Several contested races have emerged following Minnesota’s first candidate filing period, which ended May 31. For local nonpartisan races, if more than two people have filed for one seat there will be a primary election on Aug. 9 to narrow the field down to two candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot. For partisan state and federal races, if more than one person from the same party filed for the same office there will be a primary election. Local contested races include: Pipestone County Commissioners Kim Drew, Thomas Haag and Doug Nagel filed for Pipestone County Commissioner District 2. The District...

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