A new mayor was elected in Litchfield yesterday. Malinda Larson received 1,575 votes. Darlene Kotelnicki received 650 votes and Bob Powers received 479 votes.
Mike Niedzielski was elected in Ward 1 of Litchfield with 230 votes, compared to 214 for Holly Flemming and 186 for Mike Flaata. In Ward 3, Martin Allen was elected with 275 votes. Jake Barnes received 232 votes. In Ward 5, Sara Miller was elected with 325 votes. Duane Hoeschen received 81 votes.
Greg Mathews, Felicia Reed and Jordan Papke were all elected to the Litchfield School Board. Both of the Litchfield School District questions failed. Question 1 received 2,047 “yes” votes and 3,327 “no” votes. Question 2 had 2,107 “yes” votes and 3,214 “no” votes. The question in the Eden Valley-Watkins School District passed with 1,382 “yes” votes and 952 “no” votes.
Caitlin Schneider, Jay Brovold and Regina Magedanz were elected to the EV-W school board.
At Dassel-Cokato, Andy Engh, Jenna Kantola and Jake Nelson were elected. The top 4 candidates elected to the ACGC School District were Trever Heining with 1,522 votes, Scott Stafford with 1,103 votes, Dylan Hoerchler with 1,101 votes and Elizabeth Ammermann with 1,078 votes.
For Meeker County, Andy Carlson was elected as District 1 Commissioner, Steve Schmitt was reelected to District 5, and Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze and County Attorney Brandi Schiefelbein were both reelected. John Haffley was elected to Soil District 3 and Jonathan Hoff was elected to Soil District 5. All results are unofficial until the votes are canvassed.
In MN District 16A, Scott VanBinsbergen defeated David Torgelson with 69% of the vote. In 16B, Dave Baker defeated Julie Henslin with 67% of the vote. Senator Andrew Lang was reelected in District 16 with 67% of the vote, defeating challenger Kathy Jorgenson. In District 17A, Dawn Gillman was reelected with 69% of the vote, defeating Mali Anderson and Senator Glenn Gruenhagen was reelected in District 17 with 67% of the vote, defeating Julie Kelzer. The constitutional amendment passed in Minnesota with 73% of the people voting “yes.”
