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Offices to be voted for at State General Election


Notice of offices

to be voted for at

the State General Election

The following offices will be voted on at the State General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.  The filing period for these offices begins at 8:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 22, 2018, and ends at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (Note: Filing offices will be closed Monday, May 28, 2018, in observance of Memorial Day.)  

The place of filing for county offices is the Office of the County Auditor, Meeker County Courthouse, Level 3, (Street Level), 325 North Sibley Avenue, Litchfield, Minnesota 55355.

The place for filing for state offices is with the Office of the Secretary of State or with the County Auditor of the county in which the candidate resides.

The place for filing for federal offices is the Office of the Secretary of State, State Office Building, Room 180, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul MN 55155-1299.

Candidates may file in person or by mail. Candidates who will be absent from the state during the filing period and meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes section 204B.09, subdivision 1a, may arrange to file during the seven days immediately preceding the candidates absence from the state.

FEDERAL OFFICES

United States Senator (One)

United States Senator (Special Election)

United States Representative (One office per district)

Becker, Beltrami, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui Parle, Lake of the Woods, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Roseau, Sibley, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine

STATE OFFICES

LEGISLATIVE OFFICES

State Representative 

(One office per district)

District 18AMcLeod, Meeker, Wright

STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Secretary of State

State Auditor

Attorney General

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Supreme Court 

Chief Justice (One Seat)

Incumbent Gildea

Associate Justice (Three Seats)

      Incumbent

Seat #1   G. Barry Anderson

Seat #2   Chutich

Seat #5   McKeig

Court of Appeals (Six Seats)

Appellate offices are elected statewide. Where designated, candidates must reside in the congressional district listed for at least one year.

        Incumbent:

Seat #2     Jesson

Seat #4     Tracy M. Smith

Seat #6 (1st Congressional District)      Worke

Seat #7 (5th Congressional District)      Halbrooks

Seat #12   Bratvold

Seat #14 (8th Congressional District)     Florey

District Courts

Eighth Judicial District:  (Four seats): Counties: Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine 

      Incumbent:

Seat #3   Dwayne N. Knutsen

Seat #5   Glasrud

Seat #6   Doll

Seat #8   Wentzell

County Offices

Commissioner Districts:  (One office per district)

District #1 City of Darwin, Darwin Township, City of Litchfield Wards 2, 3 and 4

District #5 City of Grove City, City of Eden Valley, Forest Prairie Township, Manannah Township, Swede Grove Township, Union Grove Township, City of Watkins

County Attorney

County Auditor

County Recorder

County Sheriff

County Treasurer

Soil & Water Conservation District (One office per district)

District #3  Ellsworth Township, Collinwood Township and Dassel Township

District #5 Danielson Town-
ship, Greenleaf Township, Cosmos Township and Cedar Mills Township

If you have questions, please telephone the County Auditor’s office at (320) 693-5212.

Published in the Tri-County News Thursday, May 10, 2018.

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