Dakota County

President Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Barack Obama	50.5%	116,252	52.8%	1,547,668
GOP	Mitt Romney	47.6%	109,514	45.1%	1,321,575
Lib	Gary Johnson	1.2%	2,746	1.2%	35,158
GP	Jill Stein	0.3%	804	0.4%	13,045
CP	Virgil Goode	0.1%	260	0.1%	3,727
GGOP	Jim Carlson	0.1%	186	0.1%	3,172
JP	Rocky Anderson	0.1%	125	0.1%	2,013
Cnl	Dean Morstad	0.0%	67	0.0%	1,106
SWP	James Harris	0.0%	52	0.0%	1,062
PSL	Peta Lindsay	0.0%	17	0.0%	416

U.S. Senate Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Amy Klobuchar	62.0%	139,158	65.3%	1,856,196
GOP	Kurt Bills	34.3%	77,029	30.6%	868,977
IP	Stephen Williams	2.3%	5,223	2.6%	73,640
GGOP	Tim Davis	0.9%	1,998	1.1%	30,578
NP	Michael Cavlan	0.4%	931	0.5%	14,009

U.S. House District 2 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	John Kline	52.5%	114,195
DFL	Mike Obermueller	47.5%	103,473

State Senate District 51 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Jim Carlson	53.2%	23,969
GOP	Ted Daley	46.8%	21,096

State Senate District 52 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	James Metzen	62.1%	27,149
GOP	Dwight Rabuse	37.9%	16,542

State Senate District 54 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Katie Sieben	65.5%	10,383
GOP	Janis Quinlan	34.5%	5,473

State Senate District 56 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Dan Hall	52.5%	14,293
DFL	Leon Thurman	47.5%	12,908

State Senate District 57 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Greg Clausen	54.2%	23,890
GOP	Pat Hall	45.8%	20,199

State Senate District 58 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Dave Thompson	57.7%	23,457
DFL	Andrew Brobston	42.3%	17,209

State House District 51A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Sandra Masin	55.6%	11,724
GOP	Diane Anderson	44.4%	9,354

State House District 51B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Laurie Halverson	52.1%	12,036
GOP	Doug Wardlow	47.9%	11,084

State House District 52A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Rick Hansen	62.6%	13,732
GOP	Joe Blum	37.4%	8,216

State House District 52B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Joe Atkins	66.1%	14,493
GOP	Paul Tuschy	33.9%	7,430

State House District 54A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Dan Schoen	61.6%	2,224
GOP	Derrick Lehrke	28.1%	1,016
IP	Ron Lischeid	10.2%	370

State House District 54B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Denny McNamara	58.9%	7,206
DFL	Joanna Bayers	41.1%	5,023

State House District 56A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Pam Myhra	50.2%	3,130
DFL	Dave Jensen	49.8%	3,108

State House District 56B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
DFL	Will Morgan	50.4%	10,685
GOP	Roz Peterson	49.6%	10,515

State House District 57A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Tara Mack	53.2%	10,621
DFL	Roberta Gibbons	46.8%	9,355

State House District 57B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Anna Wills	53.3%	11,906
DFL	Jeff Wilfahrt	46.7%	10,452

State House District 58A Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Mary Liz Holberg	59.2%	12,419
DFL	Colin Lee	40.8%	8,574

State House District 58B Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
GOP	Pat Garofalo	59.6%	11,870
DFL	Jim Arlt	40.4%	8,052

Supreme Court Chief Justice Rpt.: 100.0% county, 99.9% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Lorie Skjerven Gildea	61.5%	101,457
NP	Dan Griffith	38.5%	63,636

Supreme Court District 4 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	David Stras	56.7%	88,834	56.2%	1,143,144
NP	Tim Tingelstad	43.3%	67,915	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 1, Seat 2 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Arlene Asencio Perkkio	0.0%	0

District Court 1, Seat 10 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Diane Hanson	64.8%	99,143	63.5%	183,492
NP	Michael Larson	35.2%	53,753	36.5%	105,475

District Court 1, Seat 14 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Michael Mayer	0.0%	0

District Court 1, Seat 19 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Erica MacDonald	0.0%	0

District Court 1, Seat 20 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Kathryn Messerich	66.8%	102,571	65.1%	188,444
NP	Brian Gravely	33.2%	50,985	34.9%	100,917

District Court 1, Seat 26 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Michael Savre	0.0%	0

District Court 1, Seat 29 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Terry Conkel	0.0%	0

