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Primary Election 2024: Northern Minnesota's results

Voters wait their turns to cast their ballots Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, for the primary election at the Red Lake polling site at the Red Lake Humanities Center.
Larissa Donovan
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KAXE
Voters wait their turns to cast their ballots Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, for the primary election at the Red Lake polling site at the Red Lake Humanities Center.

Federal, state, county, city and township primary election results in contested races across KAXE's coverage area.

Updated as of 9:51 a.m. Aug. 14, 2024.

Federal and State

U.S. Senator

7th Congressional District

8th Congressional District

House District 6B

House District 7B

House District 10A

6th Judicial District

Cities

Bemidji

Chisholm

Mountain Iron

Virginia

Counties

Becker County

Beltrami County

Carlton County

Cass County

Clearwater County

Cook County

Crow Wing County

Kittson County

Norman County

Township

Shamrock

KAXE Reporters Chelsey Perkins, Larissa Donovan and Megan Buffington share live updates from Northern Minnesota on Primary Election Day 2024.

U.S. Senator

100% Reported

  • Democrats

    • Amy Klobuchar (incumbent, party endorsed) — 303,103, 94.26%
    • Steve Carlson — 9,525, 2.96%
    • Ahmad R. Hassan — 4,879, 1.52%
    • George H. Kalberer — 1,569, .49%
    • Ole Savior — 2,473, .77%
  • Republicans

    • Royce White (party endorsed) — 74,656, 38.54%
    • Joe Fraser — 56,659, 29.25%
    • Raymond D. Petersen — 16,166, 8.35%
    • Alycia R. Gruenhager — 14,953, 7.72%
    • John Berman — 14,117, 7.29%
    • Patrick D. Munro — 9,409, 4.86%
    • Christopher Seymore Sr. —5,002, 2.58%
    • Loner Blue — 2,717, 1.4%

7th Congressional District

  • Republicans
    100% Reported
    • Michelle Fischbach (incumbent) — 30,446, 64.66%
    • Steve Boyd — 16,640, 35.34%

8th Congressional District

100% Reported

  • Democrats

    • Jen Schultz (party endorsed) — 31,933, 90.96%
    • John Munter — 3,175, 9.04%
  • Republicans

    • Pete Stauber (incumbent, party endorsed) — 36,781, 90.49%
    • Harry R. Welty — 3,865, 9.51%

State offices

House District 6B

  • Republicans
    100% Reported
    • Josh Heintzeman (incumbent) — 2,302, 91.04%
    • Matthew Eric Zinda — 200, 8.96%

House District 7B

  • Republicans
    100% Reported
    • Cal Warwas (party endorsed) — 2,588, 84.22%
    • Matt Matasich — 485, 15.78%

House District 10A

  • Republicans
    100% Reported
    • Ron Kresha (incumbent) — 2,295, 50.38%
    • Diane Webb-Skillings — 2,260, 49.62%

6th Judicial District

  • Judge Bench 6
    100% Reported
    • Gunnar B. Johnson — 6,548, 23.85%
    • Shawn Reed —6,196, 22.57%
    • Peter Raukar — 5,834, 21.25%
    • John B. Schulte — 5,450, 19.85%
    • Gerald Wallace — 3,430, 12.49%
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County offices

Becker County

  • Commissioner District 3
    100% Reported
    • Phil Hansen — 331, 50.38%
    • Terry L. Mackner — 223, 33.94%
    • Henry "Hank" Ludtke — 103, 15.68%
  • Commissioner District 4
    100% Reported
    • Richard Vareberg (incumbent) — 328, 41.89%
    • Donald Skarie — 291, 37.16%
    • Jason Dale Bristlin — 164, 20.95%
  • Commissioner District 5
    100% Reported
    • Barry Nelson (incumbent) — 489, 63.26%
    • Jack Heisler — 185, 23.93%
    • Dave E. Shaw — 99, 12.81%

Beltrami County

  • Commissioner District 4
    100% Reported
    • Tim Sumner (incumbent) — 641, 56.43%
    • Frank Duresky — 431, 37.94%
    • John Wilson Winnett — 64, 5.63%

