MAYOR RE-ELECTED — WITH ALL THREE OF TOWN’S VOTES

N.D.» The man believed to be RUSO,

North Dakota’s oldest mayor has breezed to another term, winning unanimously in a vote that saw a 100 percent turnout.

Ruso Mayor Bruce Lorenz captured all three votes cast here, the state’s smallest incorporated city, the Minot Daily News reported.

The 86-year-old retired rural mail carrier estimates he has been mayor for more than three decades. He said he forgot that Tuesday was election day until his daughter reminded him.

“I’ll have to go down the street and see if I can find a cigar,” he quipped.

Recent health issues have caused Lorenz to move into an assistedliving facility in Minot, which may limit his duties as mayor.

“My health went to pot this spring,” he said. “I can’t even walk anymore without a walker. Life gives us some strange roads. We’ll see what takes place.”

Lorenz said he’ll still serve as mayor. He does have a platform — he wants to get rural water service in the McLean County town.

“We need rural water but it’s too expensive for just a couple of people,” he said. — The Associated Press