election 2020

There appears to be a lead change in the race for Senate District 14. According to new numbers Democrat Aric Putnam has pulled in front of the incumbent Republican Jerry Relph.

Three newcomers to politics will be joining the Benton County Board of Commissioners.

For the St. Cloud Area School Board the top vote-getter was Shannon Haws getting 20 percent of the vote, second was Scott Andreason with 18 percent, coming in third was Monica Segura-Schwartz with 16 percent, and fourth was Al Dahlgren with 16 percent.

The four incumbents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board have all been re-elected in an extremely close race.

There were no changes in who represents the St. Cloud area in the Minnesota State Legislature with all of the incumbents winning re-election.

St. Cloud's longest-serving mayor has won four more years on the job. Dave Kleis defeated challenger Steven Schiller 64 percent to 35 percent.

Things will remain the same in the city of Foley.

In the city of Rice the two candidates who have won seats to the city council are the incumbent Chris Scheel with 39 percent of the vote and Michelle Jorgenson Keller with 31 percent of the vote.

Both incumbents in Sauk Rapids will continue to serve on the city council.

Two new faces have been elected to serve on the Sartell city council.