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Election results: Minnesota: Aitkin County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 8
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Chip Cravaack	3,683	50.0%	133,477	48.2%
	James L. Oberstar	3,210	43.6%	129,070	46.6%
	Timothy Olson	406	5.5%	11,876	4.3%
	Richard (George) Burton	59	0.8%	2,491	0.9%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	129	0.0%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 03
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tom Saxhaug	3,724	51.6%	18,269	57.8%
	Dan McGuire	3,485	48.3%	13,323	42.1%
	Write-In	8	0.1%	41	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 03B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Carolyn McElfatrick	3,694	50.8%	8,519	51.2%
	Loren A. Solberg	3,575	49.1%	8,107	48.7%
	Write-In	9	0.1%	15	0.1%

GOVERNOR & LT GOVERNOR (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	3,242	44.1%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	3,084	42.0%	910,382	43.2%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	829	11.3%	251,504	11.9%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	125	1.7%	4,092	0.2%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	32	0.4%	7,514	0.4%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	21	0.3%	6,178	0.3%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	9	0.1%	6,187	0.3%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	1,857	0.1%

SECRETARY OF STATE
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Ritchie	3,442	48.2%	999,354	49.1%
	Dan Severson	3,202	44.9%	928,805	45.6%
	Jual Carlson	487	6.8%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	5	0.1%	1,382	0.1%

STATE AUDITOR
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Rebecca Otto	3,629	50.5%	981,802	48.4%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	3,236	45.0%	956,206	47.1%
	Kenny Kalligher	169	2.4%	35,538	1.8%
	Annie Young	150	2.1%	54,152	2.7%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	3,963	55.1%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	2,760	38.3%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	393	5.5%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	78	1.1%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	3	0.0%	1,602	0.1%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 2
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Helen Meyer	3,209	53.5%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	2,783	46.4%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	11	0.2%	3,301	0.2%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 5
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Christopher Dietzen	4,759	99.2%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	40	0.8%	15,820	1.3%

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE - SUPREME COURT 6
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Alan C. Page	3,594	57.5%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	2,648	42.4%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	7	0.1%	2,921	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 2
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Natalie E. Hudson	4,759	99.2%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	37	0.8%	13,117	1.1%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 3
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	David Minge	4,737	99.3%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	34	0.7%	12,391	1.0%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 4
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Wilhelmina (Mimi) Wright	4,692	99.2%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	37	0.8%	11,957	1.0%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 5
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Louise Dovre Bjorkman	4,675	99.2%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	38	0.8%	11,417	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 11
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Michelle A. Larkin	4,675	99.3%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	33	0.7%	10,840	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 13
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Randolph W. Peterson	2,898	51.4%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	2,732	48.4%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	13	0.2%	3,616	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 14
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Dan Griffith	2,939	51.6%	716,637	48.0%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	2,745	48.2%	771,404	51.7%
	Write-In	12	0.2%	3,620	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 17
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Matthew E. Johnson	4,661	99.3%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	31	0.7%	10,662	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 18
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Heidi Schellhas	4,669	99.3%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	33	0.7%	10,659	0.9%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 19
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Francis Connolly	4,692	99.3%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	32	0.7%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Earl E. Maus	4,661	99.3%
	Write-In	35	0.7%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Hawkinson	4,665	99.3%
	Write-In	35	0.7%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 9
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jon A. Maturi	4,668	99.2%
	Write-In	36	0.8%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 16
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul T. Benshoof	2,806	50.1%
	Darrell Carter	2,784	49.7%
	Write-In	11	0.2%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 17
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul E. Rasmussen	3,175	56.7%
	Terrance C. Holter	2,410	43.1%
	Write-In	13	0.2%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 19
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John P. Smith	4,651	99.4%
	Write-In	30	0.6%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 20
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donna K. Dixon	4,681	99.4%
	Write-In	29	0.6%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 23
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kristine R. Demay	4,690	99.3%
	Write-In	32	0.7%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	J. Mark Wedel	732	53.4%
	Anthony "Tony" Gabrio	630	46.0%
	Write-In	9	0.7%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donald Niemi	664	52.3%
	Adria Karsky	597	47.0%
	Write-In	8	0.6%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Anne M Marcotte	620	49.6%
	Galen (Tweet) Tveit	619	49.6%
	Write-In	10	0.8%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kirk Peysar	5,970	99.0%
	Write-In	62	1.0%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lori Grams	6,114	99.4%
	Write-In	35	0.6%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Diane M. Lafferty	5,935	99.5%
	Write-In	32	0.5%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Scott Turner	6,160	98.2%
	Write-In	115	1.8%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	James (Jim) Ratz	5,694	98.7%
	Write-In	73	1.3%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mike Lentz	5,667	99.5%
	Write-In	30	0.5%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joe Courier	5,724	99.6%
	Write-In	21	0.4%

MAYOR (Hill City)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Larry Baker	170	80.2%
	Dalen Butler	31	14.6%
	Write-In	11	5.2%

MAYOR (Mcgrath)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Cory Eken	35	79.5%
	Write-In	9	20.5%

MAYOR (Mcgregor)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jarold R. Farley	94	92.2%
	Write-In	8	7.8%

MAYOR (Palisade)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Chuck Carlson Ii	70	84.3%
	Write-In	13	15.7%

MAYOR (Tamarack)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Randy Wyttenback	12	41.4%
	Robert G. Johnson	12	41.4%
	Write-In	5	17.2%

CITY CLERK-TREASURER (Mcgregor)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Judy Cirilli	62	59.0%
	Michelle Dawson	43	41.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

CITY QUESTION 1 (Mcgregor): CHANGE FROM A STANDARD FORM OF COUNCIL TO A PLAN A?
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	57	55.9%
	Yes	45	44.1%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Aitkin) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Keith J Nentl	416	36.7%
	Julie Miller	362	32.0%
	Matthew Hill	339	29.9%
	Write-In	15	1.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Hill City) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Scott Martin	117	34.7%
	David Lange	103	30.6%
	Nathan Rollins	59	17.5%
	Write-In	58	17.2%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Mcgrath) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Travis Nolan	38	46.3%
	Brian Clark	31	37.8%
	Write-In	13	15.9%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Mcgregor) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Cindy Wencl	87	65.9%
	Terry Hensel	39	29.5%
	Write-In	6	4.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Palisade) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brian Wagner	48	33.6%
	Jan Richard Hart	48	33.6%
	Write-In	47	32.9%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Tamarack) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Warren Marsyla	21	41.2%
	Write-In	18	35.3%
	Leah Laucamp	12	23.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER (2 YR) (Hill City)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Audrey M. Baratto	128	59.5%
	James (Jim) Barker	79	36.7%
	Write-In	8	3.7%

COUNCIL MEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION (Tamarack)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	J. John Cyrus	22	84.6%
	Write-In	4	15.4%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Aitkin Public School District) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		108.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steve Hughes	2,896	25.5%
	Kevin Hoge	2,843	25.0%
	Tom Burman	2,307	20.3%
	Brian A. Orlowski	1,825	16.1%
	Michael (Gus) Johns	1,415	12.5%
	Write-In	75	0.7%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Hill City Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Tom Fasteland	443	43.9%
	Martha Lentz	429	42.5%
	Write-In	138	13.7%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (McGregor Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Nate Jackson	1,045	28.4%
	Larry Doten	1,000	27.2%
	Heather Sorensen	957	26.0%
	Angela Dewitt	632	17.2%
	Write-In	44	1.2%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State