Benton County

President Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Mitt Romney	55.6%	10,849	45.1%	1,321,575
DFL	Barack Obama	41.9%	8,173	52.8%	1,547,668
Lib	Gary Johnson	1.5%	296	1.2%	35,158
GP	Jill Stein	0.5%	96	0.4%	13,045
CP	Virgil Goode	0.2%	40	0.1%	3,727
GGOP	Jim Carlson	0.1%	28	0.1%	3,172
Cnl	Dean Morstad	0.1%	15	0.0%	1,106
JP	Rocky Anderson	0.1%	12	0.1%	2,013
SWP	James Harris	0.0%	8	0.0%	1,062
PSL	Peta Lindsay	0.0%	4	0.0%	416

U.S. Senate Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Amy Klobuchar	61.4%	11,542	65.3%	1,856,196
GOP	Kurt Bills	33.3%	6,267	30.6%	868,977
IP	Stephen Williams	3.3%	624	2.6%	73,640
GGOP	Tim Davis	1.5%	279	1.1%	30,578
NP	Michael Cavlan	0.5%	99	0.5%	14,009

U.S. House District 6 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Jim Graves	52.5%	10,079
GOP	Michele Bachmann	47.5%	9,127

State Senate District 13 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Michelle Fischbach	58.6%	4,342
DFL	Peggy Boeck	41.4%	3,064

State Senate District 14 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	John Pederson	52.4%	1,807
DFL	Jerry McCarter	47.6%	1,641

State Senate District 15 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Dave Brown	57.7%	4,262
DFL	Sally Knox	42.3%	3,121

State House District 13B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Tim O'Driscoll	54.2%	3,982
DFL	Shannon Schroeder	45.8%	3,360

State House District 14B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Zachary Dorholt	54.6%	1,883
GOP	King Banaian	45.4%	1,565

State House District 15B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Jim Newberger	54.8%	4,001
DFL	Brian Johnson	45.2%	3,299

Supreme Court Chief Justice Rpt.: 100.0% county, 99.9% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Lorie Skjerven Gildea	54.7%	8,029
NP	Dan Griffith	45.3%	6,661

Supreme Court District 4 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	David Stras	52.7%	7,484	56.2%	1,143,144
NP	Tim Tingelstad	47.3%	6,704	43.8%	891,399

Appeals Court Appeals Court 6 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Renee Worke	0.0%	0

Appeals Court Appeals Court 7 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks	0.0%	0

District Court 7, Seat 1 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Kris Davick-Halfen	0.0%	0

District Court 7, Seat 7 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Mary Mahler	0.0%	0

District Court 7, Seat 10 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Vicki Landwehr	0.0%	0

District Court 7, Seat 12 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Wally Senyk	0.0%	0

District Court 7, Seat 19 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Barb Hanson	0.0%	0

Supreme Court District 1 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Barry Anderson	55.1%	7,913	59.2%	1,229,394
NP	Dean Barkley	44.9%	6,447	40.8%	848,574

Marriage Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	Yes	55.4%	10,943	47.5%	1,401,275
	No	43.6%	8,606	51.2%	1,512,156
	Estimated Blanks	1.0%	206	1.3%	37,830

Voter ID Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	Yes	55.1%	10,886	46.2%	1,363,640
	No	43.4%	8,580	52.2%	1,540,507
	Estimated Blanks	1.5%	289	1.6%	46,466

County Commissioner District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Warren Peschl	98.2%	2,913
WI	Write-In	1.8%	53

County Commissioner District 3 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jim Mcmahon	99.1%	2,955
WI	Write-In	0.9%	28

County Commissioner District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Spencer C. Buerkle	99.2%	3,076
WI	Write-In	0.8%	25

County Commissioner District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	A. Jake Bauerly	59.7%	1,750
NP	Stephen T. Simones	39.5%	1,160
WI	Write-In	0.8%	23

School Board Member (Sauk Rapids) (Elect 4) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jan Solarz	21.9%	5,881
NP	Tracy L. Morse	21.3%	5,701
NP	Mark M. Hauck	20.8%	5,569
NP	Tracey Fiereck	19.6%	5,259
NP	Jon L. Hull	15.7%	4,222
WI	Write-In	0.7%	182

