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2 candidates are tracked for Blue Earth County Commissioner District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Dave Karge and Jack Considine. Candidate information follows official Blue Earth County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Dave Karge and Jack Considine advanced from the August 11 nonpartisan special-election primary with about 42 and 30 percent, eliminating Ross E. Arneson, per the Minnesota Secretary of State's certified results; the top two meet on the November 3 ballot.
Nonpartisan
Retired Blue Earth County sheriff's lieutenant, per KEYC. Beyond that career and the certified filing reported by the Mankato Free Press, no platform statement was verifiable from an official or campaign source within this review.
Nonpartisan
Considine withdrew from this race on July 9, 2026 to focus on family matters, but his name still appears on the Aug. 11 ballot because ballots had already been printed, per KEYC. He is a former longtime Mankato city council member and served in the Minnesota House from 2015 to 2021, according to that same report.