BROWN COUNTY — The Minnesota State Primary Election is Tuesday Aug. 13 and Brown County voters will be asked to decided on two federal offices on the state partisan primary ballot.

In the primary election, voters are permitted to vote for candidates of one political party only. Any ballot with cross-party votes will not be counted.

The two federal offices that are facing a primary are the race for U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative. However, because Brown County is split between two congressional districts not all voters in the county will be choosing between the U.S. Representatives.

In general, the east side of Brown County is located in Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District and the west side of the county is Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District.

The boarder between the districts cuts through Prairieville Township. The northeast section of Prairieville Township is in District 1 and the southwestern section is in District 7.

The boundary follows the border between Stark and Leavenworth Townships to County Road 22, then follows CR 22 to 280th Avenue, where it turns south.

Republicans in the 1st District have three candidates to choose from; incumbent Brad Finstad and challengers Shawn Tweten and Gregory A. Goetzman.

Democrats in the 1st District have a single candidate, Rachel Bohman.

Republicans in the 7th District have two choices; incumbent Michelle Fischbach or Steve Boyd.

Democrats in the 7th District have the single choice of AJ (John) Peters.

Regardless of congressional district all Brown County primary voters will have the same party choices for U.S. Senate.

For Republicans there eight Senate candidates; Christopher Seymore Sr., Raymond D. Petersen, Loner Blue, Royce White, Alycia R. Gruenhagen, John Berman, Joe Fraser and Patrick D. Munro.

Democrats have five candidates, incumbent Amy Klobuchar, Steve Carlson, Ahmad R. Hassan, George H. Kalberer and Ole Savior.

Voters can view their sample ballot by visiting www.mnvotes.org and clicking on “What’s On My Ballot?”

The following locations serve as polling locations.

New Ulm has four polling locations, one for each ward.

The Ward 1 voting location is Redeemer Lutheran Church, 700 S. Broadway.

The Ward 2 voting location is the New Ulm Community Center, 600 N. German St.

The Ward 3 voting location is Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1515 N. Garden St.

The Ward 4 voting location is Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 1400 S. State St.

All four polling locations are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sleepy Eye voters cast ballots at the Sleepy Eye Community Center, 155 2nd Ave. N.E. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Springfield polling place is the Springfield Community Center, 33 Cass Ave. S. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Burnstown and North Star Townships vote at the Springfield American Legion, 5 N. O’Connell, Springfield. The polls are open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The City of Comfrey and Bashaw Township voting location is the Comfrey Community Center, 120 Brown St. E. The polls for Comfrey are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Bashaw Township polling is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Eden Township votes at the Morgan Fire Hall, 199 Vernon Ave. Polling is from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Milford Township votes at Milford Town Hall, 24924 Main St., Essig. Polling is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Leavenworth Township votes at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs at 30881 County Rd 24, Sleepy Eye, MN. This is a temporary change of voting location for Leavenworth. The locations has changed due to construction. Polling at this location is from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mail Ballot Precincts Cities include Cobden, Evan and Hanska.

Mail Ballot Precinct Townships include Albin, Cottonwood, Home, Lake Hanska, Linden, Mulligan, Prairieville, Sigel, Stark, and Stately.

In advance of the state primary, the Brown County Auditor-Treasurer’s office will be open Sat., Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Monday, Aug. 12 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. for absentee voting. Voters may choose to cast their ballot directly into the ballot tabulator. This is also an opportunity for absentee and mail voters to return their ballot in person. Absentee and mail ballots must be received by 8:00 p.m. on election day to be counted.