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Suburban school races
Published Wednesday, November 07 01:54:26 PM |
| More election results | Complete election coverage | * denotes incumbent |
| Votes | Percent of vote | ||
| Anoka-Hennepin | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $29 million a year for five years. Renews and increases the current levy. Along with Question 2, this provides funds necessary to prevent precedent-setting cuts: School closings, hundreds of teachers laid off, and hundreds of dollars added to activities fees. | |||
| 37 of 37 precincts (100%) | |||
 | Yes | 29,772 | 62 |
| No | 18,417 | 38 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $15 million a year for five years. Question 1 must pass first. | |||
| 37 of 37 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 27,179 | 56 |
| No | 20,987 | 44 | |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $6 million a year for five years. For reducing activity fees, restoring cuts made to transportation and opening swimming pools closed because of budget cuts. Questions 1 and 2 must pass first. | |||
| 37 of 37 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 23,831 | 50 | |
| No | 24,193 | 50 |
| Question 4: Bond referendum | |||
| $14 million. For improving school technology. | |||
| 37 of 37 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 23,288 | 49 | |
| No | 24,664 | 51 |
| School board member | |||
| District 1 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Tom Heidemann * | ||
| District 2 | |||
| 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Marcia D. Anderson | 3,100 | 57 |
| Daniel G. Cook * | 2,385 | 43 | |
| District 5 | |||
| 7 of 7 precincts (100%) | |||
| Scott D. Wenzel * | 3,069 | 57 |
| Warren J. Harder | 2,288 | 43 | |
| Becker | |||
| School board member | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Tina Holty * | ||
| Three-year term | |||
| Three seats Uncontested | |||
| Lynel Johnson | ||
| Warren Sakry * | ||
| Dawn M. Hill * | ||
| Belle Plaine | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $605,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,165 | 53 |
| No | 1,015 | 47 | |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Matt Bigaouette | 1,283 | 24 |
| Matt Lenz | 1,158 | 22 |
| Jennifer Johnson | 844 | 16 | |
| Rick Olsen | 840 | 16 | |
| James O'Laughlin | 781 | 15 | |
| Bob Fairbanks | 467 | 9 | |
| Big Lake | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $1.3 million a year for 10 years. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,008 | 40 | |
| No | 1,490 | 60 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $600,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 878 | 35 | |
| No | 1,608 | 65 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $600,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 804 | 32 | |
| No | 1,673 | 68 |
| School board member | |||
| Three-year term | |||
| Three seats Uncontested | |||
| Chris Chudy | ||
| Tim Hayes * | ||
| Dan Nygaard | ||
| Bloomington | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $5.6 million a year for 10 years. Replaces and increases the current levy. Money would become available in 2009. School officials say passing the levy will spare the district from making $5.2 million in budget cuts in the 2009-2010 school year. | |||
| 34 of 34 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 8,675 | 51 |
| No | 8,402 | 49 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $3 million a year for 10 years. For classroom technology. | |||
| 34 of 34 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 8,619 | 50 |
| No | 8,474 | 50 | |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Jim Sorum * | ||
| Maureen Bartolotta * | ||
| Chuck Walter * | ||
| Braham | |||
| Levy referendum | |||
| $462,000 a year. Replaces and increases a current levy. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 407 | 52 |
| No | 374 | 48 | |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats Uncontested | |||
| Craig R. Hammond | ||
| Daniel J. Klemz * | ||
| Lowell J. Luebeck * | ||
| Brooklyn Center | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $500,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 495 | 42 | |
| No | 689 | 58 |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Arneuwell Benifield * | ||
| Kimberly Pearson * | ||
| Jack B. Wiborg | ||
