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Election results: Minnesota: Koochiching County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 8
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	James L. Oberstar	2,664	52.5%	129,070	46.6%
	Chip Cravaack	2,167	42.7%	133,477	48.2%
	Timothy Olson	195	3.8%	11,876	4.3%
	Richard (George) Burton	44	0.9%	2,491	0.9%
	Write-In	0	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	3,156	63.1%	18,269	57.8%
	Dan McGuire	1,841	36.8%	13,323	42.1%
	Write-In	7	0.1%	41	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 03A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tom Anzelc	3,026	60.5%	8,838	58.7%
	Marv Ott	1,964	39.3%	6,208	41.2%
	Write-In	8	0.2%	20	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	2,880	57.0%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	1,653	32.7%	910,382	43.2%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	415	8.2%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	31	0.6%	7,514	0.4%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	30	0.6%	4,092	0.2%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	23	0.5%	6,178	0.3%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	16	0.3%	6,187	0.3%
	Write-In	5	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	2,626	53.5%	999,354	49.1%
	Dan Severson	1,919	39.1%	928,805	45.6%
	Jual Carlson	360	7.3%	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	2,580	52.7%	981,802	48.4%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	2,079	42.5%	956,206	47.1%
	Kenny Kalligher	138	2.8%	35,538	1.8%
	Annie Young	96	2.0%	54,152	2.7%
	Write-In	2	0.0%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	2,932	59.6%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	1,640	33.3%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	295	6.0%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	51	1.0%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	2	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	2,611	61.5%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	1,626	38.3%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	11	0.3%	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	3,631	99.0%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	38	1.0%	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	2,686	61.2%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	1,694	38.6%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	7	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	3,610	99.2%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	30	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	3,587	99.1%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	31	0.9%	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	3,591	99.2%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	28	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	3,574	99.2%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	29	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	3,582	99.1%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	31	0.9%	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	2,494	60.8%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	1,605	39.1%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	6	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	2,557	55.3%	716,637	48.0%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	2,059	44.6%	771,404	51.7%
	Write-In	5	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	3,568	99.3%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	26	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	3,548	99.2%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	28	0.8%	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	3,557	99.2%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	27	0.8%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Earl E. Maus	3,553	99.2%
	Write-In	27	0.8%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Hawkinson	3,574	99.2%
	Write-In	29	0.8%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 9
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jon A. Maturi	3,566	99.1%
	Write-In	34	0.9%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 16
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul T. Benshoof	2,355	57.3%
	Darrell Carter	1,752	42.6%
	Write-In	5	0.1%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 17
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul E. Rasmussen	2,472	59.0%
	Terrance C. Holter	1,710	40.8%
	Write-In	6	0.1%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 19
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John P. Smith	3,570	99.2%
	Write-In	28	0.8%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 20
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donna K. Dixon	3,541	99.2%
	Write-In	30	0.8%

JUDGE -9TH DISTRICT COURT 23
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kristine R. Demay	3,535	99.2%
	Write-In	28	0.8%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Wade Pavleck	1,016	96.9%
	Write-In	33	3.1%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kevin L. Adee	488	64.0%
	Joe Schwartz	274	35.9%
	Write-In	1	0.1%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Robert Ecklund	636	53.7%
	Bob Anderson	544	45.9%
	Write-In	4	0.3%

COUNTY AUDITOR - TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Robert ( Bob) Peterson	4,450	99.4%
	Write-In	27	0.6%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Pamela (Miller) Rooney	4,370	99.8%
	Write-In	8	0.2%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brian Youso	4,524	98.9%
	Write-In	52	1.1%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeffrey S. Naglosky	2,950	61.0%
	Steve Nelson	1,868	38.7%
	Write-In	15	0.3%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Ralph Lewis	4,248	99.0%
	Write-In	45	1.0%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Chris Pfeifer	3,977	96.3%
	Write-In	153	3.7%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Al Linder	4,169	99.4%
	Write-In	25	0.6%

MAYOR (Big Falls)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Rod Burmeister	104	83.9%
	Louis Slapnicher	13	10.5%
	Write-In	7	5.6%

MAYOR (Littlefork)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michael Fort	206	97.2%
	Write-In	6	2.8%

MAYOR (Mizpah)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	23	100.0%

MAYOR (Northome)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	27	100.0%

MAYOR (Ranier)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Edgar Oerichbauer	59	67.8%
	Bernie "Spike" Woods	28	32.2%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD C (International Falls)
Precincts reporting		33.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gail Jameson Rognerud	498	98.8%
	Write-In	6	1.2%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD E (International Falls)
Precincts reporting		33.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul Eklund	542	98.4%
	Write-In	9	1.6%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD W (International Falls)
Precincts reporting		33.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Cynthia Jaksa	846	98.6%
	Write-In	12	1.4%

CITY QUESTION 1 (Big Falls): SUNDAY LIQUOR SALES AT MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	77	61.6%
	Yes	48	38.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Big Falls) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Shawn Pritchard	88	36.5%
	Donna Dauphinais	74	30.7%
	Leslie Lepisto	49	20.3%
	Laura Larson	29	12.0%
	Write-In	1	0.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Littlefork) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brian F. Lindvall	188	50.0%
	Kevin Sather	184	48.9%
	Write-In	4	1.1%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Mizpah) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	43	100.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Northome) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gerald Struss	81	80.2%
	Write-In	20	19.8%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Ranier) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brenda Bauer	37	23.1%
	Fred Woods Sr.	36	22.5%
	Terry Lahmayer	34	21.3%
	Marjorie Brenning	27	16.9%
	Thomas Hall	14	8.8%
	Norris Klesman	9	5.6%
	Write-In	3	1.9%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (International Falls School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Willi Kostiuk	2,591	27.2%
	Dena Budde Wenberg	1,866	19.6%
	Darrell Wagner	1,694	17.8%
	Gordy Dault	1,677	17.6%
	Robin Baumchen	1,653	17.4%
	Write-In	30	0.3%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (South Koochiching School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Douglas Jourdan	252	19.8%
	Florence Hervey	252	19.8%
	Gary Dougherty	235	18.4%
	Derek Wickum	181	14.2%
	Kelli Steggall	174	13.7%
	William Eitenmiller	169	13.3%
	Write-In	11	0.9%

School District Question 1 (Littlefork-Big Falls School Dist.): APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS ISSUE
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	406	73.7%
	No	145	26.3%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State