, with an unofficial vote total of 25,173. DFL candidate Andrea Boettger, of New Ulm, ...