| Buffalo | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.2 million a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,892 | 49 | |
| No | 3,031 | 51 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $656,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,545 | 43 | |
| No | 3,344 | 57 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $590,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,459 | 42 | |
| No | 3,431 | 58 |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Melissa Brings | 3,659 | 22 |
| Patti Pokorney * | 3,417 | 21 |
| Dean Brown * | 3,155 | 19 |
| Rolf Mohwinkel * | 3,133 | 19 |
| Beth Hane | 2,972 | 18 | |
| Burnsville-Eagan-Savage | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $6.8 million a year for 10 years. For hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes. District officials warned that failure to pass the levy request will result in class size increases and closing at least one school. | |||
| 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 6,183 | 51 |
| No | 5,853 | 49 | |
| Chaska | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Carlos Gallego * | ||
| James S. Leone * | ||
| Eugene R. Tirk * | ||
| Chisago Lakes | |||
| Question 1: Bond referendum | |||
| $14.2 million. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,158 | 54 |
| No | 1,820 | 46 | |
| Dassel-Cokato | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $994,000 per year for seven years. | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,894 | 56 |
| No | 1,493 | 44 | |
| Delano | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $700,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,343 | 50 | |
| No | 1,339 | 50 | |
| Question 2: Bond referendum | |||
| $29 million.For the construction of a new elementary school. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,267 | 47 | |
| No | 1,409 | 53 |
| Question 3: Bond referendum | |||
| $810,000. For physical education and athletic field upgrades. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,057 | 40 | |
| No | 1,617 | 60 |
| Eden Prairie | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Carol Bomben * | 1,720 | 20 |
| Holly Parker | 1,719 | 20 |
| John Estall | 1,602 | 19 |
| Kim Ross | 1,318 | 15 |
| Tim Fox | 1,204 | 14 | |
| Ellen Y. Hoerle | 758 | 9 | |
| Myrtle E. Chandler | 295 | 3 | |
| Edina | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $10.5 million a year for 10 years. | |||
| 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 5,707 | 72 |
| No | 2,187 | 28 | |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Bert Ledder * | 4,127 | 24 |
| Catherine Cella | 4,085 | 24 |
| Peyton Robb * | 3,674 | 21 |
| Regina Neville | 3,170 | 18 | |
| Cory P. Whalen | 1,121 | 7 | |
| Andrew Carcione | 1,009 | 6 | |
| Elk River | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $5.1 million a year for 10 years. For operating new schools, more teachers and restoring middle school activities that have been cut. | |||
| 7 of 7 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 4,624 | 37 | |
| No | 7,915 | 63 |
| Question 2: Bond referendum | |||
| For a new Zimmerman High School, new Otsego K-8 school, additions to Rogers High School and renovations to Elk River High School. | |||
| 7 of 7 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 5,164 | 41 | |
| No | 7,389 | 59 |
| Farmington | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.1 million a year for 10 years. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,803 | 50 |
| No | 2,791 | 50 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $750,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,284 | 41 | |
| No | 3,307 | 59 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $1.48 million a year for 10 years. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,225 | 40 | |
| No | 3,367 | 60 |
| Forest Lake | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 9 of 9 precincts (100%) | |||
| Dan Kieger * | 2,754 | 15 |
| Rob Rapheal * | 2,714 | 15 |
| Joe Grafft * | 2,650 | 14 |
| Bill Bresin * | 2,568 | 14 |
| Linda Nanko Yeager | 2,112 | 11 | |
| Dick Tschida | 2,052 | 11 | |
| John N. Freed | 1,964 | 11 | |
| Jim Banta | 1,798 | 10 | |
| Fridley | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Chris Riddle * | 384 | 28 |
| Kim Sampson * | 352 | 25 |
| Fred Bischke * | 347 | 25 |
| Joy Lewis | 311 | 22 | |
| Two-year term | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Brad Richter * | ||
| Hastings | |||
