There are a couple of new final election results.
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 all 28 precincts reporting, 71.5% of voters (3,891) 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. A total of 1,554 "no" votes were cast.
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%. In Clay County, there were 80 votes in favor and 43 against, which combine for 2,647 yes votes and 1,560 no votes. That's an approval of 62.9%. The measure required 60 percent approval under Iowa law for passage.
Numbers continue to trickle in elsewhere.
In the race for the Minnesota House District 21A seat, incumbent Republican Marj Fogelman of Fulda was out to a big lead over Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate Jon Wilson, the mayor of St. James. With 45 of 83 precincts reporting, Fogelman had 67.0% 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. Ninety-one of 127 precincts are in.
With 323 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 62.1% of the vote against DFL candidate Rachel Bohman of Rochester.
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).
In Nobles County, the wait continues for initial reporting of county, city and school district results.
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