Here is your Brainerd Dispatch Minute podcast for Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.
Stephanie Etterman earned the most votes at 11,010, followed by John Ward at 10,764 and Michelle Brekken at 10,121.
Jamie Lee defeated Johnna Johnson to win the race for Crow Wing County District 5.
Patrick Sundberg, a Baxter business owner, received the highest vote totals with 2,622 votes or 35.50%. Mark Cross came in second with 2,243 votes or 30.37%.
The measure failed by 517 votes, with 3,113 in favor of the referendum and 3,630 opposed.
Mike O’Day earned 3,888 votes and Kevin Stunek garnered 2,470. Challenger Shirley Yeager received the least amount of votes at 2,320 in a race where voters could pick up to two candidates.
Czeczok earned 710 votes to Stenglein’s 589 votes in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, election.
Tad Erickson earned 837 votes in Tuesday’s election, compared to 596 garnered by incumbent Kara Terry.
Kresha received 17,958 votes with all 73 precincts reporting, to DFL challenger Julia Hipp’s 7,159 votes.
Minnesota State Representative District 6B
Davis received 17,765 votes with all 55 precincts reporting, to DFL challenger Earl Butenhoff’s 9,116 votes.
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1924.