| Question 1: Bond referendum | |||
| $19.8 million. | |||
| 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,772 | 44 | |
| No | 3,504 | 56 |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Brad Stoneberg * | 3,425 | 26 |
| Leslie Nielsen * | 2,937 | 22 |
| Dan Greil | 2,931 | 22 |
| Amy (Tri) Peltier * | 2,886 | 22 |
| Ann Grotjohn * | 2,768 | 21 | |
| Rich Clymer (Write-in) | 2,035 | 15 | |
| Christine Kelley | 1,373 | 10 | |
| Hopkins | |||
| School board member | |||
| After last year?s budget reductions and the closing of an elementary school, Hopkins? Yvonne Selcer was the lone incumbent who vied with five challengers for four board seats. | |||
| 4 seats 31 of 31 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yvonne Selcer * | 3,948 | 24 |
| Ellen Dustman | 3,784 | 23 |
| Wendy Donovan | 3,007 | 18 |
| Irma McIntosh Coleman | 2,633 | 16 |
| Jamie H. Wellik | 1,939 | 12 | |
| Daniel Roy Bloomquist | 1,444 | 9 | |
| Howard Lake | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $188,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 839 | 48 | |
| No | 918 | 52 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $94,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 779 | 44 | |
| No | 976 | 56 |
| Inver Grove Heights | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $1.6 million a year for 10 years. Boosts the district's current levy. For use in avoiding future budget cuts. | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,408 | 33 | |
| No | 2,886 | 67 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $400,000 a year for 10 years. For maintaining and improving school technology. | |||
| 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,459 | 34 | |
| No | 2,834 | 66 |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats Uncontested | |||
| Phillip Prokopowicz * | ||
| Bridget Sutton * | ||
| Mickey Difronzo * | ||
| Keri Myran * | ||
| Jordan | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Scott Erickson | 391 | 22 |
| Sheila Bauer | 355 | 20 |
| Tammy Will * | 343 | 19 |
| Dave Helke | 290 | 16 | |
| Robert A. Vollbrecht * | 264 | 15 | |
| Kimberly Busse | 121 | 7 | |
| Lakeville | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $7.1 million a year for 10 years. Renews the current levy. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 7,544 | 60 |
| No | 5,016 | 40 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $4.6 million a year for 10 years. For hiring teachers and improving transportation services. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 6,271 | 50 | |
| No | 6,286 | 50 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $1 million a year for 10 years. For replacing old computers and buying computer software. | |||
| 4 of 4 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 6,051 | 48 | |
| No | 6,499 | 52 |
| Maple Lake | |||
| Question 1: Bond referendum | |||
| $7 million. For additions to the district high school and elementary school. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 730 | 61 |
| No | 458 | 39 | |
| Question 2: Bond referendum | |||
| $1.8 million. For an addition to the high school. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 644 | 55 |
| No | 531 | 45 | |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Edward Trager | 810 | 24 |
| Arnie Michalicek * | 714 | 22 |
| Shelley McAlpine | 653 | 20 |
| Christine Dombrovski * | 593 | 18 |
| Shelly Liljequist | 540 | 16 | |
| Minnetonka | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.8 million a year for 10 years. Renews and increases the current levy. | |||
| 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 5,106 | 65 |
| No | 2,773 | 35 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $5 million a year for 10 years. Renews existing technology levy. This will allow the district to buy more computers and other technology for the classroom. | |||
| 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 5,002 | 64 |
| No | 2,800 | 36 | |
| School board member | |||
| This year?s election was a lot quieter than two years ago, but controversy about incumbent Bill Wenmark?s portrayal of his ties with the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis surfaced in recent weeks. | |||
| 4 seats 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Lisa Wagner | 4,982 | 21 |
| Calvin Litsey * | 4,313 | 18 |
| Paul H. Luehr | 4,125 | 17 |
| Karen Walkowski | 3,507 | 15 |
