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Election News

November 8, 2006

2006 Election Results - School Board races

Here’s a roundup of results for area school board elections. Those leading at press time are in boldface type. Incumbents are denoted by (inc.). NA denotes results not available.



Blue Earth County

LCWM

Four open seats: Kent Thiesse (inc.) 1,630, Curt Pape 1,725, Shawn Schacherer 1,208, Shelly Blaschko 1,830 and Tom Curtis 1,260.

St. Clair

Three open seats: Mark Frahm (inc.) 629, Laura Linde (inc.) 640, Connie Johns 569, Chris Schenk 433 and Dale Westphal 498.

Maple River

Four open seats: Karl Duncanson (inc.) 1,590, Mark Beyer (inc.) 1,532, Emily Sieberg (inc.) 1,540 and Patti Uhrich 1,639.



Le Sueur County

Cleveland

Three open seats: Terri Horn (inc.) 178, Barry Platt 176, Mary Jean Rohlfing (inc.) 168 and Steve Rohlfing (inc.) 206.

Le Center

Three open seats: Todd Paulsen (inc.) 399 and Dennis Lang (inc.) 500.

Montgomery-Lonsdale

Three open seats: Kevin Krohn (inc.) 1,316.



Brown County

New Ulm

Three open seats: Sue Ullery (inc.) 5,087, Bill Day 4,771 and Duane Winter 5,111. Increase operating levy from $450 to $850 per pupil: Yes 3,311, No 4,184.

Sleepy Eye

Four open seats: Alma Saenz 1,169, Patrick Schroepfer (inc.) 1,586 Lori Braun (inc.) 1,714 and Jose Luis (Skinny) Garcia 1,001.



Watonwan County

Madelia

Four open seats: Julie Pace 1,024, Brent J. Christensen 692 and Steve Sorsenon (inc.) 934.

St. James

Three open seats: Bill Brown (inc.) 1,533, Jenny Firschau 1,321, Tim Tinke 1,627 and Paul Lenz 1,215.



Waseca County

Waseca

Four open seats: SkiAnn Christiansen 3,009 , Joe Hoehn (inc.) , Craig Watje (inc.) 1.821, Mike Gehloff 2,685, Scott Schlueter (inc.) 1,619, Jorge Diaz 2,709 and Darwin Erickson 1,576.



Martin County

Truman

Three open seats: Mike Pfeil (inc.) 364 and Bill Buffell 281.



Sibley County

Sibley East

Three open seats: Tom Webster (inc.) 253, Danny Woehler (inc.) 374, Mark Brandt (inc.) 308, Brenda Eggert 223, Anne Karl 244 and Scott Dose 346.



Nicollet County

Nicollet

Increase operating levy from $581 to $800 per pupil: Yes 648, No 505.



Faribault County

USC

Increase operating levy from $642 to $1,000: Yes 568, No 463.

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