{"id":248738,"date":"2022-05-13T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248738"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:41:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:41:38","slug":"bergquist-write-in-candidate-for-jmst-cnty-comm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=248738","title":{"rendered":"Bergquist Write in for County Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jerry-Berquist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-182683\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jerry-Berquist-279x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jerry-Berquist-279x300.png 279w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jerry-Berquist-163x175.png 163w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Jerry-Berquist.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/a>Jerry Bergquist has announced he is a write-in candidate on the June 14 Primary Election ballot for Stutsman County Commission.\u00a0 Bergquist retired in June of 2021 after serving as the Stutsman County Emergency Manager and 9-1-1 Coordinator, a position he held for 32\u00bd years.<\/p>\n<p>With three open County Commission positions being contested in this election cycle and only two individuals submitting completed petitions, there aren\u2019t enough candidates to cover all three open positions.<\/p>\n<p>Bergquist stated, \u201cI wasn\u2019t intending to run for County Commission, but it\u2019s very important that voters have a choice when voting to fill these positions. \u00a0It\u2019s for that reason I decided to become a write-in candidate.\u00a0 With my knowledge of the County and its overall operation, I believe I can be a valuable member of the Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three open County Commission positions are part of the June 14 primary ballot with the intent to narrow down the number of candidates that will appear on the November General Election ballot.\u00a0 County Commission positions won\u2019t be determined until then.\u00a0 However, for the upcoming June primary, the number of Commission candidates is already severely limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerry Bergquist has announced he is a write-in candidate on the June 14 Primary Election ballot for Stutsman County Commission.\u00a0 Bergquist retired in June of 2021 after serving as the Stutsman County Emergency Manager and 9-1-1 Coordinator, a position he held for 32\u00bd years. With three open County Commission positions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248738"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248748,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248738\/revisions\/248748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}