(Atlantic) Incumbent Cass County Supervisor Bernard Pettinger defeated Democratic challenger Phyllis Stakey for the District #5 Board of Supervisor seat. Pettinger garnered 838 votes to Stakey’s 538.
Pettinger wins a second term on the board after winning the 2020 election with 73.28 percent. The rural Anita man served on the Hospital Board, as Secretary of the Co-op Board, as a former school board president, as a former fair board president, and as a member of the Extension Council. Pettinger ran on a fiscal responsibility platform and says his role is to listen to the people before deciding.
