Spatenka wins County Commissioner District 1

Gary Spatenka was the winner in the race for Steele County Commissioner District 1. He tallied 1,884 votes, 61.82%, to 1,156, 37.93%, for Justin Ohnstad with eight write-in votes.

Incumbent John Glynn was re-elected in District 2 with 2,972 votes. There were 28 write-in votes.

Lon Thiele was re-elected Steele County sheriff with 14,760 votes. There were 317 write-in votes.

In the contest for county attorney, incumbent Robert Jarrett was re-elected with 12,688 votes. There were also 1,755 write-in votes. Results reported by the secretary of state’s office do not list the individuals who receive write-in votes, but M. Esther Sherman was running as a write-in candidate.

Two other county races saw Mark Ihlenfeld being re-elected to the Soil and Water Supervisor District 1 position with 14,444 votes and Mark D. Ditlevson, to the Soil and Water Supervisor District 3 position with 14,151 votes. There were 96 write-in votes in District 1 and 112 write-ins in District 3.