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Voters across Mountrail County and the state went to the polls on Tuesday, June 9 for the Primary Election, city and school elections. While the Primary Election narrowed down the field of candidates in some races, city and school elections are final results. All results are unofficial until the boards of canvassing meet. A total of 1,190 voters cast their ballots, only 17.63% of the 6,748 eligible voters.
In the race for Representative in Congress Republican Julie Fedorchak received 589 vote and Alex Balazs received 237. Democrat Trygve Hammer received 261 votes. This was consistent with statewide results, meaning that Fedorchak and Hammer will face off in the November general election.
Michael Howe (R) received 771 votes and Ryan Braunberger (D) received 260 votes in the Secretary of State race.
In the race for Attorney General Drew Wrigley (R)  received 766 votes and Tim Lamb (D) received 259.
Doug Goehring (R) received 774 votes and Vern Thompson (D) received 263 votes in the race for Agriculture Commissioner.
Republicans Deven Styczynski received 308 votes and Sheri Haugen-Hoffart received 468 votes in the race for Public Service Commissioner, 6 year term. Democrat John Pederson received 260 votes. With Haugen-Hoffart receiving the most votes statewide, she will face off against Pederson in the November general election.
In the race for the unexpired two year term on the Public Service Commission, Chris Olson (R) received 440 votes in Mountrail County and Jill Kringstad (R) received 353. Scott Kelsh (D) received 260 votes. Statewide Kringstad received the most votes and will advance to November to face off against Kelsh.
In the Tax Commissioner race, Brian Kroshus (R) received 754 votes and Mark Nelson (D) received 260 votes.
Three candidates were seeking the unexpired two-year term of the Superintendent of Public Instruction with Levi Bachmeier receiving 581 votes, Tracy Layne Foss receiving 250 and Charles Tuttle receiving 172. Statewide, the top two were also Bachmeier and Foss. They will advance to the November General Election.
In the race for Justice of the Supreme Court, ten-year term, Ariston E Johnson received 450 votes and Jerod Tufte received 528.
On the ballot for an unexpired eight-year term as Justice of the Supreme Court, Douglas A Bahr receive 957 votes.
Three candidates were on the ballot for the Mountrail County Commissioner District 2 position. Gary Schell received 433 votes, Beau Vachal received 413, and Gary Friesen received 217. Schell and Vachal will advance to the November election.
In the Commissioner District 3 race, there were also three candidates. Jake Estvold received 471 votes, Trudy Ruland received 443, and Troy Walters received 189. Estvold and Ruland will advance to November.
In the unopposed races, John DeGroot received 1,010 votes for the County Commissioner District 4. Stephanie A Pappa received 1,048 votes for County Auditor. Amber J Fiesel received 1,019 votes for County State’s Attorney. Melissa Vachal received 1,035 votes for County Recorder. Jessica Niemitalo received 1,052 votes for County Treasurer. The Mountrail County Promoter received 988 votes for County Official Newspaper.
In the race for County Sheriff, Corey Bristol received 765 votes and Joel Shaffett received 337.

In the New Town city elections, Jay Standish received 88 votes for Mayor. Frank Sillitti received 54 votes and Jesse Baker received 69 votes for the two open council positions. Taylor Olson received 84 votes for the position of Municipal Judge. They elected three park board members with Kenneth Hough receiving 48 votes, Marty Danks receiving 77. The third position needed to be determined by write-in with Nathaniel Mayer receiving 1 vote.
The City of Palermo elected two council members with Kenny Meckle and Kevin Marmon each receiving 13 votes, and Robert Hamers receiving 5.
Parshall elected a new mayor with John Bruce receiving 103 votes by write-in and Kyle Christianson receiving 71 votes. Two council members were elected with Barry Martens receiving 92 votes, Roberta Whitman receiving 75, Robert Morenski receiving 71, and Jeff McDougald receiving 27. They elected two park board members with Chris Kolk receiving 121 votes and Jacobi Taft receiving 113.
Plaza was slated to elect two council members with Darrell Salter receiving 18 votes and Jason Yoder with the highest write-ins for the second position with 10. They also needed to fill one park board position. With no names on the ballot, the highest vote getters were Gerald Berry and Larry Moe with 4 each.
Ross elected Julie Woodbury as mayor with 12 votes. Although there were 15 write-ins, the highest vote getter was Justin Seibel with 7. The highest write-ins for the two open council member positions were Travis Torrence and Levi Marmon with 8 each.
In the City of Stanley, Marlin Ranum received 235 votes for mayor. With three council seats up for election, Darren LeRohl received 216 votes, Jesse Weyrauch received 226, and Kris Halvorson received 239. With three park board members to be elected, Christopher Schneider received 222 votes, David Brown received 222, and Matthew Meiers received 242. With no candidates on the ballot for municipal judge, Dale Kilen received 25 write-in votes, with Wade Enget receiving 5.
White Earth will be electing two council members for four-year terms with Gary Fladeland receiving 22 votes and Jerald Ogden receiving 23. They also elected one council member to fill an unexpired two-year term with Rebecca Fladeland receiving 20 votes and Brenda Rohde receiving 9.
There was one statewide measure on the ballot. Initiated Constitutional Measure No. 1 would amend and reenact section 9 of article III and section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to requiring each resolution adopted by the legislative assembly proposing a constitutional amendment and each initiative petition and measure proposing a constitutional amendment be comprised of a single subject. The proposed amendment would require constitutional amendments to be limited to one subject. The Secretary of State shall not approve an initiative petition for circulation if the Secretary determines that the proposed amendment comprises more than one subject. Additionally, the legislative assembly is required to limit proposed amendments to the constitution to one subject. Mountrail County voters gave 701 yes votes and 376 no votes, concurring with the statewide results.
Voters in Stanley had one measure on their ballot to extend the city sales and use tax as allowed by the Home Rule Charter. That passed with 218 yes votes and 73 no votes.
Ross voters passed a city measure regarding publication of minutes with 21 yes and 5 no votes.
New Town School District voters elected two board members. Douglas Bratvold received 34 votes and Clayton Preston Danks Jr. received 38 votes to represent the City Area #1. Pete Young Bird received 44 votes to represent the west area.
Parshall School District voters elected two board members from the rural district with Nathaniel Packneau receiving 207 votes, Shaun Packineau receiving 171, Anissa Hove receiving 104, Adam Naatz receiving 92, and Bandi Poitra receiving 4.
Stanley School District voters elected two board members with Deanna Kukowski receiving 233 votes for Area 2. Matthew Ruland received 173 votes for Area 3, with Paige Uran receiving 84 write-in votes.