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Annual Meeting

Be informed about your Cooperative and have your voice be heard!

As a member-owned Cooperative, Annual Meetings provide an opportunity for members to hear reports from officers and directors, receive a financial update, ask questions and learn the results of the director elections.

Survey & Ballot Systems, an independent firm, conducts the election voting and will mail a ballot to Stearns Electric members in each voting district at least two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting. Members can vote ahead of the Annual Meeting by mail or online. Voting instructions will be included with your ballot. Members can also vote in-person at the Annual Meeting.

Any member in good standing may seek election for the Board of Directors in the district in which he/she resides. Interested candidates need to fill out an Application for Director within the nominations window and submit it to the Secretary prior to the election. The deadline for board candidates is typically mid-January, prior to the spring elections.

89TH ANNUAL MEETING

April 9, 2026
Doors Open at 6:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Melrose Area High School Auditorium

DIRECTOR ELECTION – DISTRICTS 1, 7 and 8

In 2026, Stearns Electric Association holds elections for the board of directors in Cooperative Districts 1, 7 and 8. The nominations window closed on Thursday, January 30, 2026. The candidates who will appear on the district ballots are:

DISTRICT 1
Greg Blaine, Culdrum Township (incumbent) | Biography

DISTRICT 7
Scott Dirkes, West Union Township (incumbent) | Biography

DISTRICT 8
Eric Peterson, Grey Eagle (incumbent) | Biography

2025 ANNUAL REPORT

View the 2025 Annual Report

View the 88th Annual Meeting Minutes