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Here's who won fire district seats

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | November 4, 2021 1:00 AM

Final numbers are in for fire district races that were too close to call on election night.

Shawn Smidt won the race for Kootenai County Fire & Rescue Commissioner, Subdistrict 3, with 51% of the vote.

Keith “Hutch” Hutcheson beat Paul Wagner in the race for Subdistrict 4 with 63% of the total.

Michael Hunt defeated Gerald Johnson by an even bigger margin, garnering 68% of the vote.

It was a close race for Northern Lakes Fire Commissioner, Subdistrict 1, with Michael Pearce capturing 51% of the votes.

His opponent, John Horn, lost by fewer than 200 votes.

Doug Duncan beat Terry Thompson in Subdistrict 5, with 58% of the vote. Doug is the husband of Kootenai County Commissioner Leslie Duncan.

In the race for Timberlake Fire Commissioner, Subdistrict 5, Sam Rick Conner garnered 56% of the vote and defeated Todd Amende.