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Election Night results: 10:25 p.m.

Here's an update on some Election Night numbers:


In the race for the Minnesota House District 21A seat, incumbent Republican Marj Fogelman of Fulda was out to a big early lead over Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Jon Wilson, the mayor of St. James. With 23 of 83 precincts reporting, Fogelman had 71.4% of the vote.


In District 21A, incumbent Republican Joe Schomacker of Luverne had a dominating 83.3% of the vote as he faced off against Independence-Alliance challenger Creedence Matthew Petroff of Luverne. Eighty-three of 127 precincts are in.


With 226 of 749 precincts in, Republican Brad Finstad of New Ulm is poised to be reelected as U.S. Representative in Minnesota's First District. Finstad had 60.6% of the vote against DFL candidate Rachel Bohman of Rochester.


At the county level, Jackson County voters were considering a question pertaining to funding construction of a new Jackson County Law Enforcement Center and Government Center. With 14 of 28 precincts reporting, 68.6% of voters opted for the "yes" option, which would allow the county to impose a sales and use tax of 1 percent (for no more than 25 years or until an amount sufficient to pay project costs and associated bonding costs are raised, whichever comes first, to finance the project's construction.


In the city of Luverne, Patrick Baustian was reelected as mayor. Baustian got 1,366 votes (52.5%) compared to Isaac DeBoer's 1,226 (47.12%). For Council Member Ward 1, it was Dan Nath winning with 790 votes (54.07%) ahead of Josh Gangestad's 670. For Council Member Ward 2, voters chose Marlin Kracht (610 votes, 58.04%) over Lori Hallstrom (437 votes).


Meanwhile, in northwest Iowa, voters in the Okoboji Community School District also voted Tuesday on a $69 million dollar bond issue to build a new elementary school and for an addition and remodeling of the high school. In Dickinson County results show 2,567 voting in favor with 1,517 no, for an approval of 62.85 percent. These totals do not include votes for the portion of the district in Clay County, which have yet to be tabulated. The measure requires 60 percent approval under Iowa law for passage.


The wait is on for Nobles County, Worthington and District 518 results.




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