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Election results: Minnesota: Wadena County

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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 8
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Chip Cravaack	3,020	56.0%	133,477	48.2%
	James L. Oberstar	2,049	38.0%	129,070	46.6%
	Timothy Olson	279	5.2%	11,876	4.3%
	Richard (George) Burton	47	0.9%	2,491	0.9%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	129	0.0%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 10
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Dan Skogen	2,786	51.5%	14,036	45.1%
	Gretchen Hoffman	2,622	48.5%	17,046	54.8%
	Write-In	3	0.1%	29	0.1%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 10B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Mark Murdock	3,377	63.2%	10,368	66.3%
	Pete Phillips	1,960	36.7%	5,255	33.6%
	Write-In	5	0.1%	16	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	2,807	52.8%	910,382	43.2%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	1,922	36.2%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	517	9.7%	251,504	11.9%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	24	0.5%	7,514	0.4%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	15	0.3%	4,092	0.2%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	13	0.2%	6,178	0.3%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	11	0.2%	6,187	0.3%
	Write-In	6	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	2,926	55.4%	928,805	45.6%
	Mark Ritchie	2,025	38.4%	999,354	49.1%
	Jual Carlson	325	6.2%	105,667	5.2%
	Write-In	3	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	3,070	58.2%	956,206	47.1%
	Rebecca Otto	1,977	37.5%	981,802	48.4%
	Annie Young	114	2.2%	54,152	2.7%
	Kenny Kalligher	110	2.1%	35,538	1.8%
	Write-In	4	0.1%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Chris Barden	2,709	51.4%	839,010	41.3%
	Lori Swanson	2,231	42.4%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Bill Dahn	287	5.5%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	39	0.7%	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	2,404	53.5%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	2,084	46.4%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	4	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	3,617	99.4%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	23	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	2,384	51.2%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	2,273	48.8%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	1	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	3,607	99.3%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	26	0.7%	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	3,631	99.5%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	17	0.5%	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	3,576	99.4%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	22	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	3,569	99.5%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	19	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	3,559	99.5%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	19	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	2,338	54.9%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	1,917	45.0%	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	2,409	55.2%	716,637	48.0%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	1,950	44.7%	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	3,537	99.5%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	19	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	3,530	99.5%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	19	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	3,525	99.4%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	20	0.6%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 9
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michael Kirk	3,563	99.6%
	Write-In	16	0.4%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 14
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Skipper J Pearson	3,540	99.4%
	Write-In	20	0.6%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 16
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joseph A. Evans	3,513	99.5%
	Write-In	18	0.5%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 21
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	James Hoolihan	3,524	99.5%
	Write-In	16	0.5%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 22
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Sally Ireland Robertson	3,719	99.1%
	Write-In	34	0.9%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 25
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John H. Scherer	3,534	99.5%
	Write-In	16	0.5%

JUDGE -7TH DISTRICT COURT 28
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Douglas P. Anderson	3,553	99.5%
	Write-In	18	0.5%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lane Waldahl	686	85.3%
	Write-In	118	14.7%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bill Stearns	514	60.3%
	Danny Goeden	337	39.5%
	Write-In	2	0.2%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David Hillukka	712	55.7%
	Dave Schermerhorn	564	44.1%
	Write-In	3	0.2%

COUNTY AUDITOR - TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Char West	3,093	59.7%
	Brian James Hagen	2,077	40.1%
	Write-In	9	0.2%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Soledad Henriksen	4,231	99.5%
	Write-In	23	0.5%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michael D. Carr (Jr)	4,099	85.4%
	Write-In	703	14.6%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kyra L. Ladd	4,131	97.7%
	Write-In	98	2.3%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kenneth Berg	4,299	99.6%
	Write-In	17	0.4%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Marvin Runyan	4,239	99.6%
	Write-In	18	0.4%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Nancy L. Benson	4,207	99.7%
	Write-In	14	0.3%

MAYOR (Aldrich)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jennifer Reiman	17	94.4%
	Write-In	1	5.6%

MAYOR (Menahga)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Patrick Foss	211	38.2%
	Tom Larson	197	35.7%
	Jody Bjornson	129	23.4%
	Write-In	15	2.7%

MAYOR (Nimrod)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeff Pederson	23	95.8%
	Write-In	1	4.2%

MAYOR (Sebeka)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David A Anderson	147	58.3%
	James K Murphy	102	40.5%
	Write-In	3	1.2%

MAYOR (Verndale)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Ardith Carr	175	95.1%
	Write-In	9	4.9%

CITY CLERK (Nimrod)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	13	100.0%

CITY TREASURER (Aldrich)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Bridget King	19	100.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Aldrich) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Allan S Johnston	12	35.3%
	Daniel J Gesino Jr.	11	32.4%
	Write-In	11	32.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Menahga) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Roger Henstorf	368	39.3%
	Alden Yliniemi	300	32.1%
	Pat Slifer	264	28.2%
	Write-In	4	0.4%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Nimrod) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeanne Tellock	23	100.0%
	Write-In	0	0.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Sebeka) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Quentin Ness	198	41.6%
	Norbert Ament	197	41.4%
	Jarrett Sanderson	77	16.2%
	Write-In	4	0.8%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Verndale) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jim Runyan	130	39.9%
	Raye Ludovissie	109	33.4%
	Doug Wallace	81	24.8%
	Write-In	6	1.8%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Sebeka Public School District) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		107.1%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mary Schmitt	811	22.5%
	Nate Hendrickson	774	21.5%
	Jeffrey Sams	705	19.5%
	Russell Johnson	701	19.4%
	Patricia M. Anderson	598	16.6%
	Write-In	18	0.5%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Menahga Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mel Lockhart	711	17.4%
	Ernest R. Huhta Jr.	699	17.1%
	Jon Kangas	634	15.6%
	Al Peterson	622	15.3%
	Tadd L. Usher	496	12.2%
	Joyce Skoog	398	9.8%
	Amy Massie	261	6.4%
	Julia Kicker	252	6.2%
	Write-In	3	0.1%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Wadena-Deer Creek School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		117.6%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Moenkedick	2,016	33.7%
	Ann Pate	1,967	32.9%
	Wayne Perkins	1,936	32.4%
	Write-In	65	1.1%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State