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Election results: Minnesota: Watonwan 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	2,183	51.8%	122,390	49.3%
	Randy Demmer	1,691	40.1%	109,260	44.0%
	Steven Wilson	300	7.1%	13,243	5.3%
	Lars Johnson	41	1.0%	3,054	1.2%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	102	0.0%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 21
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Gary Dahms	840	52.1%	16,597	62.3%
	Al Kruse	770	47.7%	10,021	37.6%
	Write-In	3	0.2%	38	0.1%

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 24
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Julie A. Rosen	2,096	98.7%	25,300	98.2%
	Write-In	27	1.3%	473	1.8%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 21B
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Paul Torkelson	1,403	98.0%	11,774	98.3%
	Write-In	29	2.0%	203	1.7%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 24A
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Bob Gunther	1,579	63.1%	8,994	63.1%
	Steven C. Fausch	922	36.9%	5,242	36.8%
	Write-In	1	0.0%	7	0.0%

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	1,864	44.6%	910,382	43.2%
	Mark Dayton and Yvonne Prettner Solon	1,632	39.1%	919,238	43.6%
	Tom Horner and James A. Mulder	619	14.8%	251,504	11.9%
	Linda S. Eno and Howard B. Hanson	24	0.6%	4,092	0.2%
	Chris Wright and Edwin H. Engelmann	20	0.5%	7,514	0.4%
	Ken Pentel and Erin Wallace	9	0.2%	6,178	0.3%
	Farheen Hakeem and Dan Dittmann	6	0.1%	6,187	0.3%
	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	1,865	45.9%	928,805	45.6%
	Mark Ritchie	1,837	45.2%	999,354	49.1%
	Jual Carlson	355	8.7%	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%
	Patricia "Pat" Anderson	2,023	50.7%	956,206	47.1%
	Rebecca Otto	1,770	44.4%	981,802	48.4%
	Kenny Kalligher	102	2.6%	35,538	1.8%
	Annie Young	93	2.3%	54,152	2.7%
	Write-In	2	0.1%	1,212	0.1%

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Area		County		State
Precincts reporting		100.0%		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%	Votes	Vote%
	Lori Swanson	2,135	52.3%	1,075,508	52.9%
	Chris Barden	1,610	39.4%	839,010	41.3%
	Bill Dahn	312	7.6%	102,872	5.1%
	David J. Hoch	29	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	2,055	58.7%	932,712	58.0%
	Greg Wersal	1,443	41.2%	672,132	41.8%
	Write-In	2	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	2,937	99.5%	1,241,970	98.7%
	Write-In	15	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	2,452	67.6%	1,073,684	63.3%
	Tim Tingelstad	1,170	32.3%	619,703	36.5%
	Write-In	3	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	2,962	99.8%	1,225,310	98.9%
	Write-In	7	0.2%	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	3,022	99.6%	1,224,631	99.0%
	Write-In	12	0.4%	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	2,923	99.7%	1,207,247	99.0%
	Write-In	9	0.3%	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	2,905	99.8%	1,198,812	99.1%
	Write-In	5	0.2%	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	2,920	99.7%	1,199,301	99.1%
	Write-In	9	0.3%	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	2,042	61.2%	835,187	56.6%
	Roxann Klugman	1,295	38.8%	637,374	43.2%
	Write-In	2	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%
	Larry Stauber Jr.	1,787	53.8%	771,404	51.7%
	Dan Griffith	1,535	46.2%	716,637	48.0%
	Write-In	2	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	2,912	99.8%	1,190,478	99.1%
	Write-In	6	0.2%	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	2,780	99.8%	1,189,913	99.1%
	Write-In	6	0.2%	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	2,917	99.8%	1,185,263	99.1%
	Write-In	7	0.2%	10,327	0.9%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gregory Anderson	2,964	99.6%
	Write-In	13	0.4%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 3
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Allison L Krehbiel	2,970	99.3%
	Write-In	20	0.7%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Jeffrey L. Flynn	2,898	99.8%
	Write-In	5	0.2%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 6
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michelle Dietrich	2,896	99.8%
	Write-In	7	0.2%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 9
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Lee Bush	2,885	99.6%
	Write-In	11	0.4%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 10
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kurt D. Johnson	2,892	99.7%
	Write-In	9	0.3%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 12
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	David W Peterson	2,904	99.8%
	Write-In	7	0.2%

JUDGE -5TH DISTRICT COURT 16
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Linda S. Titus	2,913	99.8%
	Write-In	6	0.2%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mark Rentz	611	64.5%
	Blair Haler	335	35.3%
	Write-In	2	0.2%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Scott W. Sanders	520	61.4%
	Daniel J. Dorschner Sr.	325	38.4%
	Write-In	2	0.2%

COUNTY AUDITOR
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Donald Kuhlman	3,786	99.4%
	Write-In	23	0.6%