| William H. Wenmark * | 2,235 | 9 | |
| Alice Everett | 1,945 | 8 | |
| Doug B. Anderson | 1,894 | 8 | |
| Renee Schubbe | 674 | 3 | |
| Monticello | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $2.6 million annually for 10 years. For more teachers, updated technology, gifted and talented programs and classroom supplies. | |||
| 1 of 1 precinct (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,381 | 56 |
| No | 1,847 | 44 | |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Janet Glover | ||
| Jeff Hegle | ||
| Jim Lindberg * | ||
| Mounds View | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 18 of 18 precincts (100%) | |||
| Bob Helgeson * | 3,144 | 22 |
| Susan Murphy | 2,944 | 20 |
| Lisa Sjobeck * | 2,929 | 20 |
| Barbara Bollum * | 2,789 | 19 |
| Bob Sundberg * | 2,429 | 17 | |
| New Prague | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.2 million a year for five years. Renews and increases the current levy. | |||
| 5 of 5 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,413 | 55 |
| No | 1,942 | 45 | |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 5 of 5 precincts (100%) | |||
| Dennis Havlicek * | 2,266 | 17 |
| Larry Pint | 1,876 | 14 |
| Dan Carlson * | 1,805 | 13 |
| Robert L. Reed * | 1,786 | 13 |
| Tammara Pexa | 1,730 | 13 | |
| Daryl Bauer | 1,655 | 12 | |
| Sherry Brooks | 1,411 | 10 | |
| Jim Peabody | 940 | 7 | |
| Norwood | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats Uncontested | |||
| Scott Knights * | ||
| Dean Lind * | ||
| Craig Pexa * | ||
| James Spille * | ||
| Orono | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| John Malone * | ||
| Dick Lewis * | ||
| Michael Bash * | ||
| Osseo | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $30.8 million a year for 10 years. Replaces two of the the district's existing levies with a bigger levy amount. District officials said these will avoid painful cuts, which could include closing several schools and laying off 300 teachers. | |||
| 26 of 26 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 10,863 | 54 |
| No | 9,262 | 46 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $8.6 million a year for 10 years. To protect the district against further funding shortfalls. | |||
| 26 of 26 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 9,940 | 49 | |
| No | 10,173 | 51 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $5 million a year for 10 years. For new technology and maintenance. | |||
| 26 of 26 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 8,942 | 44 | |
| No | 11,366 | 56 |
| Princeton | |||
| Bond referendum | |||
| $44 million. For building a new elementary school and renovating an existing one. | |||
| 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,576 | 37 | |
| No | 2,727 | 63 |
| Question 2: Bond referendum | |||
| $10 million. For remodeling Princeton High School. | |||
| 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,467 | 34 | |
| No | 2,831 | 66 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $603,000 a year for six years. Replaces an existing levy. | |||
| 6 of 6 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,487 | 35 | |
| No | 2,809 | 65 |
| Prior Lake-Savage | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $4.6 million a year for 10 years. Replaces two existing levies with a larger one. The money would pay for more teachers, and the cost of opening an elementary school and addition to the high school, among other things. | |||
| 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 3,609 | 40 | |
| No | 5,434 | 60 |
| Question 2: Bond referendum | |||
| $28.9 million. For an addition to Prior Lake High School. | |||
| 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 3,447 | 38 | |
| No | 5,611 | 62 |
| School board member | |||
| Three-year term | |||
| Four seats 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Diane Ziemann * | 3,869 | 16 |
| Eric Pratt * | 3,436 | 14 |
| Dee Dee Francis | 3,416 | 14 |
| Chris Lind | 3,408 | 14 |
| Dick Booth * | 2,957 | 12 | |
| John Myser | 2,662 | 11 | |
| Michael Von Arx | 2,356 | 10 | |
| Greg Bores | 2,185 | 9 | |
| Richfield | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 9 of 9 precincts (100%) | |||
| Todd Nollenberger * | 660 | 30 |
| Tom Flood | 653 | 30 |
| Peter Toensing | 633 | 29 |
| Tashika Sykes | 263 | 12 | |
| Robbinsdale | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $22.8 million a year for 10 years. Replaces and increases a current levy. | |||
