With Mower County results not coming in until well into the early morning hours Wednesday, voters are waking up to some new faces in its local government.

Voters picked Steven Sandvik as their next Mower County Sheriff. Sandvik defeated challenger John Bachman with over 61 percent of the vote. He will succeed current Sheriff Terese Amazi.

In one of the Mower County Commission races, Jeff Baldus unseated incumbent Tony Bennett for the District 4 seat with 55.58 percent of the vote while Jerry Reinartz retained his seat in District 3 with 64.17 percent of the vote.

Scott Felten defeated Steven Reinartz in the auditor-treasurer race with 60.85 percent of the vote.

In the city races, Jeff Austin will be the new at-large member of the Austin City Commission, defeating Susan Fell Johnson with 58 percent of the vote. Rebecca Waller was elected to the Ward 1 seat with 58 percent and Joyce Poshusta was the winner in Ward 3 with just under 52 percent.

Jason Baskin won Ward 2, running unopposed.

Statewide, Rep. Jeanne Poppe will continue to serve District 27B, defeating challenger Christine Green with over 57 percent and Jim Hagedorn holds a slim lead over Dan Feehan in a battle for the District 1 U.S. Congressional seat with a hair over 50 percent of the vote.

Kathy Green, Peggy Young, Angie Goetz and Don Fox were all re-elected to the Austin School Board and in the county both the referendums on the ballot in Southland and another in LeRoy-Ostrander passed.

Check back to www.austindailyherald.com throughout the day for more as the Herald reaches out to local candidates as well as Thursday’s Herald for a full rundown.

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County Commission District 3

• Jerry Reinartz: 1,678, 64.17 percent
• Peenra Grimley: 932

County Commission District 4

• Jeff Baldus: 578, 55.58 percent
• Tony Bennett: 460

Auditor-Treasurer

• Scott Felten: 6,736, 60.85 percent
• Steve Reinartz: 4,316

Mower County Sheriff

• Steven Sandvik: 6,946, 61.32 percent
• John Bachman: 4,364

School Board

• Kathy Green: 4,917, 19.18 percent
• Peggy Young: 4,644, 18.11 percent
• Angie Goetz: 4,639, 18.09 percent
• Don Fox: 4,274, 16.67 percent
• Ojoye Akane: 2,540
• Curtis Schmit: 2,330
• Aaron DeVries: 2,237

At Large

• Jeff Austin: 3,790, 58 percent
• Susan Fell Johnson: 2,705

Ward 1

• Rebecca Waller: 1,399, 58.58 percent
• Jeff Arneson: 981

Ward 2

• Jason Baskin: 2,759, 99.53 percent

Ward 3

• Joyce Poshusta: 531, 51.96 percent
• Brian E. Heimer: 489

Utility Board Commissioner

• Jeanne F. Sheehan: 3,946, 39.34 percent
• Steve Greenman: 3,831, 38.19 percent
• Geoff Baker: 2,244

Representative District 27B

• Jeanne Poppe: 7,116, 57.64 percent
• Christine Green: 5,223

U.S. Representative

• Jim Hagedorn: 145,025, 50.15 percent
• Dan Feehan: 143,559

County Attorney

• Kristen Nelson: 10,038, 99.08 percent

Special Election for Soil and Water Supervisor District 2

• Micah Peterson: 9,929, 99.08 percent

Soil and Water Supervisor District 3

• James Kellogg: 10,103, 99.68 percent

Soil and Water Supervisor District 4

• Randy Smith: 10,029, 99.60 percent

Southland School District Referendum

Question 1

• Yes: 638, 67.43 percent
• No: 389

Question 2

• Yes: 638, 62.12 percent
• No: 389