District Court 1, Seat 6 0.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Knutson	0.0%	0

Supreme Court District 1 Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
NP	Barry Anderson	58.8%	94,800	59.2%	1,229,394
NP	Dean Barkley	41.2%	66,472	40.8%	848,574

Marriage Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	No	54.3%	125,703	51.2%	1,512,156
	Yes	44.6%	103,246	47.5%	1,401,275
	Estimated Blanks	1.1%	2,588	1.3%	37,830

Voter ID Amendment Rpt.: 100.0% county, 100.0% state
		County		State
		Vote %	Votes	Vote %	Votes
	Yes	50.1%	115,951	46.2%	1,363,640
	No	48.6%	112,450	52.2%	1,540,507
	Estimated Blanks	1.4%	3,136	1.6%	46,466

School Board Member Ward 1 (South St Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Ann Schultz Counihan	98.6%	2,588
WI	Write-In	1.4%	38

School Board Member Ward 2 (South St Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Sarah Winslow Brewer	98.8%	2,020
WI	Write-In	1.2%	25

School Board Member Ward 3 (South St Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Lauri Flatley	98.4%	2,022
WI	Write-In	1.6%	32

County Commissioner District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Mike Slavik	58.0%	16,357
NP	Christy Jo Fogarty	41.5%	11,715
WI	Write-In	0.5%	130

County Commissioner District 3 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Thomas Egan	98.7%	23,604
WI	Write-In	1.3%	301

County Commissioner District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Nancy Schouweiler	50.7%	13,158
NP	Bill Klein	48.9%	12,689
WI	Write-In	0.5%	121

County Commissioner District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Liz Workman	61.9%	15,363
NP	Dave Giles	37.5%	9,308
WI	Write-In	0.6%	151

County Commissioner District 6 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Paul J. Krause	99.0%	21,795
WI	Write-In	1.0%	220

County Commissioner District 7 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Chris Gerlach	60.0%	15,625
NP	Victoria "Vicki" Swanson	39.5%	10,300
WI	Write-In	0.5%	132

School Board Member (Burnsville) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Sandra M Sweep	18.9%	10,953
NP	Ron Hill	16.1%	9,355
NP	Deedee Currier	15.5%	9,012
NP	Steve Dove	13.8%	8,035
NP	Mark "Mr.Teak" Traikoff	13.1%	7,612
NP	Mark Korman	11.1%	6,439
NP	Seema Pothini	11.0%	6,369
WI	Write-In	0.5%	299

School Board Member (Farmington) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Laura Beem	20.7%	6,387
NP	Julie Singewald	20.1%	6,199
NP	Jake Cordes	14.8%	4,560
NP	Eric Bartosh	13.1%	4,043
NP	John Guist	12.6%	3,873
NP	Rob Carpentier	11.0%	3,401
NP	Anthony Macdonald	7.1%	2,193
WI	Write-In	0.5%	146

School Board Member (Lakeville) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Bob Erickson	22.5%	11,948
NP	Terry Lind	22.1%	11,764
NP	Judy Keliher	21.3%	11,344
NP	Jennifer Harmening	18.9%	10,055
NP	Lori Amborn	11.4%	6,068
NP	Bader A. Alossaimi	3.4%	1,832
WI	Write-In	0.3%	183

School Board Member (Randolph) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Sara Taylor	26.8%	743
NP	Gary Moorhouse	22.9%	637
NP	Steven W. Weidner	22.7%	629
NP	Cory Lorenzen	14.7%	408
NP	Kevin Miller	12.8%	354
WI	Write-In	0.2%	5

Special Election For School Board Member (Burnsville) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Robert Vandenboom	36.6%	8,140
NP	Joshua Mathews	32.3%	7,177
NP	Tom Mccasey	30.3%	6,739
WI	Write-In	0.7%	164

Special Election for Soil and Water Supervisor District 1 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Laura Zanmiller	30.7%	42,858
NP	Paul Thomas	17.6%	24,649
NP	Joan M. Gabriel	14.9%	20,760
NP	Scott A. Holm	14.7%	20,526
NP	John Ross	13.1%	18,361
NP	William Hoots, Iii	8.1%	11,277
WI	Write-In	0.9%	1,251

Soil and Water Supervisor District 2 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Marian Brown	39.5%	56,298
NP	Jason Swenson	38.8%	55,340
NP	Thomas A. Walkington	20.6%	29,390
WI	Write-In	1.0%	1,427

