Primary election sets stage for November contests


The city of Pipestone will have a new mayor next year. With two of two precincts reporting in the city of Pipestone as of about 9:30 p.m, Tuesday night, Dan Delaney and Verdeen Colbeck received the most votes for the seat, advancing them to the November general election. Delaney led the vote tally with 205, Colbeck came in at 103 and incumbent Myron Koets tallied 97.

In the other local primary contest, voters in Pipestone County Commissioner District 2 sent Doug Nagel and Kim Drew on to the November election. Nagel garnered 186 votes, Drew 115, and Thomas Haag 63

In state elections, Bill Weber maintained the support of local Republicans for the area’s state senate seat. In the governor’s race, Scott Jensen garnered more votes than the other Republican contenders for governor, Tim Walz retained the support of local Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party supporters and James McCaskel received the most votes for the Legal Marijuana Now party.

Kim Crockett received the support of local Republicans in her bid for Secretary of State and Steve Simon retained the support of DFL voters for secretary of state. Jim Schulz out gained his competitors for the Republican candidate for attorney general and Keith Ellison kept the support of local DFL supporters.

In the lone national race in the primary, Jill Abahsain received the most votes for U.S. District 7 Representative from local DFL voters. Abahsain will face Republican incumbent Michelle Fischbach in November.

The local results matched the statewide results for U.S. District 7 Representative, governor, secretary of state, attorney general and State Senate District 21.

See next week’s Pipestone County Star for any updates and more details.