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Candidates advance to generals
By Carol Seavey
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Thursday, September 11, 2003
Media Credit: Adam Masloski
Jim Berg, front, Jim Ferris, Elmer Wehlage and Rosi Rydberg await voters in Atwood�s Mississippi room during Tuesday�s primary. Voter turnout was low. About 12.8 percent of St. Cloud�s 31,947 registered voters voted in the primary election. The St. Cloud City Council general election, between Long and Pederson, will be Nov. 4.
Two of the four candidates for one St. Cloud City Council seat will advance to the general election Nov. 4.
John Pederson and incumbent Lori Long will continue in the race.
Long led with 43 percent of the vote and the most votes in each of the city's six wards.
She has served one four-year term as a St. Cloud City Council member, which is up this Nov.
When Long ran for that term she unseated an eight-year incumbent. She wasn't surprised by this year's primary election results.
"You never really know," she said, "I think it says that, overall, the community says I'm doing a really good job," Long said.
Pederson followed in second with 26 percent of the votes and the second most votes in each ward.
"I feel very confident," Pederson said. "I'm very different from Lori (Long) in a lot of ways. I'm not shy about who I am or where I stand."
The number was pared down after Tuesday's primary election.
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