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Election results: Minnesota: Big Stone County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Collin C. Peterson	1,304	59.5%	133,086	55.2%
	Lee Byberg	736	33.6%	90,682	37.6%
	Glen R. Menze	76	3.5%	7,904	3.3%
	Gene Waldorf	75	3.4%	9,310	3.9%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	193	0.1%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 20
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Gary W. Kubly	1,280	58.5%	15,876	57.0%
	Gregg Kulberg	908	41.5%	11,970	42.9%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	25	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 20A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Jay Backer	1,136	51.6%	6,818	47.9%
	Andrew Falk	1,066	48.4%	7,418	52.1%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	8	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	995	45.4%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	909	41.5%	910,382	43.2%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	263	12.0%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	10	0.5%	7,514	0.4%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	6	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	5	0.2%	6,187	0.3%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	2	0.1%	6,178	0.3%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	1,857	0.1%

SECRETARY OF STATE
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Ritchie	1,101	51.2%	999,354	49.1%
	Dan Severson	914	42.5%	928,805	45.6%
	Jual Carlson	137	6.4%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	1,382	0.1%

STATE AUDITOR
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Rebecca Otto	1,078	50.7%	981,802	48.4%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	960	45.2%	956,206	47.1%
	Annie Young	47	2.2%	54,152	2.7%
	Kenny Kalligher	41	1.9%	35,538	1.8%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	1,180	55.0%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	836	38.9%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	113	5.3%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	18	0.8%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	0	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	1,162	61.9%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	714	38.1%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	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	1,663	99.5%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	8	0.5%	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	1,287	66.6%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	646	33.4%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	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	1,671	99.6%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	7	0.4%	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	1,700	99.6%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	6	0.4%	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	1,670	99.8%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	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	1,666	99.6%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	6	0.4%	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	1,687	99.9%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	2	0.1%	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	1,127	61.5%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	705	38.5%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	1	0.1%	3,616	0.2%

JUDGE - COURT OF APPEALS 14
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	1,047	57.3%	771,404	51.7%
	Dan Griffith	781	42.7%	716,637	48.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%	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	1,680	99.9%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	1	0.1%	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	1,673	99.9%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	1	0.1%	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	1,671	99.9%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	2	0.1%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kathryn Smith	1,106	61.1%
	Glen M. (Jake) Jacobsen	702	38.8%
	Write-In	1	0.1%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 10
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul A. Nelson	1,678	99.9%
	Write-In	2	0.1%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Wade Athey	433	97.1%
	Write-In	13	2.9%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Roger Sandberg	460	97.9%
	Write-In	10	2.1%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michelle R. Knutson	1,923	98.5%
	Write-In	29	1.5%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Cindy Nelson	2,039	100.0%
	Write-In	1	0.0%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Elaine Martig	2,010	99.9%
	Write-In	2	0.1%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Haukos	1,983	98.4%
	Write-In	33	1.6%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bill Watson	1,892	97.7%
	Write-In	44	2.3%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Scott Gillespie	1,970	99.4%
	Write-In	12	0.6%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lon Moen	1,929	99.1%
	Write-In	18	0.9%

MAYOR (Barry)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	8	100.0%

MAYOR (Beardsley)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mary Sykora	69	93.2%
	Write-In	5	6.8%

MAYOR (Clinton)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Shirley Finberg	132	96.4%
	Write-In	5	3.6%

MAYOR (Correll)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	15	100.0%

MAYOR (Graceville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Audrey Rahrlien	224	93.7%
	Write-In	15	6.3%

MAYOR (Johnson)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donald Johnsrud	9	100.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

MAYOR (Odessa)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Catherine Teske	47	97.9%
	Write-In	1	2.1%

COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE (Ortonville) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mike Dorry	570	36.7%
	Steve Berkner	567	36.5%
	Write-In	416	26.8%

CITY CLERK (Correll)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	11	100.0%

CITY CLERK (Graceville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Scott Bauer	225	96.2%
	Write-In	9	3.8%

CITY CLERK (Johnson)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Elaine Johnsrud	9	100.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Barry) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	16	100.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Beardsley) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mike Folk	65	50.4%
	Jennifer Haukos	55	42.6%
	Write-In	9	7.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Clinton) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bruce Benson	133	52.2%
	Todd Gustafson	112	43.9%
	Write-In	10	3.9%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Correll)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	13	100.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Graceville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dean Jensen	229	99.1%
	Write-In	2	0.9%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Johnson)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Fuhrman	9	100.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Odessa) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Verden E. Gerber	41	47.7%
	Lon Moen	33	38.4%
	Write-In	12	14.0%

TOWNSHIP QUESTION 1 (Akron Twp)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	0	0.0%
	Yes	0	0.0%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		123.5%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Theresa Diekmann	806	31.8%
	Donna Moberg	749	29.5%
	Greg Vold	731	28.8%
	Write-In	252	9.9%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Ortonville Public Schools) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		130.8%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Debbie Hoffman	979	37.1%
	Timothy Henrich	759	28.7%
	Jay Ross	710	26.9%
	Write-In	193	7.3%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION (Ortonville Public Schools)
Precincts reporting		130.8%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mary Gustafson	748	50.8%
	James A. Nelson	706	48.0%
	Write-In	18	1.2%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State