Last week’s general election vote counts are complete and we have the totals here for residents of Claremont, Dodge Center and West Concord.
In Dodge County the results for the presidential race totals are Donald Trump with 8,095 votes for 65% over Kamala Harris with 4,108 votes or 33%. In the District 1 congressional race Brad Finstad won with 58% of the votes over Rachel Bohman with 41%. In the District 24A Minnesota House of Representatives race Duae Quam received 63.5% of the votes to Heather Holmes 36.5%. Dodge County commissioner for District 1 John Allen was unopposed and received 2,202 votes. In District 5 incumbent commissioner David Kenworthy received 1,737 votes for 87% over the write in candidate with 12% or 256 votes.
In the Claremont mayor’s race incumbent Tasha Dahl received 68 votes, challenger David Stein received 50 votes and there were 107 write in votes. Casey Striver who ran a write in campaign in the last month of the race received 100 of the write in votes for mayor of Claremont. In the Claremont city council race there were two seats open. Deborah Ellis received 130 votes and Donna Gregory received 149 votes and there were 24 write in votes.
In the Dodge Center city council race there were four candidates who filed for two open positions. The two highest vote recipients won the positions. Incumbent Kathy Skogen received 720 votes, Braedon Dostal received 749 votes, David Myrom received 248 votes, Matt Legler received 241 votes and there were 19 write-in votes.
In West Concord mayor Jeffery McCool received 251 votes (70.0%) and there were 103 write in votes. The West Concord City Council had two open seats in the election and the top two total counts won the position. Karen Johnson received 217 votes, Jeffery Burse received 198 votes and Nic Kilen received 188 votes and there were 16 write in votes.
