By Don Haney

HORACE, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Horace City Council members lost their seats in Tuesday’s recall election.

Unofficial results show 35-year old Naomi Burkland and 45-year old Jeffrey Trudeau will fill the positions. Both will serve the remainder of each seat’s four-year term ending in 2024. The Horace City Council is comprised of four council seats in addition to the mayor.

Both member-elects will be sworn in at the next City Council meeting next Monday.

Burkland, Trudeau, and a third candidate, Zachariah Lee challenged council members, David Fenelon and Bryan Schmidt. A citizens committee gathered the signatures required to call for the recall election. They were upset with rising taxes and special assessments and said residents didn’t have a voice in recent city decisions in the fast-growing community.

Here are the unofficial results: Burkland 376, Trudeau 317, Fenelon 212, Schmidt 210, Zachariah Lee 96. Cass County organized and certified the election.