Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Overmire, Steensma ousted during Tuesday's primary election
Dave Treimer fills out his ballot Tuesday at the Hartley Community Center. Voter turnout for the primary election in O'Brien County was 17.44 percent, while Clay County tallied 9.25 percent.
There will be a shakeup at the O'Brien County Courthouse in January.
Only one of three county supervisor incumbents – District 3's Nancy McDowell – won their respective GOP primary race on Tuesday. District 1 incumbent Supervisor Tim Overmire fell to Jim Thomas, while District 2 incumbent John Steensma was defeated by current county Auditor Barb Rohwer.
Unofficial results are included below.
• District 1: Thomas, of Hartley, defeated Overmire, also of Hartley, with 59.2 percent of the vote, 859-592. Thomas won seven of nine voting precincts, with Overmire taking Carrol-Floyd and Waterman-Grant...
