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South suburban city races
Published Wednesday, November 05 02:52:59 PM |
South suburban city races
| Votes | Percent of vote | ||
| Apple Valley | |||
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats Uncontested | |||
 | Tom Goodwin * | ||
| Ruth Grendahl | ||
| Two-year term | |||
| 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Sharon LaComb * | 12,875 | 64 |
| Joshua Linde | 7,294 | 36 | |
| Belle Plaine | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Brad Krick | 1,814 | 62 |
| Tom Meger * | 1,103 | 38 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Cary Coop | 1,385 | 28 |
| Gary Trost | 1,292 | 26 |
| Bob Chaussee | 1,112 | 23 | |
| Jeffrey Schipull | 1,091 | 22 | |
| Belle Plaine Township | |||
| Treasurer | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Kevin Slack * | ||
| Supervisor | |||
| Seat 1 | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Robert Koenig * | 283 | 60 |
| Carol Jean Bauer | 190 | 40 | |
| Seat 2 | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Richard N. Klehr * | 197 | 44 |
| Douglas Kasper | 161 | 36 | |
| Chris Bieder | 89 | 20 | |
| Burnsville | |||
| Mayor | |||
| The history and the future of the urban-style "Heart of the City" redevelopment and its publicly financed performing arts center took center stage. Opponents, Willenburg among them, accused the city of stretching the truth and not allowing critical voices to have a fair say, but Kautz and the city defended their actions and said the development will expand the area's tax base. | |||
| 17 of 17 precincts (100%) | |||
| Elizabeth B. Kautz * | 15,704 | 54 |
| Jerry Willenburg | 13,314 | 46 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 17 of 17 precincts (100%) | |||
| Mary Sherry | 14,953 | 37 |
| Dan Gustafson * | 14,766 | 36 |
| Michael Esch | 11,042 | 27 | |
| Coates | |||
| Mayor | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Jack Gores * | ||
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats Uncontested | |||
| Christopher Gores * | ||
| Eagan | |||
| Bond referendum | |||
| $10.3 million to purchase park land. | |||
| 21 of 21 precincts (100%) | |||
| No | 18,859 | 53 |
| Yes | 16,688 | 47 | |
| City Council member | |||
| What was shaping up to be a ho-hum race got a bit more interesting when former Vikings player Joey Browner announced a write-in campaign. He claimed the city gave improper instructions to candidates that kept him from getting on the ballot. | |||
| 2 seats 21 of 21 precincts (100%) | |||
| Meg Tilley * | 19,506 | 50 |
| Cyndee Fields * | 18,319 | 47 | |
| Write-ins | 1,364 | 3 | |
| Two-year term | |||
| 21 of 21 precincts (100%) | |||
| Gary Hansen | 13,892 | 51 |
| Bruce (Buzz) Anderson | 13,228 | 49 | |
| Elko-New Market | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Jason Ponsonby | 828 | 50 |
| Laura Piehl | 423 | 26 | |
| Mark Pollack | 402 | 24 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Bob Hanna | 689 | 27 |
| D. Schneider | 479 | 19 |
| Brad Smith | 433 | 17 | |
| Joseph Crawford | 330 | 13 | |
| Eric Luxmore | 311 | 12 | |
| Eric Kulig | 297 | 12 | |
| Two-year term | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Jim Friedges * | 766 | 50 |
| Steve Schultz | 755 | 50 | |
| Farmington | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Todd Larson | 3,246 | 37 |
| David McKnight | 2,889 | 33 | |
| Kevan Soderberg * | 1,879 | 21 | |
| Abel Miranda | 754 | 9 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Julie May | 3,623 | 24 |
| Terry Donnelly | 3,393 | 22 |
| David Pritzlaff * | 3,204 | 21 | |
| J. Bartholomay | 2,802 | 18 | |
| Edgar Samuelson | 1,113 | 7 | |
| Adam Kneeland | 998 | 7 | |
| Helena Township | |||
| Clerk | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| DeAnn Croatt * | ||
| Supervisor | |||
| Seat 1 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Duane J. Deutsch * | ||
| Inver Grove Heights | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| George Tourville * | 8,882 | 53 |
| Tom Bartholomew | 7,813 | 47 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Vance Grannis * | 8,071 | 29 |
| Bill Klein * | 7,265 | 26 |
| Michael Schaeffer | 6,506 | 23 | |
| Tom Ebert | 5,944 | 21 | |
| Jordan | |||
| Mayor | |||
