
Annandale’s Tina Diedrick will move on to the Nov. 8 General Election for Wright County Commissioner District 1. She and Terry Strege were the top two vote-getters in the Tuesday, Aug. 9, Primary Election. In the District 1 primary, Diedrick led the way with 1,054 votes (42.26 percent), but the race was for second place to move on to the general election. Strege garnered 735 votes (29.47 percent) and Michael Holmstrom Jr. earned 705 votes (28.27 percent). Diedrick and Strege will square off in November to fill the seat currently held by Commissioner Christine Husom, who is not seeking re-election In the District 3 primary, Jeanne Holland led the voting with 570 votes (40.2 percent), followed very closely by Mike Potter with 561 votes (39.56 percent). Jonathan Heinrichs finished third with 287 votes (20.24 percent). Holland and Potter will go against one another in November to fill the seat currently held by Mark Daleiden. Daleiden announced earlier this year that he will not seek another term in office. The District 4 race had just two candidates – incumbent Mary Wetter and challenger Nadine Schoen – so no primary was required. This seat came open for election earlier this year when the county redistricted – taking Albertville out of Wetter’s district and adding half of St. Michael into District 4 – and, under state law, the jurisdictional changes required that Wetter run in November after less than two years in office. In the statewide race for attorney general, Republican candidate Jim Schultz, a South Haven native and Annandale High School graduate, defeated Doug Wardlow. Schultz will face incumbent DFLer Keith Ellison in the General Election. Schultz won with an estimated 54 percent of the vote. In a school-related referendum, voters in the Dassel-Cokato School District (No. 466) voted in favor of a ballot question to approve $17.9 million in general obligation bonds for improvements to school sites and facilities. There 646 yes votes (56.47 percent) and 498 no votes (43.53 percent). In the other November races, two of the high-profile county elections will see candidates running unopposed – Sheriff Sean Deringer and County Attorney Brian Lutes. Vote totals remain unofficial until certified by the Secretary of State’s Office.