Eldridge defeats Meis in Havre city council race

Havre voters elected Derek Eldridge Tuesday as the new sitting City Council member for Ward 4.

The election was the only contested race for Havre City Council. Eldridge defeated incumbent Erik Meis with 149 votes to 78 votes. 

Meis was appointed in December of last year after Andrew Brekke resigned from his position in November.

Eldridge, the manager at fivehead’s, was originally born and raised in Great Falls, and moved to Havre to help his parents, Keith and Loretta Eldridge, open their businesses in Havre less than a decade ago. 

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