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November 6, 2012

Preliminary county board results

By Brian Ojanpa Free Press Staff Writer

MANKATO — Here’s a roundup of results for area county board of commissioners elections. Those leading in contested races at press time are in boldface type.

 

Blue Earth County

(28 of 53 precincts reporting)

Commissioner District 3: Mark Piepho 1,827, Caroline Wood 947

Commissioner District 4: Will Purvis 3,293

Commissioner District 5: Kip Bruender 3,067

 

Nicollet County

(18 of 27 precincts reporting)

Commissioner District 1: Terry Genelin 187, Marie Dranttel 395

Commissioner District 2: David Johnson 1,070, James Stenson 1,382

Commissioner District 3: David Haack (N/A)

Commissioner District 4: Bill Schindle , Jack Kolars (N/A)

Commissioner District 5: Bruce Beatty 3,028

 

Sibley County

(21 of 24 precincts reporting)

Commissioner District 2: Bill Pinske 134

Commissioner District 3: James Swanson 238

 

Waseca County

(Final)

Commissoner District 1: James Peterson 1,333, Jody Wynnemer 595

Commissioner District 2: Michael Hintz  1,806

 

Le Sueur County

( 24 of 27 precincts reporting)

Commissioner District 1: David Gliszinski 1,215, John Grimm 1,076

Commissioner District 2: Joe Connolly 2,216

Commissioner District 3: Todd Redmann 1,173, John King 1,296

Commissioner District 4: Lance Wetzel 973, Richard Molitor 714

Commissioner District 5: Cliff Wetzel 1,150, Steve “Gump” Rohlfing 259

 

Faribault County

(Final)

Commissioner District 1: John Roper 1,300

Commissioner District 3: William Grosskreutz Jr. 1,350

Commissioner District 5: Paul Bach 338, Tom Warmka 1,240

 

Brown County

(Final)

Commissioner District 1: Dick Seeboth 2,272

Commissioner District 2: James Berg 3,005

Commissioner District 3: Scott Windschitl  2,147

 

Watonwan County

 

( 18 of 21 precincts reporting)

Commissioner District 1: John Hoeft 832 , Raymond Gustafson 614

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