JUNE 4, 2024:
Stanley County School District School Board:
Mitch Kleinsasser– 22%. 181 votes.
*Patricia Duffy– 29%. 237 votes.
Shaun Cronin– 20%. 167 votes.
*Shirley Swanson– 29%. 239 votes.
Total votes– 824 from 467 ballots cast.
- 21.60% voter turnout. (2,160 registered voters.)
- Swanson and Duffy will be sworn in at the July meeting.
JUNE 1, 2024:
A Stanley County School Board election will be held June 4, 2024. Four people are running for two, three year terms. DRG Media Group News and Farm director Jody Heemstra interviewed all four candidates and asked them the same two questions. As you listen, she’ll give the question, and then you’ll hear each candidate’s answer. Candidate order is alphabetical by last name and their responses have not been edited.
To listen to all of the answers in one segment, play the audio below or play this DRG Media Group Beyond the Mic podcast.
Below, each candidate’s responses may be listened to individually.
Q1. What connection do you currently have to the Stanley County School District? Why is now a good time for you to serve on the Stanley County School Board?
Incumbent candidate Shaun Cronin.
Candidate Patricia Duffy.
Incumbent candidate Mitch Kleinsasser.
Candidate Shirley Swanson.
Q2. If you are elected/reelected, what are 2 things happening in the Stanley County School District you would like to focus on? Something positive you’d like to see more of? Something to improve? Some of each?
Incumbent candidate Shaun Cronin.
Candidate Patricia Duffy.
Incumbent candidate Mitch Kleinsasser.
Candidate Shirley Swanson.
Polls will be open June 4 from 7am-7pm MT/8am-8pm CT. Vote centers will be at the Hayes Hall in Hayes; the McQuistion Farmstead, Hwy. 1806 North, rural Stanley County; and at the Community and Youth Involved Center in Fort Pierre.
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