Soil and Water Supervisor District 4 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Chris Nielsen	98.8%	137,867
WI	Write-In	1.2%	1,697

Soil and Water Supervisor District 5 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Joe Meyers	98.9%	137,322
WI	Write-In	1.1%	1,536

Mayor (Burnsville) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Elizabeth B. Kautz	57.1%	16,600
NP	Jerry Willenburg	42.6%	12,379
WI	Write-In	0.3%	82

Mayor (Coates) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	John Gores	94.2%	65
WI	Write-In	5.8%	4

Mayor (Farmington) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Todd Larson	57.2%	5,351
NP	David Pritzlaff	34.4%	3,219
NP	Jerry Wear	7.8%	732
WI	Write-In	0.6%	53

Mayor (Hampton) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Timothy Skog	60.3%	196
NP	Paye Flomo	36.0%	117
WI	Write-In	3.7%	12

Mayor (Inver Grove Heights) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	George Tourville	68.3%	10,655
NP	Scott Cornelius	31.3%	4,882
WI	Write-In	0.5%	72

Mayor (Lakeville) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Matt Little	43.9%	12,175
NP	Mark Bellows	39.1%	10,830
NP	Laurie Rieb	16.7%	4,638
WI	Write-In	0.3%	72

Mayor (Lilydale) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Anita M. Pampusch	99.0%	504
WI	Write-In	1.0%	5

Mayor (Mendota) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Brian Mielke	93.5%	100
WI	Write-In	6.5%	7

Mayor (Mendota Heights) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Sandra Krebsbach	52.7%	3,913
NP	Ultan Duggan	46.9%	3,479
WI	Write-In	0.4%	32

Mayor (Miesville) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Eugene Stoffel	92.2%	71
WI	Write-In	7.8%	6

Mayor (New Trier) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Melanie Peters	96.1%	49
WI	Write-In	3.9%	2

Mayor (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Dana S. Graham	58.1%	4,947
NP	Rhonda Pownell	40.7%	3,461
WI	Write-In	1.2%	100

Mayor (Randolph) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Robert Appelgren Jr.	86.0%	166
WI	Write-In	14.0%	27

Mayor (South St. Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Beth A. Baumann	72.9%	6,823
NP	Donald Madland	26.5%	2,477
WI	Write-In	0.6%	54

Mayor (Sunfish Lake) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Molly Park	62.9%	227
NP	Richard A. Williams Jr	36.6%	132
WI	Write-In	0.6%	2

Mayor (Vermillion) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Brian Mann	96.1%	224
WI	Write-In	3.9%	9

Mayor (West St. Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	John Zanmiller	96.3%	7,145
WI	Write-In	3.7%	273

Council Member (Apple Valley) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Tom Goodwin	31.9%	11,448
NP	Ruth Grendahl	30.2%	10,855
NP	Wilma Ruppert	13.7%	4,932
NP	Nicholas Stepka	12.0%	4,328
NP	Michael Holsten	11.5%	4,127
WI	Write-In	0.7%	244

Council Member (Burnsville) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Mary Sherry	32.3%	13,606
NP	Suzanne Nguyen	23.1%	9,702
NP	Steve Cherney	22.3%	9,396
NP	Bruce Johnson	21.9%	9,214
WI	Write-In	0.4%	159

Council Member (Coates) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Marjorie Karnick	52.6%	61
NP	Christopher Gores	39.7%	46
WI	Write-In	7.8%	9

Council Member (Eagan) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Meg Tilley	51.9%	20,811
NP	Cyndee Fields	46.3%	18,542
WI	Write-In	1.8%	714

Council Member (Farmington) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Terry Donnelly	43.5%	5,928
NP	Douglas Bonar	30.7%	4,181
NP	Kirk Zeaman	25.3%	3,447
WI	Write-In	0.6%	83

Council Member (Hampton) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Amanda Jensrud	46.7%	207
NP	John Knetter	37.7%	167
WI	Write-In	15.6%	69

Council Member (Inver Grove Heights) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Tom Bartholomew	30.6%	7,278
NP	Jim Mueller	28.0%	6,665
NP	Paul Mandell	24.6%	5,855
NP	Paul Hark	16.3%	3,884
WI	Write-In	0.5%	118

Council Member (Lakeville) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Doug Anderson	37.5%	13,695
NP	Kerrin Swecker	35.5%	12,960
NP	David Bares	26.6%	9,717
WI	Write-In	0.5%	174