Carlton County

  • Commissioner District 5
    100% Reported
    • Dan Reed — 353, 37.55%
    • Alex French — 238, 25.32%
    • Jason Syrett — 94, 10%
    • Neil Dickenson — 91, 9.68%
    • Chad Walsh — 87, 9.26%
    • John Peura — 77, 8.19%

Cass County

  • Commissioner District 3
    100% Reported
    • Karen Goodenough — 562, 45.92%
    • Rusty Lilyquist — 455, 31.17%
    • Jim Qualley — 207, 16.91%

Clearwater County

  • Commissioner District 2
    100% Reported
    • Greg Scherzer — 85, 36.17%
    • Bryan Ramsrud — 65, 27.66%
    • Adam Broden — 34, 14.47%
    • James O'Bryan — 30, 12.77%
    • Carl McCollum — 21, 8.94%
  • Commissioner District 4
    100% Reported
    • Bruce Emmel — 118, 43.07%
    • Juleigh Prosser — 83, 30.29%
    • Corey Petterson — 73, 26.64%

Crow Wing County

  • Commissioner District 5
    100% Reported
    • Jamie Lee — 674, 34.44%
    • Johnna Johnson — 664, 33.93%
    • Doug Houge (incumbent) — 619, 31.63%

Kittson County

  • Commissioner District 2
    100% Reported
    • Theresia Gillie (incumbent) — 120, 51.28%
    • Waylin Olson — 71, 30.34%
    • Paul Dziengel — 43, 18.38%
  • Commissioner District 4
    100% Reported
    • Derry Jones — 103, 47.03%
    • Leon Olson (incumbent) — 63, 28.77%
    • Corrine "Missy" Karboviak — 41, 18.72%
    • Allison Frislie — 12, 5.48%

Norman County

  • Commissioner District 1
    100% Reported
    • Timothy Oistad — 123, 55.91%
    • Randal Gorder — 72, 32.73%
    • Sarah Green — 25, 11.36%
  • Commissioner District 5
    100% Reported
    • Darren Andersen — 171, 59.38%
    • Gregory Crader — 56, 19.44%
    • Nicole Nogowski — 34, 11.81%
    • John Rosenberger — 27, 9.38%

City offices

Bemidji

  • Mayor
    100% Reported
    • Jorge Prince (incumbent) — 839, 72.45%
    • Daniel Jourdain — 253, 21.85%
    • Adam Steele — 66, 5.69%
  • Council Ward 3
    100% Reported
    • Mark Dickinson — 204, 68%
    • Katie Carter — 69, 23%
    • Greg Kuhn — 27, 9%
  • Council Ward 5
    100% Reported
    • Lynn Eaton (incumbent) — 126, 38.07%
    • Bill Batchelder — 104, 31.61%
    • Michael Meehlhause — 99, 29.91%

Chisholm

  • Council (elect three; six on November ballot)
    100% Reported
    • Travis Vake (incumbent) — 339, 23.86%
    • Cheyenne Mikkola-Rahja (incumbent) — 218, 15.34%
    • Marty Halverson (incumbent) — 213, 14.99%
    • James Varda — 202, 14.22%
    • Audry M. Bailey — 185, 13.02%
    • Brandan Fiedler — 152, 10.7%
    • Seraphia Gravelle — 112, 7.88%

Mountain Iron

  • Council (elect two; four on November ballot)
    100% Reported
    • Bradley Gustafson — 214, 30.7%
    • Joe Prebeg Jr. (incumbent) — 174, 24.96%
    • Edmund "Ed" Roskoski (incumbent) — 148, 21.23%
    • Daniel L. Gunderson — 94, 13.49%
    • Kristina Hawkins — 67, 9.61%

Virginia

  • Council (elect three; six on November ballot)
    100% Reported
    • Annie Bachschneider — 532, 22.94%
    • Julieanne Paulsen (incumbent) — 437, 18.84%
    • Jared Siebert — 368, 15.87%
    • Steven B. Johnson (incumbent) — 357, 15.39%
    • David S. Hansen — 290, 12.51%
    • Rodney Salo — 204, 8.8%
    • Ricky Angellar — 131, 5.65%

Township offices

Shamrock Township (Aitkin County)

  • Special Election for Town Supervisor Seat E
    100% Reported
    • Brock Hayes — 101, 56.11%
    • Greg Neumann — 77, 42.78%
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