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Election results: Minnesota: Benton County

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U.S. House District 6 (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Michele Bachmann	6,973	50.9%	159,479	52.5%
	Tarryl Clark	5,388	39.3%	120,846	39.8%
	Bob Anderson	1,031	7.5%	17,698	5.8%
	Aubrey Immelman	308	2.2%	5,490	1.8%

State Senate District 14 (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Michelle Fischbach	5,446	62.3%	21,422	63.9%
	Mike Sharp	3,297	37.7%	12,110	36.1%

State Senate District 15 (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Bruce Hentges	822	53.4%	13,035	49.1%
	John Pederson	717	46.6%	13,495	50.9%

State Senate District 16 (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Dave Brown	1,784	57.5%	20,459	57.4%
	Lisa Fobbe	1,318	42.5%	15,162	42.6%

State House District 14A (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tim O'Driscoll	4,930	56.6%	10,541	61.2%
	Rob Jacobs	3,780	43.4%	6,677	38.8%

State House District 15B (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Carol Lewis	797	52.1%	5,467	50.0%
	King Banaian	733	47.9%	5,477	50.0%

State House District 16A (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Sondra Erickson	1,943	61.4%	9,319	55.5%
	Gail Kulick Jackson	1,221	38.6%	7,469	44.5%

Governor (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tom Emmer	6,989	51.0%	910,382	43.2%
	Mark Dayton	4,844	35.3%	919,238	43.7%
	Tom Horner	1,667	12.2%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright	77	0.6%	7,514	0.4%
	Ken Pentel	54	0.4%	6,178	0.3%
	Linda Eno	44	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	Farheen Hakeem	40	0.3%	6,187	0.3%

Secretary of State
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Dan Severson	7,650	57.1%	928,805	45.7%
	Mark Ritchie	5,009	37.4%	999,354	49.1%
	Jual Carlson	747	5.6%	105,667	5.2%

Attorney General
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Chris Barden	6,170	46.9%	839,010	41.3%
	Lori Swanson	6,070	46.1%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Bill Dahn	783	5.9%	102,872	5.1%
	David Hoch	146	1.1%	14,042	0.7%

Auditor
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Patricia Anderson	7,180	54.5%	956,206	47.2%
	Rebecca Otto	5,324	40.4%	981,802	48.4%
	Annie Young	394	3.0%	54,152	2.7%
	Kenny Kalligher	282	2.1%	35,538	1.8%

Supreme Court District 2
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Helen Meyer	6,139	55.6%	932,712	58.1%
	Greg Wersal	4,900	44.4%	672,132	41.9%

Supreme Court District 5
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Christopher Dietzen	0	0.0%

Supreme Court District 6
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Alan Page	6,553	58.1%	1,073,684	63.4%
	Tim Tingelstad	4,730	41.9%	619,703	36.6%

Appeals Court District 2
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Natalie Hudson	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 3
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Minge	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 4
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mimi Wright	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 5
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Louise Dovre Bjorkman	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 11
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michelle Larkin	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 13
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Randolph Peterson	5,748	55.6%	835,187	56.7%
	Roxann Klugman	4,598	44.4%	637,374	43.3%

Appeals Court District 14
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Dan Griffith	5,391	51.6%	716,637	48.2%
	Larry Stauber	5,047	48.4%	771,404	51.8%

Appeals Court District 17
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Matthew Johnson	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 18
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Heidi Schellhas	0	0.0%

Appeals Court District 19
Precincts reporting		0.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Francis Connolly	0	0.0%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joe Wollak	2,617	97.1%
	Write-In	79	2.9%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jim McMahon	1,854	77.8%
	Stephen Ertl	520	21.8%
	Write-In	10	0.4%

COUNTY AUDITOR - TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Karri A Thorsten	7,963	70.0%
	Rodney Bunting	3,373	29.6%
	Write-In	46	0.4%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Marilyn J Novak	8,367	74.8%
	Jay Jerome Paggen	2,781	24.9%
	Write-In	32	0.3%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brad Bennett	7,628	60.2%
	Pete Skwira	5,011	39.6%
	Write-In	31	0.2%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Robert Raupp	9,959	99.3%
	Write-In	75	0.7%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joseph Jordan	10,150	99.4%
	Write-In	64	0.6%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Phillip Grosland	10,062	99.4%
	Write-In	64	0.6%

MAYOR (Foley)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Gruba	694	96.3%
	Write-In	27	3.7%

MAYOR (Gilman)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kip Averill	84	88.4%
	Write-In	11	11.6%

MAYOR (Rice)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mitch (Michael) Fiedler	344	91.2%
	Write-In	33	8.8%

MAYOR (Sartell)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joe Perske	1,936	36.4%
	Pat Lynch	1,910	35.9%
	Paul H. Orndorff	1,455	27.4%
	Write-In	16	0.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-1 (St. Cloud)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dave Masters	2,675	97.5%
	Write-In	69	2.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-2 (St. Cloud)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Nancy Gohman	2,148	60.5%
	Gregory Reigstad	1,386	39.0%
	Write-In	16	0.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-3 (St. Cloud)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Libert	4,981	99.0%
	Write-In	48	1.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-4 (St. Cloud)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeff Johnson	2,967	60.8%
	Michael J. Schrom	1,863	38.2%
	Write-In	53	1.1%

CITY CLERK (Gilman)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Krystie Foss	63	61.2%
	Richard M Spiczka	40	38.8%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Foley) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Russell Hackett	483	36.3%
	Dean T. Weber	476	35.7%
	Janelle Stoltenow	360	27.0%
	Write-In	13	1.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Gilman)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeremiah Dahler	57	59.4%
	Dennis Henry	38	39.6%
	Write-In	1	1.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Rice) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brian Skroch	338	51.3%
	David Thene	302	45.8%
	Write-In	19	2.9%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Sartell) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Sarah Jane Nicoll	3,246	37.1%
	David Peterson	1,564	17.9%
	Mike Chisum	1,503	17.2%
	Joel Ohman	1,008	11.5%
	Christopher Condon	593	6.8%
	James M. Ferkinhoff	548	6.3%
	William P Reichert Ii	265	3.0%
	Write-In	32	0.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Sauk Rapids) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brad Gunderson	2,801	51.2%
	Paul F Weber	2,583	47.2%
	Write-In	88	1.6%

COUNCIL MEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION (Foley)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steve Olson	347	44.8%
	William Bronder	325	42.0%
	Kirk J. Klemz	97	12.5%
	Write-In	5	0.6%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Sauk Rapids Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lisa J Braun	4,302	25.2%
	Robyn L Holthaus	4,201	24.6%
	Phil Rogholt	3,396	19.9%
	Lori Schlien	2,789	16.3%
	A J Kern	2,251	13.2%
	Write-In	131	0.8%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Foley Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		106.7%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Denise Rothfork	1,802	22.9%
	Kenny Beehler	1,763	22.4%
	Ron Miller	1,600	20.3%
	Jeremy Blank	1,581	20.1%
	Jack Brosh	1,096	13.9%
	Write-In	34	0.4%

Source: Associated Press