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Election results: Minnesota: Traverse 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	1,148	65.4%	133,086	55.2%
	Lee Byberg	514	29.3%	90,682	37.6%
	Gene Waldorf	54	3.1%	9,310	3.9%
	Glen R. Menze	37	2.1%	7,904	3.3%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	193	0.1%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 09
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Keith Langseth	923	52.0%	14,596	52.5%
	Jeff Backer	847	47.7%	13,169	47.4%
	Write-In	5	0.3%	25	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 09B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Paul Marquart	1,168	67.4%	8,877	61.9%
	Benjamin Grimsley	561	32.4%	5,463	38.1%
	Write-In	5	0.3%	12	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	819	46.3%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Emmer and Annette T. Meeks	689	39.0%	910,382	43.2%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	216	12.2%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	14	0.8%	7,514	0.4%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	10	0.6%	4,092	0.2%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	9	0.5%	6,178	0.3%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	8	0.5%	6,187	0.3%
	Write-In	2	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	865	51.0%	999,354	49.1%
	Dan Severson	694	40.9%	928,805	45.6%
	Jual Carlson	134	7.9%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	1,382	0.1%

STATE AUDITOR
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Rebecca Otto	847	49.8%	981,802	48.4%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	772	45.4%	956,206	47.1%
	Kenny Kalligher	45	2.6%	35,538	1.8%
	Annie Young	34	2.0%	54,152	2.7%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	943	55.4%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	632	37.1%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	110	6.5%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	15	0.9%	14,042	0.7%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	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	911	62.4%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	547	37.4%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	3	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	1,330	99.5%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	7	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	990	64.8%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	535	35.0%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	2	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	1,320	99.5%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	7	0.5%	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	1,325	99.3%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	10	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	1,320	99.6%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	5	0.4%	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	1,325	99.5%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	6	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	1,332	99.6%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	5	0.4%	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	838	58.4%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	595	41.4%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	3	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.	793	54.8%	771,404	51.7%
	Dan Griffith	650	44.9%	716,637	48.0%
	Write-In	4	0.3%	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	1,320	99.5%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	7	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	1,316	99.5%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	6	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	1,314	99.5%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	6	0.5%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kathryn Smith	872	61.6%
	Glen M. (Jake) Jacobsen	540	38.1%
	Write-In	4	0.3%

JUDGE -8TH DISTRICT COURT 10
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul A. Nelson	1,324	99.7%
	Write-In	4	0.3%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Todd Johnson	162	55.3%
	William J Gibson	130	44.4%
	Write-In	1	0.3%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donald (Donny) Appel	134	35.5%
	John A. Muellenbach	125	33.2%
	Jon Roeschlein	80	21.2%
	Cheryl Kittle	36	9.5%
	Write-In	2	0.5%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jerry M. Deal	315	95.2%
	Write-In	16	4.8%

COUNTY AUDITOR - TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kit D Johnson	1,663	99.6%
	Write-In	7	0.4%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Leann Peyton	1,596	99.9%
	Write-In	2	0.1%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brion Plautz	988	55.6%
	Robert (Bob) Marts	775	43.6%
	Write-In	13	0.7%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Matthew Franzese	1,468	98.1%
	Write-In	29	1.9%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Rinke	1,601	99.3%
	Write-In	12	0.7%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Alan Bruce	1,523	99.0%
	Write-In	15	1.0%

MAYOR (Browns Valley)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Brenda Bartz	104	46.6%
	Mike Heck	65	29.1%
	Harold R Hansen	54	24.2%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

MAYOR SPECIAL ELECTION (Dumont)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	37	100.0%

MAYOR (Tintah)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lucy McLemore	20	100.0%
	Alan L. Bullis	0	0.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

MAYOR (Wheaton)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Leonard Zimmel	676	98.4%
	Write-In	11	1.6%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Browns Valley) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Linda M Schwagel	152	38.7%
	Richard Johnson	114	29.0%
	Rodney Affeldt	84	21.4%
	Lynn Watkins	32	8.1%
	Write-In	11	2.8%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Dumont) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donald J. Montonye	45	57.7%
	Write-In	33	42.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Tintah) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David "Clayton" Johnson	27	55.1%
	James L Hamer	22	44.9%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Wheaton) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Edward Rikimoto	610	53.1%
	Anita Antrim	518	45.1%
	Write-In	21	1.8%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Browns Valley Public School Dist.) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Metz	271	65.5%
	Write-In	143	34.5%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Wheaton Area Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Leah M. Thielen	992	34.7%
	Michael Johannsen	957	33.4%
	Curtis Johnson	902	31.5%
	Write-In	10	0.3%

School District Question 1 (Wheaton Area Public School District): APPROVE INCREASED REFERENDUM LEVY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	564	50.1%
	Yes	561	49.9%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State