The primary election was held on Tuesday, and the voting in northwest Minnesota went as expected. 
In the United States Representative District 7 primary, Collin Peterson won the Democratic nod with 24,794 votes (76 percent) with 91 percent of the precincts reporting.
Michelle Fischbach won the five-person Republican race with 24,121 votes (59 percent) compared to Dave Hughes’ 9,040 votes (22 percent) and Noel Collis’ 6,061 (15 percent) votes. The race, as expected, will have Collin Peterson vs. Michelle Fischbach in a race that is expected to get a lot of National attention.
In the United States Senate – Jason Lewis won the Republican nod with 78 percent (177,988 votes) of the vote and will take on Incumbent Tina Smith, who won the Democratic party race with 87 percent (458,138 votes) of the votes.
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