Here's a summary of Jamestown/Stutsman County races

Stutsman County voters went to the polls on Tuesday, June 14, in the state’s primary election. Several races were decided Tuesday, including the reelection of a Jamestown City Council member and incumbents on the Jamestown Public School Board.

The Stutsman County Canvassing Board is expected to certify the election results at 10 a.m. Monday, June 27.

Here’s a summary of local races.

David Steele was reelected to a second term on the Jamestown City Council, defeating Josh Meade, who was seeking his first term. Steele received 838 votes in the unofficial tally available Tuesday night. Meade received 258 votes.

Mayor Dwaine Heinrich was reelected after running unopposed, receiving 857 votes. He was elected to the mayoral seat in 2018.

Mindi Schmitz, Mike Landscoot and Mike Soulis were reelected to serve a four-year term on the Jamestown Parks and Recreation Commission. Schmitz received the most votes with 871 in the unofficial tally. Soulis placed second with 865 votes, and Landscoot received 837.

Lawrence K. Kropp was also reelected as the Jamestown Municipal Court judge, receiving 879 votes.

Incumbents Heidi Heim Larson and Jason Rohr were reelected to the city seats on the Jamestown Public School Board Tuesday, June 14, while Daniel Tweten was elected to serve his first four-year term.

For the two rural seats on the school board, incumbent Melissa Gleason was elected to her first term, receiving 1,085 votes in the unofficial tally Tuesday night. Steve Veldkamp received the most write-in votes with 29 and was followed by Mark Sherfy with 16, Rebecca Nyberg with 13, Greg Allen with four and Bob Toso with two in the unofficial tally Tuesday night, June 14. Thirty-five people also received one write-in vote.

Veldkamp said he plans to accept the position on the school board. He served on the Jamestown Public School Board from 2016 to 2020.

For the city seats, Rohr received the most votes with 1,006 in the unofficial tally. Larson placed second with 968, followed by Tweten with 828 and Stephen R. Resler with 483.

For the race for Stutsman County Commission, a total of six candidates will advance to the Nov. 8 election, including Cichos and Wolsky. The top six write-in candidates were Jerry Bergquist, Nellie Degen, Robin Iszler, David Schwartz, Tom Tracy and Elizabeth Kapp. See page A1 for more on the commission races.

In other races, running unopposed Tuesday and advancing to the November election ballot are Stutsman County Sheriff Chad Kaiser, Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen and Geneva Kaiser, director of the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District.

In unofficial results, Chad Kaiser received 1,457 votes, Fremgen 1,290 and Geneva Kaiser 1,279.

The primary election decided which District 29 candidates would advance to the general election in November.

Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, received 372 votes. Wanzek will face Democratic challenger Ben Vig, who received 80 votes.

Reps. Craig Headland, R-Montpelier, and Don Vigessa, R-Cooperstown, will go up against Democratic challenger Charles Linderman. Headland received 328 votes, Vigessa had 285 and Linderman trailed with 79.

In the Southeast Judicial District races, in the contested race for District Court No. 2 judgeship based in Valley City, Paul C. Murphy led with 4,226 votes, followed by Nick D. Thornton with 3,588 votes and Leah J. Viste with 3,461 votes. Murphy and Thornton will advance to the November election.

Running unopposed in District Court No. 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively, were James D. Hovey, Daniel Narum, Jay Schmitz and Troy J. LeFevre. They advance to the fall election.

Hovey received 11,631 votes, Narum 11,932, Schmitz 11,671, and LeFevre, 11,477.

The judgeships are six-year terms.