GEN Z CANDIDATES RECEIVED FEWER VOTES THAN COMPETITION IN PRIMARY ELECITON

PALMYRA - When Jayden Speed and Nate Ostdiek launched their campaigns for the Legislature, they argued the decades-wide age gap between lawmakers and constituents needed to close. Tuesday's primary results, while still unofficial and have yet to be certified, suggest voters weren't moved by their message.

Speed, 21, finished with just 17% of the vote in LD2 in Cass County. He was eliminated from the race by Republican Dean Helmick, 63, and Democrat Caitlin Knutson, 40, who garnered the most votes to continue onto the general election. Ostdiek, 23, wasn’t in a competitive race in the primary election. He and Democrat Patrick Leahy, 43, automatically moved onto the general election since they were the only two candidates. But Leahy took home 60% of the vote.

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