Here's a quick look at the results of elections on the Nov. 8 Grand Forks, East Grand Forks ballots
Nov. 10—GRAND FORKS — Following is a quick glance at the results of elections that were included on the Nov. 8 ballots of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks voters.
U.S. Senate:
John Hoeven, Republican, 56%; Katrina Christiansen, Democrat-NPL, 25%; Rick Becker, independent, 19%.
U.S. House:
Kelly Armstrong, Republican, 62%; Cara Mund, independent, 38%.
Secretary of state:
Michael Howe, Republican, 63%; Jeffrey Powell, Democrat-NPL, 27%; Charles Tuttle, independent, 9%.
Attorney general:
Drew Wrigley, Republican, 71%; Timothy Lamb, Democrat-NPL, 29%.
N.D. agriculture commissioner:
Doug Goehring, 76%; Fintan L. Dooley, Democrat-NPL, 24%.
N.D. Public Service Commission:
Julie Fedorchak, Republican, 71%; Melanie Moniz, Democrat-NPL, 29%
N.D. Public Service Commission: Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, Republican, 70%; Trygve Hammer, Democrat-NPL, 29%.
County Commission (vote for no more than three):
Bob Rost, 9,277 votes; Kimberly Hagen, 7,851 votes; Mark Rustad, 6,729 votes; Lon Kvasager, 6,702; Tom Falck, 5,605 votes; and K.C. Inman, 4,368 votes. NOTE: This race has triggered a recount for the third open seat.
State Measure 1:
A proposal to limit the number of terms of members of the state Legislature: Yes, 63%; No, 37%.
State Measure 2:
A proposal to legalize the production, processing and sale of cannabis by those who are 21 or older. (More commonly referred to as the recreational marijuana measure): No, 55%; Yes, 45%.
County Measure 1:
A proposal to adopt a home rule charter for Grand Forks County: Yes, 8,397 votes; No, 8,377 votes. NOTE: This vote has triggered a recount.
County Measure 2: A proposal to adopt a half-cent tax on sales in Grand Forks County: No, 9,019 votes; Yes, 8,998 votes. NOTE: This vote has triggered a recount.
District 43 House (this race wass only for a portion of Grand Forks residents. Vote for two)
: Eric J. Murphy, Republican, 1,759 votes; Zachary Ista, Democrat-NPL, 1,716 votes; Mary Adams, 1,713 votes; Ethan Harsell, Republican, 1,582 votes. NOTE: This vote has triggered a recount.
District 43 Senate (only for a portion of Grand Forks residents): Jeff Barta, Republican, 1,963 votes; JoNell Bakke, Democrat-NPL, 1,737 votes.
District 7 U.S. House:
Michelle Fischbach, Republican, 67%; Jill Abahsain, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 28%; Travis "Bull" Johnson, Legal Marijuana Now Party, 5.4%.
District 1B House:
Debra Kiel, Republican, 71%; Cynthia Ansbacher, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 29%.
Governor/lieutenant governor:
Tim Walz/Penny Flanagan, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 52%; Scott Jensen/Matt Birk, Republican, 45%.
Secretary of state:
Steve Simon, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 54.6%; Kim Crockett, Republican, 45.4%.
State auditor:
Julie Blaha, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 47.5%; Ryan Wilson, Republican, 47.2% (the vote tally saw Blaha receiving 1,167,878 votes to Wilson's 1,159,410); Tim Davis, Legal Marijuana Now, 3.6%; Will Finn, Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party, 1.8%.
Attorney general
: Keith Ellison, Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 50.4%; Jim Schultz, Republican, 49.6%.
County Commission District 2: Warren Strandell, 1,127 votes; Curtis Knutson, 1,038 votes.
County Commission District 4: Joan K. Lee, 1,368 votes; Dennis Boucher, 876 votes.
City Council (vote for one):
Ben Pokrzywinski, 245 votes; Clarence V. Vetter, 219 votes; Karen Peterson, 103 votes.
School Board (vote for up to three): Amanda Holweger, 1,791 votes; Josh Perkerewicz, 1,493; Lindsey King, 1,466 votes; Matt Foss, 1,103 votes; Thomas Piche, 1,095 votes.