| 20 of 20 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 9,660 | 47 | |
| No | 10,733 | 53 |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 20 of 20 precincts (100%) | |||
| Sherry L. Tyrrell | 10,176 | 28 |
| Barb Van Heel * | 9,895 | 27 |
| Helen Bassett * | 9,853 | 27 |
| Kathryn J. Elrite | 6,339 | 17 | |
| Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 42 of 42 precincts (100%) | |||
| Jackie Magnuson * | 8,930 | 24 |
| Rob Duchscher * | 8,592 | 23 |
| Bob Schutte * | 8,550 | 23 |
| Joel Albright * | 8,312 | 22 |
| Shalom Winans Ewald | 3,380 | 9 | |
| Nardos Senbeta | 1,692 | 4 | |
| Roseville | |||
| School board member | |||
| Tom Ring is the only incumbent running for one of three four-year terms on the six-member board. The six-person ballot was whittled down from a whopping 12 candidates in the primary. | |||
| 3 seats 16 of 16 precincts (100%) | |||
| Lisa Edstrom | 2,490 | 22 |
| Thomas E. Ring * | 2,393 | 21 |
| Shari Dion | 2,144 | 19 |
| Todd Anderson | 1,783 | 16 | |
| Jeanne A. Kelsey | 1,335 | 12 | |
| Bruce Martin | 1,225 | 11 | |
| Rush City | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Scott Tryon * | ||
| Shakopee | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 17 of 17 precincts (100%) | |||
| Todd A. Anderson * | 1,903 | 29 |
| Kathy P. Busch * | 1,883 | 28 |
| John M. Canny | 1,457 | 22 |
| Andrew Unseth * | 1,387 | 21 | |
| South Washington | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $14.1 million a year for 10 years. Renews two existing levies. | |||
| 11 of 11 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 5,255 | 54 |
| No | 4,424 | 46 | |
| School board member | |||
| Five of the district?s seven incumbents are up for re-election, including Tracy Brunnette and Katy McElwee-Stevens, who each ran for two-year terms against one other candidate. | |||
| 3 seats 11 of 11 precincts (100%) | |||
| Jim Gelbmann * | 5,332 | 28 |
| Ron Kath * | 4,351 | 23 |
| Leslee Boyd | 3,889 | 20 |
| Alberder Gillespie * | 2,846 | 15 | |
| Russell L. Williams | 2,589 | 14 | |
| Seat 1 | |||
| 11 of 11 precincts (100%) | |||
| Ellen Ayers | 3,887 | 56 |
| Katy McElwee-Stevens * | 3,025 | 44 | |
| Seat 2 | |||
| 11 of 11 precincts (100%) | |||
| Tracy Brunnette * | 4,871 | 67 |
| Leo J. Wasescha | 2,383 | 33 | |
| Spring Lake Park | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 2 of 2 precincts (100%) | |||
| Annette Winrick | 466 | 23 |
| Colleen Vranish * | 461 | 22 |
| Gary Brisbin * | 368 | 18 |
| David Engelhart | 355 | 17 | |
| Bill Lewis | 220 | 11 | |
| Timothy Schochenmaier | 196 | 9 | |
| St. Anthony-New Brighton | |||
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats Uncontested | |||
| Michael D. Volna * | ||
| Jane B. Eckert * | ||
| St. Cloud | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $6.4 million annually for five years. Extends and increases the district's current, expiring levy. | |||
| 64 of 64 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 7,186 | 50 | |
| No | 7,307 | 50 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $311,000 annually for five years. Technology levy to buy classroom equipment and computers to fulfill state computerized testing requirement. | |||
| 64 of 64 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 6,779 | 47 | |
| No | 7,628 | 53 |
| School board member | |||
| Three-year term | |||
| Three seats Uncontested | |||
| Sigrid Hedman-Dennis * | ||
| Bruce A. Mohn * | ||
| Jerry Von Korff * | ||
| St. Francis | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.1 million a year. Renews and increases the current levy. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,406 | 41 | |
| No | 3,410 | 59 |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $744,000 a year. Renews an existing levy. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,522 | 43 | |
| No | 3,283 | 57 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $165,000 annually. Renews an existing levy. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,497 | 43 | |
| No | 3,298 | 57 |
| Question 4: Bond referendum | |||
| $65 million. For the construction of a new, 2,100-student high school. This is the result of a petition. Since Education Commissioner Alice Seagren judged the project to be unfeasible, the question must get 60 percent of the vote to pass. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 842 | 15 | |
