by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Matt Doke was bumped from the race for St. Cloud School Board in the Aug. 9 primary.
Voters in St. Joseph helped determine which eight candidates will run for four open seats on the St. Cloud School Board in the Nov. 8 general election. Doke received 681 votes of the nine who were contending in the primary. 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.
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.
District 13A
DFL’er Anne Buckvold beat back a challenge by Jane Leitzman for the State House District 13A seat now held by Rep. Jeff Howe (R-Rockville).
Buckvold won with 443 votes; Leitzman received 131.
Judge
St. Joseph 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 MacDonald and Hudson will face off in the Nov. 8 election.