Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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. "[Voters] spoke, and they spoke loudly. It was clear they wanted to see a different direction," ousted Eagan Sen. Ted Daley (R) said in an interview with…
Burnsville DFLer Will Morgan won the seat in a tight race against Lakeville Republican Roz Peterson.
It looks like southern Burnsville and northern Lakeville will be represented by DFLer Will Morgan, who came out ahead of Republican opponent Roz Peterson by less than one full percentage point. According to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Peterson took 10,515 votes (49.5 percent) while Morgan tallied just 170 more at 10,685 votes (50.3 percent). If he has the seat in new House District 56B in his grasp, Morgan has made a comeback from defeat in 2010, when the two-time house rep was unseated by Republican Pam Myhra. In that contest, Myhra won 50 percent to 46.5 percent. The 2012 race pitted Peterson, a five-year veteran of the Lakeville School Board, against Morgan, a teacher at Burnsville High School. RELATED CONTENT • To see other …
On Tuesday, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz was re-elected by a wide margin over two-time challenger Jerry Willenburg.
The battle for Burnsville's mayoral office is over, and the victor is incumbent Elizabeth Kautz, who snagged her seventh term by a margin of almost 15 points. By 2:30 a.m. the final tallies were in: 12,379 votes for Willenburg, 16,600 for Kautz. Kautz defeated her opponent Jerry Willenburg 42.6 percent to 57.12 percent. Approximately .28 percent of the ballots cast went to write-in candidates. A large retinue joined Kautz at Mediterranean Cruise Cafe for a post-poll party. Among them were quite a few incumbents, including School Board Members Sandra Sweep and DeeDee Currier and County Commissioner Liz Workman, all of whom retained their seats during this election. "I'm feeling good, but I don't know how many precincts are in," Kautz said …
The results are in (mostly): Check out Burnsville Patch's one-stop-shop for results from Burnsville and Savage.
Updated at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 Want to stay up on election results? Below you will find up-to-the-minute election results for races in Burnsville-Savage: Legislative races, city council and mayoral races, county commission and school board. We'll be updating this article as soon as the tallies come in. To find results for the Presidential election, senate race, congressional election and constitutional amendment questions, you can find results on Patch by clicking here: MINNESOTA ELECTION RESULTS: President, U.S. Senate, Congress and the Amendments. STATE SENATE * - Denotes incumbent Senate District 51 (Eagan and Burnsville) Name Party Total Votes Percentage * Ted Daley Jim Carlson Senate District 56 (Burnsville, Savage and Lakeville) …
In spite of a rough year, it appears that four incumbent school board members have kept their seats.
It looks like business as usual at ISD 191: All four incumbents took top percentages in yesterday's election, in spite of a months of blowback over the Tania Chance controversy and other flashpoints that have dogged the district over the last six months. Here are the results: Four-year Terms Two-year Term RELATED CONTENT • To see other local results, click here: Burnsville-Savage General Election Results 2012 • To see the results from races around the county, click here: Dakota County Election Results: Commissioners, Legislature, Judges • To see state and federal results, click here: MINNESOTA ELECTION RESULTS: President, U.S. Senate, Congress and the Amendments
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…
Burnsville's County Commissioner Liz Workman has won a second term, easily defeating opponent David Giles.
County Commissioner Liz Workman is here to stay. Workman all but swept the polls during her second run, clocking in with 15,363 votes, or 61.9 percent of the vote. Challenger David Giles took 9,308 votes, or 37.5 percent of the ballots cast. About .6 of the votes were write-ins. Her victory Tuesday night outpaces her performance in 2008, when Workman defeated Vicki Turner (niece of Workman's predecessor, five-term County Commissioner Mike Turner) by a comfortable margin of 1,065 votes. Workman is a familiar name in local politics. Before her election to the county board, she served for 12 years on the Burnsville City Council. RELATED CONTENT • To see other local results, click here: Burnsville-Savage General Election Results 2012 • To see…
Eight judicial seats in the First District Court were up during the Nov. 6 general election.
Diane M. Hanson and Kathryn D. Messerich received overwhelming voter support during the 2012 general, winning the judicial seats in First District Court, according to unofficial results posted on the Minnesota Secretary of State website. Hanson received 63.29 percent of the votes over Michael L. Larson who received 36.38 percent of the votes for Judge - First District Court 10. Messerich received 64.92 percent of the votes to win over Brian A. Gravely who received 34.77 percent of the votes for Judge - First District Court 20. Other judicial candidates on the ballot, which won unopposed for First District court, included Arlene M. Asencio Perkkio, David. L. Knutson, Michael J. Mayer Erica H. MacDonald, Michael R. Savre and Terry E. Conkel.
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…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 10:15 CST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Joshua
1:10 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
"Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." Isn't that what the republicans just did in Mitt's campaign? I'm suprised we didn't hear about Karl Rove recovering in the hopspital from a heart attack because they were so sure of themselves. more ›