| No | 4,949 | 85 |
| School board member | |||
| The recent discovery of mold in portable classrooms at two district schools has become a high-profile issue. | |||
| 4 seats 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Mark Vogel | 2,658 | 16 |
| Amy Kelly * | 2,180 | 13 |
| Sandy Grams * | 2,133 | 13 |
| Joe Haag | 2,079 | 13 |
| Melissa S. Jabas | 1,982 | 12 | |
| Albert L. Viall, Sr. | 1,794 | 11 | |
| Fred Hanson | 1,741 | 11 | |
| Jim Jones * | 1,659 | 10 | |
| St. Louis Park | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 20 of 20 precincts (100%) | |||
| Pam Rykken | 1,528 | 21 |
| Julie Sweitzer * | 1,333 | 19 |
| Nancy Gores * | 1,331 | 19 |
| Rolf Peterson * | 1,281 | 18 |
| Joe Tatalovich | 1,069 | 15 | |
| Mike Finley | 587 | 8 | |
| Stillwater | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $10 million a year for six years. Renews the current levy with a small increase. | |||
| 22 of 22 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 8,704 | 53 |
| No | 7,653 | 47 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $3 million a year for six years.For reducing class sizes and buying school materials. Question 1 must pass first. | |||
| 22 of 22 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 7,246 | 45 | |
| No | 9,037 | 55 |
| Question 3: Levy referendum | |||
| $1 million a year for six years.For reducing class sizes. Questions 1 and 2 must pass first. | |||
| 22 of 22 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 6,834 | 42 | |
| No | 9,416 | 58 |
| School board member | |||
| Three-year term | |||
| Four seats 22 of 22 precincts (100%) | |||
| Natalie A. Fedie | 7,709 | 17 |
| George R. Hoeppner | 7,598 | 17 |
| Natasha Fleischman | 7,431 | 16 |
| Scott Papke * | 6,244 | 14 |
| Jim Kremer | 6,050 | 13 | |
| Gary F. Campbell | 5,164 | 11 | |
| Joel R. Button | 3,275 | 7 | |
| David W. Beck | 2,502 | 5 | |
| Waconia | |||
| Levy referendum | |||
| $485,000 a year.Renews the existing levy and raises it by $485,000 a year. Without it, district officials said, teachers, programs and transportation would be cut. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 1,923 | 51 |
| No | 1,815 | 49 | |
| Wayzata | |||
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Linda Cohen * | 1,168 | 23 |
| Patricia Gleason * | 1,120 | 22 |
| Gary Landis * | 1,029 | 20 |
| Jay Hesby | 1,019 | 20 |
| Sheryl Kasdan | 690 | 14 | |
| West St. Paul | |||
| Question 1: Levy referendum | |||
| $3.9 million annually for 10 years. Replaces an expiring levy with a bigger one. | |||
| 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 4,702 | 57 |
| No | 3,554 | 43 | |
| Question 2: Levy referendum | |||
| $1.5 million a year for 9 years. A new levy. Question 1 must pass first. | |||
| 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 4,092 | 50 | |
| No | 4,150 | 50 |
| School board member | |||
| 4 seats 10 of 10 precincts (100%) | |||
| Laurie Tostrud | 4,099 | 22 |
| Mark Spurr | 3,882 | 21 |
| Cristina Gillette | 3,691 | 20 |
| Robin Rainford | 3,670 | 20 |
| Susan Stradtmann | 2,992 | 16 | |
| Westonka | |||
| Levy referendum | |||
| $877,000 a year for 10 years. | |||
| 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 2,154 | 51 |
| No | 2,052 | 49 | |
| School board member | |||
| In Westonka, longtime school district critic Tom Notch created a slate with two other challengers and tried to unseat the three incumbent school board members. | |||
| 4 seats 3 of 3 precincts (100%) | |||
| Ann Bremer * | 2,126 | 15 |
| Gary Hejna | 1,935 | 14 |
| David Botts * | 1,902 | 14 |
| Tom Notch | 1,861 | 13 |
| Ray Salazar | 1,847 | 13 | |
| Roger Bredeson * | 1,841 | 13 | |
| John Johns * | 1,661 | 12 | |
| Kenneth Bencker | 917 | 7 | |
| White Bear Lake | |||
| Levy referendum | |||
| $11.7 million a year for five years. Renews and raises a current levy. School officials said they will have to close five schools if the measure doesn't pass. | |||
| 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Yes | 10,057 | 63 |
| No | 5,804 | 37 | |
| School board member | |||
| 3 seats 19 of 19 precincts (100%) | |||
| Lori Swanson * | 9,535 | 31 |
| Cathy Storey * | 7,784 | 26 |
| Chris Hiniker * | 7,586 | 25 |
| Donald Jorgenson | 5,556 | 18 | |
| Seat 1 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Janet A. Newberg * | ||
| Seat 2 | |||
| Uncontested | |||
| Rolf W. Parsons * | ||
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