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Little changes in local elections
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There was little change in the results of the June 9 primary election, at least in Bowman County. According to Bowman County Auditor Sandi Tivis, a canvassing board reviewed the local unofficial results Monday. “They’ll process any ballots that were not processed on election night due to irregularities. After the meeting, we certify the election results to the Secretary of State’s office and the state has their certification this Friday, after which all the election results become 100 percent certified,” she said before her meeting with the canvasing board. At the local level, in the city it was Lyn James easily winning with more than 96 percent of the vote for her to stay on as the commission president. In the vote for the two City Commissioner positions Myron Tiger Vail edged Ryan Shear by a 379-338 margin. Ed Kvaale was the only candidate on the ballot for the Park Board Commissioner, winning easily with 366 votes (91.96%). Measure 1 on the ballot was for the City of Bow-
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man to decide if the minutes should be published in the official city newspaper. The measure passed easily with 93.27 percent approval. Bowman County School District Trevor Kulseth easily won the election for the Bowman County School Board representative from the Bowman area with just over 99 percent of the vote. The contest for two Rhame representatives on the school board was easily decided with Amy Fischer edging Andrea Bowman by 35 votes (51.10% to 48.35%). Measure 1 on the school district ballot was for the district to decide if the records of the school board meetings should be published in the official county newspaper for the next two years. The measure passed easily by a 685 to 45-vote margin. Bowman County Rick Braaten, Jerry Jeffers and Pine Abrahamson easily won the three positions for county commissioners on the ballot. Braaten was the top choice by voters with 760 (34.75%), while Jeffers had 708 (32.37%) and Pine A. Abrahamson finished with 686 votes (31.37%). Statewide Statewide, among Republicans, the governor easily won over his primary challenger with the Doug Burgum-Brent Sanford ticket getting nearly 90 percent of the votes. The challengers, Michael Coachman and Joel Hylden had just over 10 percent of the votes. The Democratic-Non Partisan League voters easily selected Killdeer veterinarian Shelley Lenz and her running mate Ben Vig to challenge the governor in November. DuWayne Hendrickson and Joshua Voytek will be the Libertarian candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. The Republicans barely chose Thomas Beadle over Daniel Johnston by a 52.38% to 47.40% margin in the race for state treasurer, which means Beadle will meet Mark Haugen, the Democratic-Non Partisan League winner in November. In the race for insurance commissioner, two candidates will face off in November after each won their primaries with more than 99 percent of the votes. It will be Jon Godfread (Republican) meeting Travisia Martin (Democratic-Non Partisan League) in November. Congressional Rep. Kelly Armstrong finished with more than 99 percent of the Republican vote to retain his position in the U.S. Congress in the June 9 primary. His opponents will be Zach Raknerud (Democratic-NPL) and Steven James Peterson (Libertarian).
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE
Republican,REP Representative in Congress Kelly Armstrong 97177 Democratic-NPL, DEM Representative in Congress Zach Raknerud 20558 Roland Clifford Riemers 12442 Write-in 272 Libertarian,LIB Representative in Congress Steven James Peterson 686 Write-in 154 Republican,REP Governor and Lt. Governor Doug Burgum & Brent Sanford 93737 Michael Coachman & Joel H Hylden 10577 Write-in 300 Democratic-NPL,DEM Governor and Lt. Governor Shelley Lenz and Ben Vig 33386 Write-in 186 Libertarian,LIB Governor and Lt. Governor DuWayne Hendrickson & Joshua Voytek 665 Write-in 156 Republican,REP State Auditor Joshua C Gallion 92603 Write-in 379 Democratic-NPL,DEM State Auditor Patrick Hart 33346 Write-in 166 Republican,REP State Treasurer Thomas Beadle 50667 Daniel Johnston 45845 Write-in 213 Democratic-NPL,DEM State Treasurer Mark Haugen 33627 Write-in 123 Republican,REP Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread 93797 Write-in 277 Democratic-NPL,DEM Insurance Commissioner Travisia Martin 33169 Write-in 102 Libertarian,LIB Insurance Commissioner Write-in 93 Republican,REP Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus 93241 Write-in 225
99.57% 61.79% 37.39% 0.82% 81.67% 18.33% 89.60% 10.11% 0.29% 99.45% 0.55%
81.00% 19.00% 99.59% 0.41% 99.50%, 0.50% 52.38% 47.40% 0.22% 99.64%, 0.36% 99.71% 0.29% 99.69% .31% 100.00% 99.76% 0.24%
Democratic-NPL,DEM Public Service Commissioner Casey D Buchmann 33278 99.66% Write-in 113 0.34% Nonpartisan,NON Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler 75049 54.31% Brandt J Dick 35618 25.78% Charles J Tuttle 27211 19.69% Write-in 303 0.22% Nonpartisan,NON Justice of the Supreme Court Jon Jay Jensen 125124 99.63% Write-in 467 37%
BOWMAN
Nonpartisan,NON County Commissioner at Large Rick Braaten 760 34.75% Jerry Jeffers 708 32.37% Pine A. Abrahamson 686 31.37% Write-in 33 1.51% Nonpartisan,NON Commission President Bowman Lyn James 325 96.15% Write-in 13 3.85% Nonpartisan,NON Commissioner Bowman Myron Tiger Vail 379 52.49% Ryan Shear 338 46.81% Write-in 5 0.69% Park Board Commissioner Bowman Park Ed Kvaale 366 91.96% Write-in 32 8.04% Nonpartisan,NON School Board Member Representative from the Bowman Area Bowman School Trevor Kulseth 684 99.13% Write-in 6 0.87%, Nonpartisan,NON School Board Member Representative from the Rhame Area Bowman School Amy Fischer 650 51.10% Andrea Bowman 615 48.35% Write-in 7 0.55% Publication of City Governing Body Minutes Bowman Yes 374 93.27% No 27 6.73% Publication of School Minutes Bowman School Yes 685 93.84% No 45 6.16%
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JUNE 19, 2020
The City of Bowman had another severe thunderstorm heading for it Sunday afternoon, but a slight change of direction sent it to east of the city. While Bowman got lightning, thunder and
just a trace of rain, other communities to the east were not as lucky. There were reports of lightning just south of Rhame as well as near Bowman before the storm moved further east. According to the Hettinger Emergency Management Office, hail and more than a half-inch of rain hit parts of Hettinger County. Near Regent, the hail was two inches in diameter, while south of New England the hail was the size of golf balls. More than a half-inch of rain also hit New England Sunday afternoon. It hit Reeder at about 5 p.m. Sunday, with the storm bringing winds up to 70 miles per hour in places, according to the National Weather Service. The Bismarck office issued a warning, which included Gascoyne, east of Scranton. The thunderstorm was one of several to hit the state Sunday, with more than a dozen counties part of a severe thunderstorm watch. It was the second straight day the southwestern region was under an advisory. The advisory was for winds between 25 to 35 miles per hour and gusts up to 50 miles per hour and covered most of the western edge of the state.
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