THE WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WILL BE ALL REPUBLICAN FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S ELECTION.
INCUMBENT ROCKY DEWITT RETAINED HIS DISTRICT 5 SEAT BY DEFEATING DEMOCRAT PATTY ERICKSON-PUTTMANN WITH 60 PER CENT OF THE VOTE.
HE SAYS THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD FOR THE NEW BOARD IN JANUARY:
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FORMER SUPERVISOR JEREMY TAYLOR DEFEATED INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT MARTY POTTEBAUM IN A TIGHT RACE IN DISTRICT 3, 52 TO 47 PER CENT.
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TAYLOR OVERCAME HAVING TO GIVE UP HIS FORMER DISTRICT 2 SEAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR AFTER IT WAS RULED HIS PRIMARY ADDRESS WAS NO LONGER IN THE DISTRICT HE SERVED.
POTTEBAUM WAS DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LOSS:
OC…….LIE TO THE PEOPLE. ;08
INCUMBENT KEITH RADIG FOUGHT OFF A TOUGH CHALLENGE BY DEMOCRATIC NEWCOMER AND FORMER CITY POLICE OFFICER KEVIN MCCORMICK TO RETAIN HIS DISTRICT 1 SEAT BY A 51 TO 48 PER CENT MARGIN.
HE EXPECTS THE BOARD TO FACE SOME FINANCIAL CHALLENGES NEXT YEAR:
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RADIG, TAYLOR AND DEWITT JOIN CURRENT SUPERVISORS MATTHEW UNG AND JUSTIN WRIGHT ON THE ALL REPUBLICAN BOARD AS OF JANUARY.
