With so much focus on the presidential race, it’s easy to forget about the local city and school elections that will take place right here in Douglas County in 52 days.
Here’s what voters will decide:
Mayor races in Alexandria, Evansville, Miltona and Osakis.
Contested city council races in Alexandria, Carlos, Evansville and Nelson.
School board races in Alexandria, Brandon-Evansville, Minnewaska, Osakis and West Central Area.
Here’s the rundown on who has filed for city council, mayor and school board positions, as well as the three townships in the county that hold elections on Nov. 3.
City council/mayor/township elections
Alexandria
Mayor: Bobbie Osterberg vs. Todd Jensen.
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Council Ward 3: Scott Allen, unopposed.
Council Ward 5: Charles Funk vs. Andrew Wiener.
Brandon
Mayor: Roger Campbell, unopposed.
Council: Jerry Bitzan and Brad Klossner running unopposed for two positions. A special election is being held for one other open position but no one filed.
Brandon Township is also holding elections. Kerby Lund and Dennis Lund are both running unopposed.
Carlos
Mayor: Michael Bous, unopposed.
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Council: Four candidates filed for two positions – Todd Burgess, Linda Fread, Paul James Kruchten, Chris Miller.
Carlos Township is also holding elections. Rodney Meyers and Dwayne Waldorf are running unopposed for supervisor, and no one filed for the treasurer position.
Evansville
Mayor: Calvin Lundeen vs. Monica Olson.
Council: Three candidates field for two positions – Brenda Hoffmann, Colleen Shores, Chuck Steffenson.
Forada
Mayor: David Reller, unopposed.
Council: Two positions are open but only one candidate, Bob Verkinderen, has filed.
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Garfield
Mayor: John Nienaber Jr., unopposed.
Council: Troy Mills and Jason Uhde are running unopposed for two positions.
Kensington
Mayor: Jim Schecker, unopposed.
Council: John Gran and Emmy (Leverson) Maheux\u0009are running unopposed for two positions.
Millerville
Mayor: No one filed.
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Council: No one filed for the two open positions.
Miltona
Mayor: Alan Bettermann vs. Brian Carpenter.
Council: April Steidl and Kimberly Thoennes\u0009are running unopposed for two positions.
Miltona Township is also holding elections and two candidates have filed for a supervisor position – Matthew Kugler and Jarrod Oberg.
Nelson
Mayor: Gerald Gay, unopposed.
Council: Four candidates have filed for two positions – Luann Gibson, Eugene Gibson Jr., Beverly Hansen and Gary Radtke.
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Osakis
Mayor: Jeremy Thorson vs. Dan Wessel.
Council: Alan Larson and Tim Thornbloom are running unopposed for two positions.
School board elections
Alexandria
David Anderson vs. Judd Hoff.
Candidates for the other two positions up for election, incumbents Pam Carlson and Angie Krebs, are running unopposed.
Brandon-Evansville
Five candidates vying for four positions: Trent Froemming, Tonya Gackle, Kent Huisman, Andrew Siira, Rachel Wagner.
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Osakis
Four candidates vying for three positions: Michael Collins, Justin Dahlheimer, Corey Goodwin, Amy Schoeck-Weisser.
Parkers Prairie
Three candidates vying for three seats: Nancy Euteneuer, Jeffrey Samuelson, Scott Wagner.
Minnewaska
Nine candidates vying for four seats: Chad Barsness, Chad Christianson, Will Harvey, Jeff Holtberg, Zachery Lagred, Bobbi Jo Matt, Diane Meyer, Amanda Ogdahl, Angie Reichmann.
West Central Area
Ten candidates vying for four seats: Terry Christenson, Sheena Haack, Chase Johnson, Heather Johnson, Natasha Kaiser, Gary Sabolik, Kayla Sanstead, Kesha Trinka, Jeremiah Ulrich, Claire Vincent.