School Board Member (Foley) (Elect 4) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Lee Olson	18.4%	2,312
NP	Sharon Kipka	18.1%	2,273
NP	Dave Walz	17.2%	2,162
NP	Shannon Schmit	16.0%	2,012
NP	Maurice G. Balder	13.7%	1,720
NP	Eunice D. Cross	9.0%	1,137
NP	Kurt Gregersen	7.4%	933
WI	Write-In	0.3%	43

Approval Of School District Referendum Revenue Levy 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Yes	54.9%	6,417
NP	No	45.1%	5,274

School Board Member (Royalton) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Michelle A. Carlson	49.7%	1,305
NP	Liz Verley	41.1%	1,080
WI	Write-In	9.2%	241

School Board Member (Milaca) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Bryan Rensenbrink	33.7%	3,257
NP	Aimee Struffert	32.8%	3,172
NP	Jeff Larson	32.5%	3,145
WI	Write-In	1.0%	97

SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #485) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	No	53.8%	1,023
NP	Yes	46.2%	877

SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #912) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Yes	60.9%	3,381
NP	No	39.1%	2,172

Soil and Water Supervisor District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Wade Bastian	99.3%	14,441
WI	Write-In	0.7%	108

Soil and Water Supervisor District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Bernie Thole	99.4%	14,401
WI	Write-In	0.6%	91

Soil and Water Supervisor District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Chuck Rau	99.3%	14,309
WI	Write-In	0.7%	97

Mayor (Foley) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Gary Gruba	51.5%	549
NP	Jack Brosh	47.7%	509
WI	Write-In	0.8%	8

Mayor (Gilman) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Kip Averill	91.8%	89
WI	Write-In	8.2%	8

Mayor (Rice) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Dale Rogholt	51.6%	396
NP	Michael (Mitch) Fiedler	24.3%	187
NP	Wayne "Paka" Moen	23.4%	180
WI	Write-In	0.7%	5

Mayor (St. Cloud) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Dave Kleis	97.9%	24,887
WI	Write-In	2.1%	544

Mayor (Sauk Rapids) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Brad Gunderson	96.4%	4,871
WI	Write-In	3.6%	180

Council Member (Foley) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Leslie Schumacher	38.8%	641
NP	Brian J Weis	36.5%	604
NP	Janelle Stoltenow	23.5%	389
WI	Write-In	1.1%	19

Council Member (Gilman) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Fred G Novak	36.2%	72
NP	Shawn J. Bemboom	33.7%	67
NP	Wendy Murray	29.6%	59
WI	Write-In	0.5%	1

Council Member (Rice) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Christopher Scheel	32.8%	418
NP	Allen Voigt	23.1%	294
NP	Shawn Wolbeck	15.7%	200
NP	Shawn Baker	14.4%	183
NP	Tracey Robak	13.5%	172
WI	Write-In	0.5%	6

Council Member (Royalton) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Ron Verley	49.4%	385
NP	Ed Zimny	48.7%	379
WI	Write-In	1.9%	15

Council Member at Large (St. Cloud) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	George Hontos	21.9%	12,693
NP	Carol Lewis	20.4%	11,806
NP	Jeff Goerger	20.2%	11,702
NP	Sonja Hayden Berg	20.0%	11,600
NP	Jake Anderson	16.9%	9,778
WI	Write-In	0.6%	359

Council Member (Sartell) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Amy Braig-Lindstrom	33.0%	4,076
NP	Steve Hennes	30.3%	3,750
NP	Sandra L. Cordie	24.3%	3,009
NP	Mike "Spike" Piotrowski	11.9%	1,471
WI	Write-In	0.4%	55

Council Member (Sauk Rapids) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Steve Heinen	29.8%	2,621
NP	Nicholas Sauer	24.7%	2,176
NP	Jeremey Stockinger	23.6%	2,079
NP	William "Bill" Bard	20.9%	1,835
WI	Write-In	0.9%	82

Special Election for Council Member (Royalton) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Scott Walberg	60.6%	271
NP	Brandi Blais	37.6%	168
WI	Write-In	1.8%	8

City Treasurer (Gilman) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Linda Holper Mueller	52.3%	57
NP	Joanne Vanderbeek	47.7%	52
WI	Write-In	0.0%	0

CITY QUESTION 1 (St. Cloud) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Yes	54.7%	15,826
NP	No	45.3%	13,089

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Source: Associated Press