November 6 General Election Races
An editor’s note: The Nov. 6 General Election ballot is chuck full of important choices for Houston County residents. Below is a list of the races and the corresponding candidates.
Brownsville
Mayor Tim Serres
Council member
Vote for two
Joseph Serres, Rick Voshart
Caledonia
Mayor no candidate
Council member
Vote for two
Tom Murphy, no candidate
Eitzen
Mayor Jeff Adamson
Council member
Vote for two
Chad Meiners, Mitchell Luttchens
Hokah
Mayor James Scholze
Council member
Vote for two
Reid Harris, Matt Vetsch, Judy Lonkoski
Houston
Mayor Connie Edwards
Council member
Vote for two
Tony Schultz, Matthew Schutte
La Crescent
Mayor
Vote for one
Steve Bissen, Mike Poellinger
Council member
Vote for two
Scott Yeiter, Dale W. Williams, John Graf, Brian Krenz
Spring Grove
Mayor
Vote for one
Saundra G. Solum, A. Bruce Poole, Heather M. Gray
Council member
Vote for two
Roger Taylor, Nancy Nelson, Steve Kemp, David L. Peterson, Rachel Olerud, Rachel Storlie
School District of Houston
Board member
Vote for three
Mimi Carlson, Steve Scheu, Kevin Kelleher, Michaeleen Bonner
School District of Spring Grove
Board member
Vote for three
Stephanie Morken Jaster, Aaron Solum, Kristy Folz, Christian Myrah
Special election for vacant board seat
Vote for one
Eric Bjerke
School District of Caledonia
Board member
Vote for three
Jared C. Barnes, Jean Meyer, Spencer Yohe
Special election question
Vote yes or no
Shall the board of Independent School District No. 299 (Caledonia Area Public Schools) be authorized to issue its general obligation school building bonds in an amount not to exceed $495,000 to provide funds for a phased program of acquisition and betterment of school sites, facilities and equipment, with said bonds to be repaid from funds on hand and available in the debt retirement fund of the school district?
School District of
La Crescent-Hokah
Board member
Vote for four
Samuel D. Jandt, Wade Welper, Ruth Nissen, Chuck Dockendorff, Eric Morken, Bryan F. Tornow, Erik Braun
FEDERAL
President and Vice President
Vote for one team
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan
Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Gary Johnson and Jim Gray
James Harris and Maura Deluca
Virgil Goode and Jim Clymer
Dean Morstad and Josh Franke-Hyland
Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala
Jill Carlson and George McMahon
Peta Lindsay and Yari Osorio
Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson and Luis J. Rodriguez
U.S. Senator
Vote for one
Stephen Williams, Kurt Bills, Amy Klobuchar, Tim Davis, Michael Cavlan
U.S. Representative District 1
Vote for one
Allen Quist, Tim Walz
STATE
State Senator District 28
Vote for one
Jeremy Miller, Jack Krage
State Representative District 28B
Vote for one
Gregory Davids, Ken Tschumper
Constitutional
Amendments
Amendment 1
Vote yes or no
Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?
Amendment 2
Vote yes or no
Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013.
County Offices
Commissioner District 1
Vote for one
Jack Miller, Judy Storlie
Commissioner District 3
Vote for one
Steve Schuldt
Commissioner District 5
Vote for one
Lane Zaffke, Dana Kjome
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor District 3
Vote for one
Roger Stenhoff
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor District 4
Vote for one
Loren L. Lapham
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor District 5
Vote for one
Michael Sieve, Matt Feldmeier
Judicial Offices
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Vote for one
Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Dan Griffith
Associate Justice 1
Vote for one
Dean Barkley, Barry Anderson
Associate Justice 4
Vote for one
Tim Tingelstad, David R. Stras
Court of Appeals Judge 6
Vote for one
Renee L. Worke
Court of Appeals Judge 7
Vote for one
Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks
3rd District Court
Judge 1
Vote for one
Christina K. Stevens
Judge 2
Vote for one
John T. Cajacob
Judge 4
Vote for one
Jeffrey D. Thompson
Judge 5
Vote for one
Ross L. Leuning
Judge 9
Vote for one
Robert Birnbaum
Judge 10
Vote for one
Debra Ann Jaconson
Judge 12
Vote for one
Christine A. Long
Judge 15
Vote for one
Joseph F. Chase
