 The Beltrami County Board selected David Hansen as their newest county attorney last night. Hansen won with a three to two vote. He currently serves as the Clearwater District Attorney. Back in 2014 he ran for the position but lost in a narrow election to current judge Annie Kloss and Hughesby. Hansen says he remained hopeful he would be selected last night but was surprised to get the position so suddenly. The first thing I want to do is simply listen both to the community citizens and law enforcement the legal community in town and hear the concerns of the community so that I can you know bring those to the office and and then address those but I also want to bring my expertise from Clearwater County and bring that over to Beltrami County and and just make Beltrami County a better place. As for working with Kloss and Hughesby, Hansen says the two have a cordial relationship and he looks forward to working with her and the other three judges.