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Metro-area county races
Published Wednesday, November 05 11:26:08 AM

Metro-area county races

 VotesPercent of vote
Anoka County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Karla M. Komec
 Seat 2
 124 of 124 precincts (100%)
Jim Lindahl64,50252
 Kim Kovich *60,68948
 Seat 5
 Uncontested
Vici L. Nass *
Commissioner
 District 5
 16 of 16 precincts (100%)
Scott LeDoux *13,15861
 Becky Fink8,27939
 District 6
 15 of 15 precincts (100%)
Rhonda Sivarajah *12,89866
 Kevin Ryan6,75234
 District 7
 16 of 16 precincts (100%)
Dan Erhart *10,88456
 Bjorn Skogquist8,45644
Carver County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Ted Beise *
 Seat 2
 Uncontested
Harlan Dobratz *
 Seat 3
 34 of 34 precincts (100%)
Bill Bohnen17,82056
 Russell Schlegelmilch14,00544
Commissioner
 District 2
 Uncontested
Tom Workman *
 District 4
 6 of 6 precincts (100%)
Tim Lynch *4,40452
 Paul Neumann4,08448
Chisago County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 2
 Uncontested
Roland H. Cleveland
 Seat 4
 Uncontested
Justin L. Wilson
 Seat 5
 Uncontested
Jim Birkholz
Commissioner
 District 1
 4 of 4 precincts (100%)
Lora Walker3,13652
 Lynn Schultz *2,85548
 District 3
 4 of 4 precincts (100%)
George McMahon2,93754
 Bob Gustafson *2,51846
 District 5
 6 of 6 precincts (100%)
Mike Robinson *2,52564
 Bob Carter1,42036
Dakota County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 2
 141 of 141 precincts (100%)
Marian Brown *61,45243
 Victoria A. (Vicki) Dvorak51,71136
 Scott Norstad30,72221
 Seat 4
 141 of 141 precincts (100%)
Chris Nielsen *80,76058
 Peter Thomas Schaffer58,97642
 Seat 5
 141 of 141 precincts (100%)
Michael T. Carr82,88660
 Joe Meyers *54,93140
Commissioner
 District 1
 35 of 35 precincts (100%)
Joseph A. (Joe) Harris *20,19374
 Doug Riles7,16626
 District 3
 19 of 19 precincts (100%)
Thomas Egan *18,55380
 Scott A. Holm4,76920
 District 5
 14 of 14 precincts (100%)
Liz Workman10,46053
 Vicky Turner9,39547
 District 7
 21 of 21 precincts (100%)
Will Branning *17,58466
 Paul Des Lauriers9,15234
Hennepin County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Kim N. Boyce *
 Seat 3
 426 of 426 precincts (100%)
James Wisker103,54031
 Ben Torell97,41330
 Richard A. Klatte86,10926
 Rahn V. Workcuff42,55613
 Seat 5
 426 of 426 precincts (100%)
Jeffrey A. Beck182,81856
 Karl Hanson144,03444
Commissioner
 District 5
 55 of 55 precincts (100%)
 Johnson has been the county's longest-serving commissioner at 29 years.
Randy Johnson *43,70668
 David J. Nyberg20,60632
 District 6
 77 of 77 precincts (100%)
 Linda Koblick did not seek reelection.
Jan (Janis) Callison39,04859
 John Cooney27,05241
 District 7
 70 of 70 precincts (100%)
 Penny Steele did not seek reelection.
Jeff Johnson49,56661
 Joan Molenaar31,54939
Isanti County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Brian Devries
 Seat 3
 Uncontested
Ryan Carpenter
 Seat 4
 Uncontested
Allan R. Koczur *
Commissioner
 District 2
 6 of 6 precincts (100%)
 Larry L. Southerland *1,98650
 Terry Turnquist1,97850
 District 3
 2 of 2 precincts (100%)
Alan Duff1,92454
 Gail Genin1,64846
 District 4
 4 of 4 precincts (100%)
Kurt Daudt *1,94066
 Jaysen Allen Guthmueller1,01034
Ramsey County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 2
 178 of 178 precincts (100%)
Nick Quade54,92236
 David Bogue51,27333
 Tom Tuft47,37431
 Seat 3
 178 of 178 precincts (100%)
Mara Humphrey49,81531
 Jill Wilkinson *43,63227
 Paul Sawyer34,57721
 Greg Copeland33,66121
 Seat 5
 Uncontested
Margaret A. Behrens
Commissioner
 District 1
 27 of 27 precincts (100%)
Tony Bennett *19,77453
 Jim Schottmuller17,28347
 District 2
 20 of 20 precincts (100%)
Jan Parker *19,98766
 Richard Moses10,46534
 District 7
 26 of 26 precincts (100%)
Victoria A. Reinhardt *19,54057
 Dennis Dunnigan14,45743
Scott County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Ewald Gruetzmacher
 Seat 2
 44 of 44 precincts (100%)
Linda K. Brown25,08555
 Scott Tracy *20,83645
 Seat 3
 Uncontested
Paul Krueger *
Commissioner
 District 2
 7 of 7 precincts (100%)
Tom Wolf6,19055
 Chris Olson4,99245
 District 4
 12 of 12 precincts (100%)
Barbara Marschall *8,65456
 Chad Lemair6,88344
Sherburne County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 1
 Uncontested
Douglas Hipsag
 Seat 3
 Uncontested
Larry Goenner *
 Seat 5
 Uncontested
Douglas Manthei *
Commissioner
 District 1
 6 of 6 precincts (100%)
Larry Farber3,88753
 Pete Kimball3,38647
 District 3
 6 of 6 precincts (100%)
John C. Riebel *4,46360
 James Newberger2,92940
 District 5
 Uncontested
Rachel Leonard *
Three Rivers Parks
Park commissioner
 District 2
 47 of 47 precincts (100%)
Marilynn Corcoran *25,85752
 Janice Meyer23,99148
 District 4
 69 of 69 precincts (100%)
Dale Woodbeck *31,20062
 Douglas S. Reeder19,32738
Washington County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 2
 Uncontested
Sarah Hietpas
 Seat 4
 21 of 21 precincts (100%)
Louise Smallidge *10,61158
 Lewis Stein7,74242
Commissioner
 District 1
 19 of 19 precincts (100%)
 Debate over the new transit sales tax was a key issue. Langness opposed the new transit tax; Hegberg voted in favor of it last spring.
Dennis C. Hegberg *14,58262
 Eric Michael Langness8,89438
 District 3
 24 of 24 precincts (100%)
 In this district, the tax wasn't an issue. Kriesel voted against it and challenger Thomas Kopel opposed it.
Gary Kriesel *14,10569
 Thomas M. Kopel6,20431
 District 5
 11 of 11 precincts (100%)
 Hurst favored the transit tax while Weik wanted to repeal it.
Lisa Weik10,85955
 Cheryl Hurst9,01445
Wright County
Soil and water supervisor
 Seat 2
 40 of 40 precincts (100%)
Mark McNamara *23,41754
 Jerome Schirmers12,36628
 Jaydee Jones7,60718
 Seat 4
 Uncontested
Chris Uecker *
 Seat 5
 40 of 40 precincts (100%)
Duane Dahlman *23,49454
 Lynne Cason19,99746
Commissioner
 District 1
 9 of 9 precincts (100%)
Rose Thelen5,70357
 Marian Harmoning4,30343
 District 3
 8 of 8 precincts (100%)
John D. (Jack) Russek *5,19354
 Matt Walker4,40646