Freeborn County primary election results are in
Published 9:07 pm Tuesday, September 9, 2008
U.S. Senate 2008 GOP – Primary
2,337 of 4,128 precincts – 57 percent
x-Norm Coleman (i) 83,535 – 91 percent
Jack Shepard 8,056 – 9 percent
U.S. Senate 2008 IP – Primary
2,277 of 4,128 precincts – 55 percent
x-Dean Barkley 4,643 – 60 percent
Jack Uldrich 1,041 – 13 percent
Stephen Williams 510 – 7 percent
Kurt Anderson 470 – 6 percent
Darryl Stanton 418 – 5 percent
Doug Williams 383 – 5 percent
Bill Dahn 295 – 4 percent
U.S. Senate 2008 Dem – Primary
2,335 of 4,128 precincts – 57 percent
x-Al Franken 116,981 – 67 percent
Priscilla Lord Faris 50,055 – 29 percent
Dick Franson 2,401 – 1 percent
Rob Fitzgerald 1,860 – 1 percent
Bob Larson 1,761 – 1 percent
Ole Savior 803 – 0 percent
Alve Erickson 597 – 0 percent
In the Commissioner District 5 race, all the votes are in. Linda Tuttle and Mike Lee will face each other Nov. 5 for the seat. Lee defeated Tony Pestorious by 4 votes. In District 3, it will be challenger David Shoff and incumbent Jim Nelson.
Incumbent Albert Lea Mayor and challenger Mike Murtaugh will move on in the primary election tonight. Erdman received slightly more votes than Murtaugh, but the top two candidates go on and will square off in the Nov. 4 election.
Incumbent DFL state Rep. Robin Brown defeated challenger William Wagner. She goes on to face Republican Erik Larsen.
In Congressional District 1, Mayo Clinic physician Brian Davis defeated Owatonna state Sen. Dick Day. The AP reports the following returns:
749 of 749 precincts – 100 percent
x-Brian Davis 17,047 – 67 percent
Dick Day 8,400 – 33 percent
There are 40 out of 40 precincts in Freeborn County reporting so far. Scroll down to see all races:
Albert Lea Mayor
Randy Erdman (incumbent) 1,172
Michael Murtaugh 1,136
George Gillespie 157
Dave Reisewitz 43
C.E. Vollum 86
Freeborn County Commissioner District 3
Jim Nelson (incumbent) 193
David Shoff 266
John Severtson 176
Keith Porter Sr. 158
Freeborn County Commissioner District 5
Linda Tuttle 290
Curtis Smith 185
Mike Lee 206
Tony Pestorious 202
Chad Severtson 158
Freeborn County-only results here below:
DFL-House District 27A
Robin Brown (incumbent) 2,001
William Wagner 286
Republican-House District 27A
Erik Larsen 1,511
DFL-Congressional District 1
Tim Walz 2,063
R-Congressional District 1
Brian Davis 1,159
Dick Day 419
I-Congressional District 1
Gregory Mikkelson 50
DFL-U.S. Senate
Al Franken 1,346
Priscilla Lord Faris 710
Bob Larson 104
Rob Fitzgerald 43
Alve Erickson 20
Ole Savior 19
Dick Franson 56
R-U.S. Senate
Norm Coleman 1,449
Jack Shepard 181
I-U.S. Senate
Dean Barkley 36
Darryl Stanton 4
Bill Dahn 4
Stephen Williams 15
Jack Uldrich 5
Kurt Michael Anderson 4
Doug Williams 5
Associate Justice 3
Paul H. Anderson 2,326
Alan Lawrence Nelson 631
Tim Tinglestad 513
Associate Justice 4
Lorie Skjerven Gildea 1,850
Jill Clark 744
Deborah Hedlund 461
F. Richard Gallo Jr. 360
Turnout
Registered voters in Freeborn County: 19,205
Ballots cast in primary election: 4,194
Turnout percentage: 21.84
Ballots cast Independence: 76 (1.81%)
Ballots cast Republican: 1,668 (39.77%)
Ballots cast Democratic-Farmer-Labor: 2,356 (56.18%)
Ballots cast nonpartisan: 94 (2.24%)
Ballots cast blank: 5 (0.12%)
Ballots cast crossover: 67 (1.6%)