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Local Elections

Ward County sees low turnout, unofficial results released

Ward County saw a voter turnout of 8,391 voters, or 15.85% of the electorate, in Tuesday’s election. Statewide, voter turnout was 119,452 voters, or 20.11%, which is down from 27% in the 2020 vote-by-mail presidential primary, and down about 4% from the 2016 presidential primary. The ...

New team to join city council

The “We Can Do Better Minot” theme of a team of Minot City Council candidates seemed to resonate with voters Tuesday as Mike Blessum, Rob Fuller and Scott Samuelson led the field of seven candidates in the unofficial tally that remained incomplete at press time. Voters appeared to be ...

Voters choose three newcomers to school board

The Minot Public School Board will have three new members following Tuesday’s primary election. Lacey Laudenschlager, Scott Louser and Bill Irmen were the three top vote-getters, capturing the three open seats on the board with 3,094 votes, 2,748 votes, and 2,400 votes, respectively, ...

Park board gains a new member, greets incumbent

Chelsea Kirkhammer, a newcomer to politics, took the lead for the Minot Park Board with 3,671 votes, holding 39.19% of the total in Tuesday’s election. These are unofficial results. Kirkhammer claimed the lead above the incumbent Cliff Hovda, and she will now sit on the Minot Park Board ...

District 38’s endorsed candidates move on to general election

Dan Ruby was the leading candidate in the District 38 Republican House race Tuesday night, with 1,391 votes, holding 42.77% of the total. Running mate Christina Wolff also is advancing to the general election with 1,011 votes. Results are unofficial. Lisa Olson, who challenged the two endorsed ...