Friday, November 9, 2012
Voters in the mostly suburban cities Patch covers were more opposed to the proposed gay-marriage ban than Minnesota voters generally.
Here's how residents in a selection of Minnesota cities voted on the ballot measure that would have added a definition of marriage as only between one man and one woman to the state Constitution. Statewide, the ballot measure failed to exceed the 50 percent level of support it needed in the Nov. 6, 2012 general election. It got 47.53 percent, according to unofficial results from all but two of Minnesota's 4,102 precincts' results. Taken together, people in cities served by Patch—mostly in the Twin Cities suburbs—rejected the marriage amendment in greater proportion (61.21 percent) than Minnesotans taken as a whole (52.47 percent). Support for the amendment in places covered by Patch ranged from 14.51 percent in Southwest Minneapolis to 54.…
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How did your city vote on the constitutional amendment to require photo ID to vote?
Here's how residents in a selection of Minnesota cities voted on the proposed Voter ID amendment to the state Constitution, which would have required photo ID at polling places. Statewide, the ballot measure failed to pass the 50 percent level of support it needed (46.34 percent with all but three Minnesota precincts' results). But if citizens in 14 of these Patch communities had their way, the state Constitution would have a new amendment. Support for the amendment in these cities covered by Patch ranged from 19.30 percent in Southwest Minneapolis to 61.23 percent in St. Michael.* "No" in the table below includes ballots on which voter left "Yes" and "No" blank. NOTE: These are unofficial figures until local canvassing boards verify them…
Democrats say the divisive amendments and the state shutdown may have contributed to heavy Republican losses.
After just two years at the helm of the Minnesota Legislature, Republicans lost control of both the House and Senate on Tuesday night—a defeat at least some Democrats are attributing in part to the marriage and Voter ID amendments. Going into Election Day, Republicans controlled the House 72-61 and the Senate 37-30. While votes in some districts were still being counted early Wednesday, Republicans conceded that they lost both majorities in the early morning hours, according to Twin Cities media reports. The DFL needed to pick up just four seats in the Senate and six seats in the House. Democrats swept six of seven legislative races in Plymouth, which included wins for incumbent Senator Terri Bonoff (DFL-44), State Representative John …
Find out how close the presidential election was by precincts in Plymouth.
The unofficial results from the Secretary of State's website shows close margins in many precints between President Barack Obama and governor Mitt Romney with only one more precinct voting for Obama in Plymouth. The popular vote was close between Obama and Romney, but Obama won the race to return for four more years. Here is the break down of how Plymouth voters voted by precinct for the 44th president of the United States. If you don't know your precinct by number you can view the map with this story to find it and find out how your precinct voted.
Voters chose from five candidates for three seats in the 2012 general election.
Voters in the Osseo School District have decided incumbent Dean Henke, Linda Etim and Jacki Girtz will serve as the next District 279 School Board members, according to unofficial results posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State website. Henke received 24,220 votes (23 percent), Etim received 22,886 votes (21.74 percent) and Girtz received 21,023 votes (19.97 percent). Other candidate results included a close fourth by Robert Gerhart with 20,940 votes (19.89 percent) followed by Collette Guyott-Hempel with 15,426 votes (14.65 percent). The Osseo School District School Board will canvass the results of the Nov. 6 general election at a Nov. 13, 2012 meeting. Once the results are canvassed, the Henke, Etim and Girtz are expected to take …
Wards 1, 2 and 3 as well as the At-Large seats have all familiar faces returning for their next terms.
The unofficial results from the Secretary of State's website show a sweep of incumbents taking back their seats on the Plymouth City Council. Incumbent Jim Willis with about 62 percent of the vote and newcomer Dan Waltenberg with about 37 percent of the vote equating to 18,0002 votes for Willis and 10,800 votes for Waltenberg. There were 201 write-in votes. The other race included Jeff Wosje with about 5,498 votes and Ned Carroll with 3,128 of the votes for Ward 2. Wosje ended up with about 63 percent of the vote and Carroll with 36.08 percent of the votes. There were 43 write-ins. Running uncontested for Ward 1 was incumbent Judy Johnson who received 6,603 votes or about 99 percent of the votes with 77 write-ins. Also running uncontested …
An operational levy and technology levy request were on the 2012 general election ballot.
Voters in the Osseo School District 279 have decided to vote down two school funding requests for the district. The operating levy request, according to the District 279 website, was to “increase academic achievement” in the district was on the Nov. 6 ballot along as was the technology levy request was to expand classroom technology. The operating levy request, question one on the ballot, failed by 116 votes with 50.09% of voters (33,908) voting no to the levy and 49.91% of voters (33,792) casting a yes vote, according to the unofficial results on the Minnesota Secretary of State website. The technology levy request, question two on the ballot, failed by 2,287 votes with 51.7% of voters (34,757) casting a no vote and 48.3% (32,470) yes …
Most of the judicial races were uncontested in the Fourth District Court.
In two judicial races during the Nov. 6 general election, both Elizabeth V. Cutter and Lois Conroy emerged with top votes, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State website. Cutter received 68.45 percent of the vote. Challenger Steven Antolak received 30.78 percent of the vote for the Judge - Fourth District Court 22 position. Conroy received 58.31 percent of the vote with Marc Berris trailing with 40.90 percent of the vote for the Judge – Fourth District Court 44 position. Uncontested, winning races included: Judge Court 2 – Francis Magill Judge Court 6 – David Piper Judge Court 15 – Phil Carruthers Judge Court 17 – Denise D. Reilly Judge Court 29 – Nancy E. Brasel Judge Court 33 – M. Jacueline Regis Judge …
Barry Anderson and David R. Stras retain Minnesota Associate Justice seats.
Incumbent Lorie Skjerven Gildea will retain her role as Minnesota Supreme Court Justice in her win over Dan Griffith in the Nov. 6 general election, according to unofficial results posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State website. In the statewide race, Skjerven Gilda received 59.99 percent of the votes and Dan Griffith received 39.62 percent of the vote. Skjerven Gildea was appointed Chief Justice January 2006 and her term was set to expire January 2013. Other statewide judicial winners included incumbent Barry Anderson for Associate Justice - Supreme Court 1 (Seat 1) over Dean Barkley. Anderson received 58.93 percent of the votes to Barkley’s 40.68 percent of the vote. Incumbent David R. Stras for Associate Justice - Supreme Court 4…
With most ballots in, Yes votes were mired well below the 50 percent needed to change the Minnesota Constitution.
Minnesota voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have required them to show photo ID before they cast their ballots. It was past 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when the Associated Press called the ballot question for the Vote No forces. At 1:45 a.m., with 87.47 percent of precincts reporting, the Minnesota Secretary of State estimated that yes votes were 45.74 percent of all ballots cast. Update (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.). Unofficial results now show these results: The ballot measure needed more than 50 percent to pass. Growing Optimism Earlier in the long evening, with about 675,000 ballots counted, Our Vote Our Future spokesman Eric Fought said, "We're optimistic" about the Vote No chances. He added, "It could tighten up a little…
Connor Goulet
5:26 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Now this is the kind of outcome I expected to see from MN! It's good to see those bigoted bible thumpers didn't get their way this time. more ›