The primary election, held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, presented another opportunity for voters to make decisions about who they want to represent them during the next election cycle.
Here’s how the numbers stacked up.
Congressional District 1
Incumbent Brad Finstad reeled in 30,058 votes, locking in 90.90% of the Republican votes necessary to retain his spot on the November ballot. Rachel Bohman, running unopposed, of course, earned 100% of the 26,406 votes.
U.S. Senate
Since 2007, DFLer Senator Amy Klobuchar has owned her district, and the primary election easily solidified her spot on the upcoming ballot, earning 94.26% of the DFL votes – for a total of 303,240 in her favor from the entire district. Royce White, the Republican contender who will challenge Klobuchar on the ballot, garnered 74,681 (38.54%) of the total right-leaning votes, collecting 608 of those votes from Fillmore County and 506 from Houston County.
State Representative – District 26B
While Mabel native Gary Steuart received the Fillmore and Houston County GOP endorsements, a slim majority of voters opted for supporting long-time incumbent State Representative Greg Davids, a Preston resident, to represent them on the Republican ticket in November.
But it was a close one.
Steuart earned 1,733 (47.27%) votes, while Davids prevailed with 1,933 (52.73%) votes.
Following the conclusion of the primary, State Representative Greg Davids expressed his gratitude to voters, “Throughout this primary process, my belief has always been to let the voters decide who will best represent their interests and beliefs in the Minnesota House. The voters have now decided, and I am so thankful for their support. I will continue working hard over the next few months and continue building support to win the general election in November.”
Meanwhile, long-time resident of Spring Valley, Allie Wolf, has been working to win votes as the DFL-endorsed candidate. Her competition: Eric Leitzen of Hokah.
Leitzen earned 325 (18.23%) votes, while Wolf amassed 1,458 (81.77%) votes.
Wolf shared, “I’m super thrilled with all the people who came out to support me throughout this primary election. I’ve been knocking on a lot of doors the last few weeks to make sure folks know that there is a Democratic primary.”
The newcomer, Wolf, said she’ll be “Door knocking. I want to get out and talk to people. People who are disgruntled. I know there are people who are frustrated,” adding, “I respect Greg Davids, but he has been in office since the year I was born. It’s time for change.”
County Commissioners Fillmore County – District 3
Larry Hindt tallied the most votes with 238 (45.42%) compared to Michael Hadland with 111 (21.18%) and Gerald Wolf with 175 (33.40%).
Houston County – District 5
Greg Myhre dominated the district with 324 (64.16%) votes, with Mikal Sylling earning 97 (19.21%) votes and Scott Onstad not too far behind with 84 (16.63%) votes.
Leave a Reply