Winners in Faribault County are listed first, unless otherwise noted.

President and vice president votes percent

John McCain, Sarah Palin (R) 4,197 51.48

Barack Obama, Joe Biden (DFL) 3,736 45.82

Ralph Nader,Matt Gonzalez (I) 134 1.64

write-in 24 0.29

Chuck Baldwin, D. Castle (Con.) 24 0.29

Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root (Lib.) 18 0.22

C. McKinney, R. Clemente (G) 15 0.18

Roger Calero, A. Kennedy (SWP) 5 0.06

Total 8,153

U.S. senator

Norm Coleman (R) 3,599 44.42

Al Franken (DFL) 2,909 35.90

Dean Barkley (IP) 1,509 18.62

Charles Aldrich (Lib.) 53 0.65

James Niemackl (Con.) 27 0.33

write-in 6 0.07

Total 8,103

U.S. representative District 1

Tim Walz (DFL) 4,977 61.81

Brian J. Davis (R) 2,681 33.30

Gregory Mikkelson (IP) 388 4.82

write-in 6 0.07

Total 8,052

State representative District 24A

Bob Gunther (R) 2,312 62.62

Dale Hansen (DFL) 1,375 37.24

write-in 5 0.14

Total 3,692

Look for results from other nearby counties this week in the Tribune.

State representative District 24B

Tony Cornish (R) 2,372 54.09

John Branstad (DFL) 2,010 45.84

write-in 3 0.07

Total 4,385

Constitutional amendment

Yes 5,056 63.69

No 2,883 36.31

Total 7,939

Commissioner District 1

John Roper 833 55.53

Barbara J. Steier 665 44.33

write-in 2 0.13

Total 1,500

Commissioner District 3

William Groskreutz Jr. 1,479 99.20

write-in 12 0.80

Total 1,491

Commissioner District 5

Tom Warmka 1,615 98.36

write-in 27 1.64

Total 1,642

Blue Earth mayor

Robert Hammond Jr. 1,260 75.54

Les Wiborg 398 23.86

write-in 10 0.60

Total 1,668

Blue Earth City Council Ward 1

John Huisman 486 97.01

write-in 15 2.99

Total 501

Blue Earth City Council Ward 2

Glenn Gaylord 523 97.03

write-in 16 2.97

Total 539

Blue Earth City Council Ward 3

Richard A. Scholtes 263 54.34

Paula Kelly 117 24.17

Gary Meyer 104 21.49

write-in 0

Total 484

Wells mayor

Shannon Savick 575 47.74

Diane M. Dulas 520 43.26

write-in 107 8.90

Total 1,202

Wells City Council

(Top two listed are winners)

Stephen G. Burns 803 35.83

Ashley Dylla 499 22.27

Mike Weber 459 20.48

David J. Braun 281 12.54

Michelle More 192 8.57

write-in 7 0.31

Total 2,241

Kiester question

Yes 194 61.39

No 122 38.61

Total 316

The following are people who won mayoral races in other cities:

Bricelyn: Tom Cory

Delavan: Kevin R. Walker

Easton: John Becker

Elmore: Floyd D. Ford

Frost: Jacob Anderson

Kiester: Roger Oldfather

Minnesota Lake: Bruce Beyer

Walters: David C. Meyer

Winnebago: Randy Nowak