The four-legged mayor of a northwestern Minnesota village greets voters like a true politician.
(Deb Rick via AP)
Duke, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees, won a third one-year term as honorary mayor of Cormorant Township on Saturday.
The big, shaggy white dog was overwhelmingly re-elected at the sixth annual Cormorant Daze Festival. Anyone could pay a dollar and cast a vote.
Cormorant resident Karen Nelson says Duke “greets everyone” who comes to the village of about 20 people nestled among lakes about 180 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Nelson says the canine mayor also is popular with children. She says Duke “can have 10 kids on him, and he don’t care.”
Duke was first elected in a write-in vote in 2014.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Cool! The y say every dog has his day!
Probably,the best government official in the country.
vote for Donald Trumpt
All I know is that I would trust my dogs over any politician any day. However, there is the fact that they could be corrupted by certain doggy treats. Hmmm…
He looks like a good old boy! I love big, squishy dogs….
AS good dog is a friend and a good protector. One German Shepherd, female, came between a
employee of a contractor to keep him from approaching her, possibly with bad intentions.
Another big male Shepherd saved my 13 year old grandson from being hurt seriously by a,
Male hog, when it was over after a few minutes the boy and dog were injured except for a few scratches on the dog and the hog with a crushed
front left ankle and his left rear leg pulled out the
hip socket. The boy had a .22 rifle and shot the hog three times in the head, ran out of ammo, before it was over. The hog did taste pretty good. The shepherd I have now sleeps and stays guard on the enclosed porch. He and two other big dogs take turns, at night, touring the yard for intruders, we have nearly two acres in the yard and live on 133 acres. We love the country. Amil
Correction on the above post. That should have been “A” good dog–The employee after a crude remark, tried to approach my wife.
If you are going to shoot a hog do not use a .22 rifle, even if you shoot them in the head.