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

President and vice president votes percent

Barack Obama, Joe Biden (DFL) 9,915 57.38

John McCain, Sarah Palin (R) 6,955 40.25

Ralph Nader,Matt Gonzalez (I) 245 1.42

write-in 58 0.34

Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root (Lib.) 43 0.25

Chuck Baldwin, D. Castle (Con.) 36 0.21

C. McKinney, R. Clemente (G) 25 0.14

Roger Calero, A. Kennedy (SWP) 3 0.02

Total 17,280

Over votes 29 0.17

Under votes 46 0.27

Over votes indicates the number of voters who voted for more than one. Under votes shows the number of voters who left it blank or marked it improperly.

U.S. senator

Al Franken (DFL) 7,429 43.41

Norm Coleman (R) 6,565 38.36

Dean Barkley (IP) 2,920 17.06

Charles Aldrich (Lib.) 122 0.71

James Niemackl (Con.) 66 0.39

write-in 13 0.08

Total 17,115

Over votes 2 0.01

Under votes 238 1.37

U.S. representative District 1

Tim Walz (DFL) 11,320 66.39

Brian J. Davis (R) 5,004 29.35

Gregory Mikkelson (IP) 724 4.25

write-in 4 0.02

Total 17,052

Over votes 2 0.01

Under votes 301 1.73

State representative District 27A

Robin Brown (DFL) 9,531 56.36

Erik Larsen (R) 7,361 43.53

write-in 18 0.11

Total 16,910

Over votes 4 0.02

Under votes 441 2.54

Albert Lea Tribune’s party abbreviations: DFL = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party; R = Republican Party; I = independent candidate; IP = Independence Party; Lib. = Libertarian Party; Con. = Constitution Party; G = Green Party; SWP = Social Workers Party

Constitutional amendment

Yes 9,516 57.15

No 7,136 42.85

Total 16,652

Over votes 4 0.02

Under votes 699 4.03

Commissioner District 1

Glen Mathiason 2,152 60.47

Neal Gjersvik 1,393 39.14

write-in 14 0.39

Total 3,559

Over votes 0

Under votes 268 7.00

Commissioner District 3

Jim Nelson 1,532 52.39

David Shoff 1,331 45.52

write-in 61 2.09

Total 2,924

Over votes 0

Under votes 268 8.40

Commissioner District 5

Linda Tuttle 1,752 52.91

Michael Lee 1,548 46.75

write-in 11 0.33

Total 3,311

Over votes 2 0.06

Under votes 215 6.09

Albert Lea mayor

Michael Murtaugh 4,650 52.21

Randall Erdman 4,213 47.31

write-in 43 0.48

Total 8,906

Over votes 3 0.03

Under votes 430 4.60

Albert Lea City Council Ward 1

Vern Rasmussen Jr. 1,803 99.01

write-in 18 0.99

Total 1,821

Over votes 0

Under votes 282 13.41

Albert Lea City Council Ward 3

Ellen Kehr 829 51.46

Ryan Michael Sabinish 781 48.48

write-in 1 0.06

Total 1,611

Over votes 1 0.06

Under votes 159 8.98

Albert Lea City Council Ward 5

Larry Anderson 665 73.00

David Montaño Sr. 238 26.13

write-in 8 0.88

Total 911

Over votes 0

Under votes 150 14.14

Albert Lea Area Schools Board of Education

(Three candidates sought three available seats.)

Bill Villarreal 9,121 37.45

Bill Leland 7,735 31.76

Linda Laurie 7,367 30.25

write-in 134 0.55

Total 24,357

Over votes 9 0.02

Under votes 13,851 36.24

The following are people who won mayoral races:

Alden: Jerry Reyerson

Clarks Grove: Bruce Hansen

Conger: Travis Henderson

Emmons: Mark Heggestad

Freeborn: Mark Edward Gruben

Geneva: Steven Bailey

Glenville: Wes Webb

Hartland: Kelly Routh

Hayward: Willis Pfieffer

Hollandale: Ted Radke

Manchester: Blake Shell

Twin Lakes: Joel Schwarz

Most victors are sworn into office in January. Results from other Freeborn County races will be printed this week in the Tribune.