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Published September 09, 2008, 12:00 AM

County board primary winners: Johnson, Nagle, Bales and Callaghan

Incumbent county commissioners Johnson and Bales win; Nagle and Callaghan also advance.

Douglas County commissioners Jerry Johnson and Bev Bales both posted victories in Tuesday's primary elections.

Johnson will face Dennis Nagle in the November general election in District 1 and Bales will go up against Jeff Callaghan in District 3.

Here are the candidates and the unofficial final results (the top two vote-getters in each district will appear on the November 4 ballot):

District 1

Terry Claggett -76

Dennis Nagle - 321

Gerald Johnson (incumbent) - 710

15 of 15 precincts reporting

(District 1 includes the townships of Lund, Evansville, Brandon, Moe, Millerville, Leaf Valley, Ida, Urness, Holmes City and Solem; and the cities of Evansville, Brandon, Millerville, Garfield and Kensington.)

District 3

Jeff Callaghan - 517

Dave Erickson - 198

Bev Bales (incumbent) - 687

10 of 10 precincts reporting

(District 3 includes the townships of Miltona, Spruce Hill, Osakis, Orange, Carlos and Belle River; and the cities of Osakis, Miltona, Nelson and Carlos.)

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