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Bruce Hentges
Democratic Party
Prior offices:
St. Cloud Area School District, At-large
Year left office: 2012
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 4, 2014


Bruce Hentges was an at-large member of the St. Cloud Board of Education in Minnesota. The seat was up for general election on November 4, 2014. He won the primary election on August 12, 2014. Hentges formerly served on the board from 2008 to 2012. He informally withdrew from the race on September 18, 2014, due to personal reasons, but still won the general election on November 4, 2014, and decided to serve.[1]

He was also a Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for District 15 of the Minnesota State Senate. The primary election was on August 10, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010.

Elections

2014

See also: St. Cloud School District elections (2014)

The election in St. Cloud featured three at-large seats up for general election on November 4, 2014. The primary election was held on August 12, 2014. Incumbents Peter Hamerlinck, Bruce Mohs and Jerry Von Korff ran against challengers Hassan Abdullahi Yussuf, Michael Conway and Bruce Hentges for the seats. The primary election narrowed the candidate field from seven to six, which removed Scott Andreasen from the race. Hentges announced on September 18, 2014, that he was informally withdrawing from the race due to personal reasons, but he still appeared on the November ballot.[2]

Results

General election
St. Cloud School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Mohs Incumbent 23.2% 15,129
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Hentges 20.6% 13,454
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Von Korff Incumbent 17% 11,066
     Nonpartisan Peter Hamerlinck Incumbent 15.2% 9,893
     Nonpartisan Michael Conway 14.6% 9,541
     Nonpartisan Hassan Abdullahi Yussuf 8.9% 5,800
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.4% 280
Total Votes 65,163
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Results for Selected Contests in School District No. 742 - St. Cloud Area," accessed December 30, 2014
Primary election
St. Cloud School District, At-Large Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Mohs Incumbent 22% 3,217
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Hentges 21% 3,074
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngJerry Von Korff Incumbent 17% 2,490
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Hamerlinck Incumbent 12.1% 1,777
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Conway 9.8% 1,438
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngHassan Abdullahi Yussuf 9% 1,317
     Nonpartisan Scott Andreasen 9% 1,316
Total Votes 14,629
Source: Stearns County Auditor/Treasurer, "Stearns County Official Results," accessed October 21, 2014

Funding

St. Cloud School District does not publish campaign finance reports for school board candidates. State law does not require campaign finance reporting if contributions or expenditures do not exceed $750 in a calendar year.[3]

Endorsements

Hentges did not receive any endorsements during the election.


2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Hentges had no opponent in the primary. He faced John Pederson (R) in the general election.

Minnesota State Senate, District 15 General Election, 2-year term, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Pederson 50.8% 13,495
     Democratic Bruce Hentges 49.1% 13,035
     Nonpartisan Write-in votes 0.2% 43
Total Votes 26,573
Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election," accessed November 6, 2010


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ St. Cloud Times, "Hentges says he will serve board after dropping out," November 5, 2014
  2. ↑ St. Cloud Times, "St. Cloud school board candidate remains on ballot despite withdrawing," September 19, 2014
  3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Campaign Finance," accessed August 1, 2014
2014 St. Cloud School District Elections
Stearns County, Minnesota
Election date:November 4, 2014
Candidates:At-large: • Incumbent, Peter Hamerlinck • Incumbent, Bruce Mohs • Incumbent, Jerry Von Korff • Scott Andreasen • Michael Conway • Bruce Hentges • Hassan Abdullahi Yussuf
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