COUNTY TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Carol Johnson	3,761	99.4%
	Write-In	21	0.6%

COUNTY RECORDER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Joy Sing	3,683	99.6%
	Write-In	15	0.4%

COUNTY SHERIFF
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Menssen	3,179	77.7%
	Dave Dubay	861	21.1%
	Write-In	50	1.2%

COUNTY ATTORNEY
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Stephen J. Lindee	2,129	51.7%
	Lamar Piper	1,981	48.1%
	Write-In	7	0.2%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 1
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	235	100.0%

SOIL AND WATER SUPERVISOR DISTRICT 2
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dean Karau	3,075	98.7%
	Write-In	40	1.3%

MAYOR (Butterfield)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Larry Simenson	81	50.6%
	Philip Buhler	76	47.5%
	Write-In	3	1.9%

MAYOR (Darfur)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	John Schumann	24	96.0%
	Write-In	1	4.0%

MAYOR (La Salle)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary Busse	27	93.1%
	Write-In	2	6.9%

MAYOR (Lewisville)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Roy Dean Hodge Jr	55	50.5%
	Tim Nelson	50	45.9%
	Write-In	4	3.7%

MAYOR (Madelia)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Michael F Grote	470	62.8%
	Mike Tatro	272	36.4%
	Write-In	6	0.8%

MAYOR (Odin)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Steve Van Wyk	40	85.1%
	Write-In	7	14.9%

MAYOR (St. James)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Gary L. Sturm	1,266	97.7%
	Write-In	30	2.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE (St. James)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Mike Banks	520	39.0%
	Joshua Haseman	513	38.5%
	Keith G Anderson	295	22.1%
	Write-In	4	0.3%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-1 (St. James)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Kathleen L. (Nonnie) Hanson	604	99.5%
	Write-In	3	0.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER WARD-2 (St. James)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Paul Harris	605	99.0%
	Write-In	6	1.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Butterfield) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Wynette Haler	112	39.4%
	Andy C Fisch	105	37.0%
	Harry Hanson	39	13.7%
	Devon Baerg	22	7.7%
	Write-In	6	2.1%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Darfur) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Doreen Bowman	26	50.0%
	Darwin Thiessen	22	42.3%
	Write-In	4	7.7%

COUNCIL MEMBER (La Salle) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Al Stokes	23	46.0%
	Bonnie Viland	20	40.0%
	Write-In	7	14.0%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Lewisville) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Barb Pfeil	83	42.3%
	Dee Firchau	70	35.7%
	Michael W. Altenburg	40	20.4%
	Write-In	3	1.5%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Madelia) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Leland Menssen	432	30.4%
	Dave Whitney	351	24.7%
	John C. Nelson	193	13.6%
	Mark Hoeft	157	11.1%
	Kathy Mullen	140	9.9%
	Margie Hoyt	92	6.5%
	Josh Schoener	51	3.6%
	Write-In	3	0.2%

COUNCIL MEMBER (Odin) (Elect 2)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Write-In	46	51.7%
	Steven Yunker	25	28.1%
	Johannah Holland	18	20.2%

TOWNSHIP QUESTION 1 (Butterfield Twp): WHETHER TO COMBINE THE OFFICES OF CLERK AND TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	78	70.3%
	No	33	29.7%

TOWNSHIP QUESTION 2 (Butterfield Twp): WHETHER TO APPOINT THE POSITION OF CLERK/TREASURER
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	No	57	52.3%
	Yes	52	47.7%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Butterfield Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		133.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Leon Wenner	414	35.7%
	Valerie K. Ommodt	362	31.2%
	Jonee Munning	345	29.7%
	Write-In	39	3.4%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (Madelia Public School District) (Elect 4)
Precincts reporting		100.0%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Julie Pace	1,024	27.1%
	Steve Sorenson	968	25.6%
	Linda Kunz	934	24.7%
	Brent Christensen	829	21.9%
	Write-In	28	0.7%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (St. James Public School District) (Elect 3)
Precincts reporting		115.4%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Dustin Anderson	1,845	32.3%
	Bill Brown	1,445	25.3%
	Jennie Geiger-Firchau	1,185	20.7%
	Robert T. Mortwedt	1,170	20.5%
	Write-In	73	1.3%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER (2 YR) (Butterfield Public School District)
Precincts reporting		133.3%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Karen Heller	255	58.4%
	Tammy Wolle	180	41.2%
	Write-In	2	0.5%

School District Question 1 (St. James Public School District): RENEWAL OF EXISTING REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION
Precincts reporting		115.4%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	1,629	68.7%
	No	743	31.3%

School District Question 2 (St. James Public School District): APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION
Precincts reporting		115.4%
Candidate		Votes	Vote%
	Yes	1,240	52.8%
	No	1,107	47.2%

Source: Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State