| The city has been hit hard by the housing slump and its residents could face a 20 percent increase in property taxes. | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Pete Ewals | 1,250 | 52 |
| Ron Jabs * | 847 | 35 | |
| Daniel Elke | 322 | 13 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 3 seats 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Mike Shaw * | 1,180 | 21 |
| Tanya L. Velishek | 1,149 | 20 |
| Sally Schultz * | 849 | 15 |
| Jonathan Brandtner | 671 | 12 | |
| Karin Shelton | 627 | 11 | |
| Thomas V. Boncher | 605 | 11 | |
| Gene Flynn | 537 | 9 | |
| Lakeville | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 14 of 14 precincts (100%) | |||
| Holly Dahl * | 14,405 | 59 |
| Wendy Wulff | 10,081 | 41 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 14 of 14 precincts (100%) | |||
| Laurie Rieb * | 12,606 | 33 |
| Kerrin Swecker * | 9,455 | 25 |
| W. VonHohenberg | 6,932 | 18 | |
| Brooks Lillehei | 5,545 | 14 | |
| Sunny Bhakta | 3,823 | 10 | |
| Lilydale | |||
| Mayor | |||
| Swain and Frye squared off over the pending sale of a small parcel of land that Frye said had been intended as public open space. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Thomas H. Swain * | 335 | 61 |
| Kay Frye | 215 | 39 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats Uncontested | |||
| Marilyn Donovan Lundberg | ||
| Warren E. Peterson | ||
| Mendota | |||
| Mayor | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Steve Golias * | ||
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats Uncontested | |||
| Joan Perron * | ||
| Alan Rolston * | ||
| New Prague | |||
| Mayor | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Bink Bender * | 2,072 | 60 |
| Craig S. Sindelar | 1,374 | 40 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Mark Bartusek | 1,489 | 25 |
| Kristin Guerrette | 1,398 | 24 |
| Ken Betterton | 1,190 | 20 | |
| Dick Jordan | 978 | 17 | |
| Rob Babione | 505 | 9 | |
| Blake Bredeson | 305 | 5 | |
| Northfield | |||
| Mayor | |||
| Incumbent Lee Lansing was accused of abusing his power and sued the city. He finished sixth out of seven candidates in the primary. | |||
| 9 of 9 precincts (100%) | |||
| Mary Rossing | 5,439 | 59 |
| Paul L. Hager | 3,835 | 41 | |
| City Council member | |||
| 2 seats 9 of 9 precincts (100%) | |||
| Rhonda Pownell | 2,329 | 33 |
| Joe Gasior | 1,627 | 23 |
| C. Lynn Vincent | 1,621 | 23 | |
| Victor Summa | 1,535 | 22 | |
| Two-year term | |||
| 9 of 9 precincts (100%) | |||
| Kris L. Vohs * | 3,726 | 50 |
| Dana Graham | 3,712 | 50 | |
| Ward 2 | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Betsey Buckheit | 1,638 | 64 |
| J. Friedman | 919 | 36 | |
| Ward 3 | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Erica Zweifel | 1,200 | 68 |
| Don McGee | 576 | 32 | |
| Rosemount | |||
| City Council member | |||
| Residents had to wade through 25 candidates to pick their choice for two open seats. Baxter, the lone incumbent, withdrew his candidacy after he was appointed a judge in Le Sueur County. Several candidates cited lingering discontent over the city's threat to use eminent domain in a downtown redevelopment project last year. | |||
| 2 seats 7 of 7 precincts (100%) | |||
| Kurt Bills | 2,488 | 15 |
| Jeff Weisensel | 2,356 | 14 |
| Benjamin Burdick | 1,295 | 8 | |
| Amy Ammann | 1,134 | 7 | |
| John Oxborough | 1,102 | 6 | |
| Mike Baxter * | 1,003 | 6 | |
| Conni Jensen | 690 | 4 | |
| David J. Ganfield | 659 | 4 | |
| Michele Mato | 612 | 4 | |
| John H. Zweber | 576 | 3 | |
| Kevin Grass | 565 | 3 | |
| Kelly Johnson | 545 | 3 | |
| Fred L. Hrbek | 497 | 3 | |
| Barry Lindahl | 491 | 3 | |
| Rob Newhouse | 486 | 3 | |
| Chris Carson | 468 | 3 | |
| David Durigan | 328 | 2 | |
| Charlie Koehnen | 308 | 2 | |
| Michael Smith | 283 | 2 | |
| Todd Hendry | 255 | 2 | |
| Valora Glinski | 193 | 1 | |
| Maila C. Ellefson | 190 | 1 | |
| Steve Lyzenga | 152 | 1 | |
| Lee Morton | 135 | 1 | |
| James K. Skjei | 82 | 0 | |
| Joshua Erspamer | 71 | 0 | |
| Sand Creek Township | |||
| Clerk | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Rita Tauer * | ||
| Supervisor | |||
| Seat 2 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Leslie Thill * | ||
| Spring Lake Township | |||
| Supervisor | |||
| Seat 1 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Michael Borka * | ||
| Seat 2 | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Glenn Kelley * | 897 | 64 |
| David Shumate | 496 | 36 | |