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Election results: Minnesota: Steele County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Tim Walz	7,233	49.5%	122,390	49.3%
	Randy Demmer	6,450	44.2%	109,260	44.0%
	Steven Wilson	745	5.1%	13,243	5.3%
	Lars Johnson	169	1.2%	3,054	1.2%
	Write-In	9	0.1%	102	0.0%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 26
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mike Parry	7,977	55.4%	15,337	54.2%
	Alex De Marco	6,388	44.4%	12,893	45.6%
	Write-In	23	0.2%	43	0.2%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 26A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Kory Kath	7,177	63.7%	9,683	62.3%
	David Thul	4,079	36.2%	5,852	37.6%
	Write-In	13	0.1%	19	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 26B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Patti Fritz	1,699	50.3%	6,611	50.5%
	Dan Kaiser	1,680	49.7%	6,459	49.4%
	Write-In	2	0.1%	15	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	6,973	47.7%	910,382	43.2%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	5,393	36.9%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	2,002	13.7%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	75	0.5%	7,514	0.4%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	50	0.3%	6,187	0.3%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	50	0.3%	6,178	0.3%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	49	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	Write-In	19	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	7,079	50.3%	928,805	45.6%
	Mark Ritchie	6,064	43.1%	999,354	49.1%
	Jual Carlson	910	6.5%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	13	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	7,326	52.0%	956,206	47.1%
	Rebecca Otto	6,014	42.7%	981,802	48.4%
	Annie Young	398	2.8%	54,152	2.7%
	Kenny Kalligher	344	2.4%	35,538	1.8%
	Write-In	8	0.1%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	6,967	49.5%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	6,008	42.7%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	955	6.8%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	139	1.0%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	9	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	7,258	60.1%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	4,806	39.8%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	21	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	10,432	99.4%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	68	0.6%	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	8,202	65.8%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	4,234	34.0%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	21	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	10,377	99.4%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	65	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	10,366	99.4%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	62	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	10,246	99.4%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	61	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	10,230	99.5%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	53	0.5%	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	10,208	99.5%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	52	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	7,075	60.9%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	4,509	38.8%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	26	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%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	6,284	54.2%	771,404	51.7%
	Dan Griffith	5,289	45.6%	716,637	48.0%
	Write-In	18	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	10,219	99.5%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	51	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	10,187	99.5%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	49	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	10,189	99.5%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	51	0.5%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steven R. Schwab	10,206	99.5%
	Write-In	56	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Chesterman	10,190	99.5%
	Write-In	50	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 6
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Casey J. Christian	10,838	99.1%
	Write-In	94	0.9%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 11
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Nancy L. Bostrack	10,190	99.5%
	Write-In	51	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 17
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Terrence M. Walters	10,182	99.5%
	Write-In	52	0.5%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 22
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Thomas M. Neuville	10,219	99.4%
	Write-In	58	0.6%

JUDGE -3RD DISTRICT COURT 23
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joseph A. Bueltel	10,712	99.2%
	Write-In	88	0.8%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bruce Kubicek	2,454	98.9%
	Write-In	27	1.1%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mark D. Schultz	1,169	60.2%
	Rick A. Gnemi	766	39.4%
	Write-In	8	0.4%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Tom Shea	1,660	58.6%
	Les Abraham	1,155	40.8%
	Write-In	17	0.6%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Laura Ihrke	12,232	99.5%
	Write-In	56	0.5%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steven J. Rohlik	11,965	99.4%
	Write-In	75	0.6%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lon Thiele	7,109	50.1%
	Milo Dahlin	5,452	38.4%
	Write-In	1,619	11.4%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Daniel A. McIntosh	11,813	99.3%
	Write-In	78	0.7%

COUNTY SURVEYOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John C. Hosfield	11,875	99.6%
	Write-In	43	0.4%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mark Ihlenfeld	11,903	99.5%
	Write-In	54	0.5%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kyle Wolfe	11,800	99.6%
	Write-In	44	0.4%

MAYOR (Blooming Prairie)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	H. Peterson	601	95.9%
	Write-In	26	4.1%

MAYOR (Ellendale)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steve Engel	238	90.8%
	Write-In	24	9.2%

MAYOR (Medford)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

CITY QUESTION 1 (Owatonna): ELECTION DATE CHARTER AMENDMENT
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	6,700	81.3%
	No	1,539	18.7%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Blooming Prairie) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bill Newman	423	34.4%
	Brad Clark	291	23.6%
	Gene Trom	270	21.9%
	David Wradislavsky	242	19.7%
	Write-In	5	0.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Ellendale) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dean Reiter	212	50.5%
	Scott Groth	191	45.5%
	Write-In	17	4.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Medford) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Chad Merritt	265	38.4%
	Greg Hitchcock	209	30.2%
	Michael Corbin	201	29.1%
	Write-In	16	2.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER SPECIAL ELECTION (Medford)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jessica Grayson	290	71.1%
	Jason Winter	114	27.9%
	Write-In	4	1.0%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Medford Public School District)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Allison Janke	723	35.3%
	Bill Cronin	663	32.3%
	Jeri Madsen	630	30.7%
	Write-In	34	1.7%

School District Question 1 (Owatonna Public School District): REVOKING EXISTING REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION^ APPROVING NEW AUTHORIZATION
Precincts reporting		104.8%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	6,060	52.1%
	No	5,578	47.9%

School District Question 2 (Owatonna Public School District): ADDITIONAL REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION TO FUND ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
Precincts reporting		104.8%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	6,042	51.7%
	Yes	5,641	48.3%

School District Question 3 (Owatonna Public School District): APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ISSUE
Precincts reporting		104.8%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	5,985	51.3%
	Yes	5,692	48.7%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State