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Port: Fargo, and North Dakota, voted for public service over ideology
Voters favored candidates with public-service records and practical issue campaigns, while several statewide Republican contenders lost by wide margins.
MINOT — Some commentators, in recent days, have analyzed the City of Fargo's mayoral election through a partisan lens. Team Red versus Team Blue, basically, with Team Blue declaring victory because the person who won the election, state Sen. Josh Boschee, is a Democrat. These people are missing the point. Primary voters weren't casting their ballots for ideology. They went looking for public service. That was as true in Fargo as it was across No…