Council Member (Lilydale) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Marilyn Donovan Lundberg	52.0%	400
NP	Warren E Peterson	47.7%	367
WI	Write-In	0.3%	2

Council Member (Mendota) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Joan Perron	58.1%	93
NP	Alan Ralston	37.5%	60
WI	Write-In	4.4%	7

Council Member (Mendota Heights) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Mike Povolny	52.9%	4,564
NP	Steve Norton	46.0%	3,967
WI	Write-In	1.2%	102

Council Member (Miesville) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jesse Wiederholt	54.2%	65
NP	Dean Schauer	40.8%	49
WI	Write-In	5.0%	6

Council Member (New Trier) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Patti Brown	37.0%	37
WI	Write-In	29.0%	29
NP	Kristin Dejarlais	18.0%	18
NP	Joshua Geurts	16.0%	16

Council Member at Large (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David L. Ludescher	49.9%	3,904
NP	Betsey Buckheit	49.5%	3,875
WI	Write-In	0.6%	45

Council Member (Randolph) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Marie Jacob	51.1%	156
NP	Paul Cassidy	46.2%	141
WI	Write-In	2.6%	8

Council Member (Rosemount) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Vanessa Olson Demuth	33.8%	5,274
NP	Jeff Weisensel	30.5%	4,759
NP	Joe Kurle	20.0%	3,126
NP	Joseph P. Zanmiller	15.1%	2,349
WI	Write-In	0.6%	97

Council Member (South St. Paul) (Elect 3) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Lori Hansen	24.8%	5,391
NP	Chris Lehmann	22.1%	4,816
NP	Dan Niederkorn	21.0%	4,579
NP	Michael Marschinke	12.4%	2,694
NP	Nicholas J Schaefer	10.3%	2,242
NP	Shawn Meck	8.9%	1,941
WI	Write-In	0.5%	107

Council Member (Sunfish Lake) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Steven M. Bulach	26.7%	151
NP	Cathy Decourcy	26.1%	148
NP	Ingrid Conant	23.5%	133
NP	Bernard Tuohy	23.1%	131
WI	Write-In	0.5%	3

Council Member (Vermillion) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Route	34.3%	133
NP	Bruce Holien	32.5%	126
NP	Diane Gehrke	31.7%	123
WI	Write-In	1.5%	6

Special Election for Council Member (New Trier) (Elect 2) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Bo Selinder	55.7%	49
WI	Write-In	23.9%	21
NP	Dorine Geurts	20.5%	18

Special Election for Council Member (Sunfish Lake) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Joanne Wahlstrom	99.2%	255
WI	Write-In	0.8%	2

Council Member Ward 1 (Hastings) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Anthony (Tony) Alongi	49.9%	1,171
NP	Michael Grady (Mike)	48.8%	1,147
WI	Write-In	1.3%	31

Council Member Ward 1 (West St. Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Pat Armon	97.4%	1,700
WI	Write-In	2.6%	46

Council Member Ward 2 (Hastings) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Joe Balsanek	94.5%	1,978
WI	Write-In	5.5%	115

Council Member Ward 2 (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Delong	56.3%	1,220
NP	Frank Balster	43.1%	935
WI	Write-In	0.6%	12

Council Member Ward 2 (West St. Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Jenny Halverson	71.5%	1,937
NP	Jim Mckie	28.0%	760
WI	Write-In	0.5%	13

Council Member Ward 3 (Hastings) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Tony Nelson	72.1%	1,869
NP	Brian Meek	26.9%	699
WI	Write-In	1.0%	26

Council Member Ward 3 (Northfield) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Erica Zweifel	70.0%	1,324
NP	Jon Denison	29.5%	558
WI	Write-In	0.5%	9

Council Member Ward 3 (West St. Paul) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	David Joseph Napier	54.3%	1,650
NP	Darlene Lewis	45.2%	1,374
WI	Write-In	0.5%	15

Council Member Ward 4 (Hastings) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Danna Elling Schultz	98.2%	2,064
WI	Write-In	1.8%	37

Special Election for City Clerk (Randolph) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Sheila Ekstrom	99.5%	193
WI	Write-In	0.5%	1

City Treasurer (Randolph) 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	Melissa Larson	97.2%	175
WI	Write-In	2.8%	5

Proposal For The Adoption Of "Optional Plan A" Form Of Government 100.0% reporting
		Vote %	Votes
NP	No	71.0%	152
NP	Yes	29.0%	62

Updated: .

Source: Associated Press