by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Sartell voters in the Aug. 9 primary election chose the four candidates who will compete in the Nov. 8 primary election for city-council seats.
The winners are Mike Chisum, Ryan Fitzthum, Ryan Golombecki Sr. and Timothy Held. The fifth contender, Stephen Klemp, was eliminated from the field as he received the least number of votes.
The four who won will compete for the two council seats now held by Amy Braig-Lindstrom and Steven Hennes.
The primary election vote totals are the following:
Fitzthum 327.
Held 285.
Chisum 198
Golombecki Sr. 148.
Klemp 137.
Sixth District
Incumbent Rep. Tom Emmer handily won challenges by two other candidates for his U.S. Sixth District seat. He won 13,548 votes. Challengers AJ Kern and Patrick Munro garnered 5,217 votes and 958 votes respectively.
DFL contender David Snyder won the DFL primary against challengers Judy Evelyn Adams, 3,553 votes; and Bob Helland, 1,589 votes.
School District
There are some residents in Sartell who are part of the St. Cloud School District and who helped narrow that slate for the Nov. 8 general election.
Of the nine candidates, Matt Doke was bumped from the race. He received 681 votes. That was the least amount received by any candidate, thus Doke won’t be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Those who will be are the following and the number of votes they received:
Shannon Haws 2,106.
Peter Hamerlinck 1,769.
Monica Segura-Schwartz 1,607.
John W. Palmer 1,575.
Al Dahlgren 1,470.
Jeff Pollreis 1,432.
Ric Studer 1,274.
Scott Andreason 1,126.
In the Nov. 8 school-board election four of the eight candidates will be chosen by voters to fill four seats – those now occupied by incumbent Al Dahlgren, who filed for election and is now in the top eight; and for three seats left vacant because the incumbents chose not to run again. Those three are Debra Erickson, Les Green and Dennis Whipple.
Judge
Sartell voters also helped determine the primary race for Minnesota Supreme Court Justice District 6.
Natalie Hudson garnered 173,255 votes, Michelle L. MacDonald 54,720 votes and Craig Foss 38,876. That means that MacDonald and Hudson will face off in the Nov. 8 election.