The Minnesota legislature is asking us for a synopsis of SWCD Supervisor election information. In a couple weeks we will be asking districts for summary data that we will summarize again before giving it to the legislators.
Final report format will likely have:
BASICS
– # of Districts ( 91 covering all 87 counties )
– # of supervisors ( 455 )
– term length ( 4 years, all supervisors elected )
DEMOGRAPHICS
– % male and female
– # of consecutive terms served for each supervisor
– tally of which economic sector (from a list of 12) the supervisor hails from
– approximate age distribution by 5-year increments
ELECTIONS
– % of supervisor races in last election that were contested ( 13% in 2006 )
– % seats that had no candidate file
Have any of you assembled some of the above information? I am especially interested in the elections area as the 13% figure seems to be the burr under the saddle.
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