Crow Wing Power — an electric power cooperative with more than 38,700 members in Crow Wing, Morrison and Cass counties — announced the results of its annual election on June 12.
The membership election, which decides three out of nine seats on the co-op’s board of directors every year, was commenced via mail-in ballots and announced in the absence of a cooperative picnic, which was canceled this year because of COVID-19. Overall, 7,889 ballots were submitted, representing 20.61% of the coop’s total membership, while 204 ballots were blank or invalid.
The results of the election are as follows:
District 1 At-Large:
Bryan McCulloch (incumbent) — 3,765 votes, or 47.6%.
Darrell Shannon — 1,939 votes, or 24.5%.
Dale Probasco — 1,443 votes, or 18.3%.
Derek Ward — 755 votes, or 9.6%.
District 2B:
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Gert Roggenkamp (incumbent) — 2,739 votes or 34.5%.
Gary Bakken — 2,391 votes or 30.1%.
Giles Radtke — 1,870 votes or 23.5%.
Carl Younce — 941 votes or 11.8%.
District 2A:
Dwight Thiesse (incumbent) — 3,345 votes or 42.2%.
Loren Beilke — 3,185 votes or 40.2%.
Jay Andolshek — 1,390 votes or 17.6%.
