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Election results: Minnesota: Houston County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Randy Demmer	3,625	46.5%	109,260	44.0%
	Tim Walz	3,494	44.9%	122,390	49.3%
	Steven Wilson	563	7.2%	13,243	5.3%
	Lars Johnson	105	1.3%	3,054	1.2%
	Write-In	2	0.0%	102	0.0%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 31
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Jeremy Miller	4,257	54.4%	13,981	50.8%
	Sharon Erickson Ropes	3,563	45.5%	13,544	49.2%
	Write-In	5	0.1%	22	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 31A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Rhett Zenke	428	56.5%	5,499	42.1%
	Gene Pelowski, Jr	328	43.3%	7,527	57.7%
	Write-In	1	0.1%	24	0.2%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 31B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Gregory M. Davids	3,589	50.9%	7,694	53.5%
	Steve Kemp	2,346	33.3%	4,279	29.7%
	Al Hein	1,106	15.7%	2,398	16.7%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	13	0.1%

GOVERNOR & LT GOVERNOR (Map View)
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	3,774	48.9%	910,382	43.2%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	3,187	41.3%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	607	7.9%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	52	0.7%	7,514	0.4%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	43	0.6%	6,187	0.3%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	36	0.5%	6,178	0.3%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	21	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	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%
	Dan Severson	3,768	50.6%	928,805	45.6%
	Mark Ritchie	3,170	42.5%	999,354	49.1%
	Jual Carlson	509	6.8%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	7	0.1%	1,382	0.1%

STATE AUDITOR
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	4,033	53.6%	956,206	47.1%
	Rebecca Otto	2,995	39.8%	981,802	48.4%
	Annie Young	268	3.6%	54,152	2.7%
	Kenny Kalligher	219	2.9%	35,538	1.8%
	Write-In	9	0.1%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Chris Barden	3,620	48.4%	839,010	41.3%
	Lori Swanson	3,249	43.4%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Bill Dahn	524	7.0%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	83	1.1%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	7	0.1%	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	3,826	60.4%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	2,499	39.5%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	9	0.1%	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	5,288	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	4,020	62.8%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	2,375	37.1%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	11	0.2%	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	5,299	99.4%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	32	0.6%	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	5,248	99.4%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	30	0.6%	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	5,235	99.4%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	31	0.6%	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	5,219	99.4%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	30	0.6%	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	5,221	99.5%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	28	0.5%	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	3,474	57.8%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	2,528	42.1%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	8	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%
	Dan Griffith	3,155	51.9%	716,637	48.0%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	2,915	48.0%	771,404	51.7%
	Write-In	9	0.1%	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	5,207	99.5%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	27	0.5%	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	5,220	99.5%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	28	0.5%	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	5,247	99.5%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	26	0.5%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steven R. Schwab	5,217	99.5%
	Write-In	28	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Chesterman	5,173	99.4%
	Write-In	30	0.6%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 6
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Casey J. Christian	5,193	99.5%
	Write-In	28	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 11
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Nancy L. Bostrack	5,226	99.5%
	Write-In	26	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 17
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Terrence M. Walters	5,217	99.4%
	Write-In	29	0.6%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 22
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Thomas M. Neuville	5,176	99.6%
	Write-In	22	0.4%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 23
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joseph A. Bueltel	5,208	99.5%
	Write-In	28	0.5%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Justin Zmyewski	776	56.4%
	Larry Connery	590	42.9%
	Write-In	9	0.7%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Teresa A Walter	1,156	66.8%
	Gary N Parr	571	33.0%
	Write-In	3	0.2%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Char Meiners	6,224	99.0%
	Write-In	65	1.0%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donna Trehus	4,112	56.7%
	Jeanne Peterson Feldmeier	3,113	43.0%
	Write-In	22	0.3%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Beverly J Bauer	6,503	99.6%
	Write-In	27	0.4%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Douglas C Ely	6,531	98.2%
	Write-In	120	1.8%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jamie Hammell	6,324	99.2%
	Write-In	54	0.8%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Douglas W. Meyer	6,265	99.7%
	Write-In	18	0.3%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Tony Becker	6,118	99.2%
	Write-In	48	0.8%

MAYOR (Brownsville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Tim Serres	212	98.6%
	Write-In	3	1.4%

MAYOR (Caledonia)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Robert H Burns	873	98.2%
	Write-In	16	1.8%

MAYOR (Eitzen)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeff Adamson	96	95.0%
	Write-In	5	5.0%

MAYOR (Hokah)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	James Scholze	124	54.4%
	Kevin Walther	104	45.6%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

MAYOR (Houston)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Connie Edwards	279	91.8%
	Write-In	25	8.2%

MAYOR (Spring Grove)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Saundra G Solum	210	38.2%
	Bruce Poole	161	29.3%
	Nancy C Nelson	100	18.2%
	Heather M Gray	77	14.0%
	Write-In	2	0.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Brownsville) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Brickman	144	36.2%
	Chris Dvorak	134	33.7%
	Joe Serres	118	29.6%
	Write-In	2	0.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Caledonia) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bob Lemke	566	32.6%
	Randi Vick	540	31.1%
	Gary Klug	351	20.2%
	Tim Irwin	263	15.1%
	Write-In	18	1.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Eitzen) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Doug Meyer	95	51.6%
	Nick Schwartzhoff	88	47.8%
	Write-In	1	0.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Hokah) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jerry R Martell	139	35.0%
	Kim Fordahl	138	34.8%
	Matt Vetsch	80	20.2%
	Linda Ulmen	39	9.8%
	Write-In	1	0.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Houston) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kevin Knutson	272	49.1%
	Cheryl Sanden-Beth	261	47.1%
	Write-In	21	3.8%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Spring Grove) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lorilyn Dehning	413	48.6%
	Robert C Vogel	362	42.6%
	Write-In	74	8.7%

COUNCIL MEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION (Brownsville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Schulze	154	69.4%
	Pam Walhovd	65	29.3%
	Write-In	3	1.4%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Houston Public School District) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		109.1%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Ronald Evenson	817	25.7%
	Joseph Krage	793	24.9%
	Gary Wilson	701	22.1%
	Tom Stilin	691	21.7%
	Write-In	177	5.6%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Spring Grove School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michelle Borreson	762	47.8%
	Write-In	514	32.2%
	Mark Johnson	319	20.0%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Caledonia Public School District) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michelle Werner	1,664	44.0%
	Scott A Longhorn	1,519	40.2%
	Write-In	599	15.8%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Lacrescent-Hokah School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		116.7%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Cindy Wright	2,521	50.1%
	L Kay Snuggerud	2,199	43.7%
	Write-In	311	6.2%

School District Question 1 (Lacrescent-Hokah School District): RENEWAL OF EXPIRING REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION
Precincts reporting		116.7%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	2,153	60.2%
	No	1,421	39.8%

School District Question 2 (Lacrescent-Hokah School District): APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM REVENUE LEVY
Precincts reporting		116.7%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	2,047	58.1%
	Yes	1,476	41.9%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State