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2000 Primary Election Election Summary Report Date:11/17/04 Time:10:40:29 State Primary Page:1 of 2 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Registered Voters 118644 Num. Report Precinct 78 U.S. SEN CP CP ST SEN DIST 55 DFL DFL Total Total Number of Precincts 78 Number of Precincts 4 Total Votes 70 Total Votes 455 DAVID SWAN 46 65.71% CHARLES CHUCK WIGER 455 100.00% DEREK SCHRAMM 24 34.29% ST SEN DIST 56 DFL DFL U.S. REP CP CP Total Total Number of Precincts 37 Number of Precincts 78 Total Votes 5744 Total Votes 57 TED THOMPSON 5744 100.00% RALPH A. HUBBARD 57 100.00% ST SEN DIST 57 DFL DFL U.S. SEN I I Total Total Number of Precincts 27 Number of Precincts 78 Total Votes 4594 Total Votes 143 LEONARD "LEN" PRICE 4594 100.00% JAMES (JIM) GIBSON 79 55.24% LESLIE DAVIS 40 27.97% ST REP DIST 51B DFL DFL BUFORD JOHNSON 17 11.89% Total FRED H. ASKEW 7 4.90% Number of Precincts 10 Total Votes 1718 ST SEN DIST 56 I I JOEL HOLSTAD 1718 100.00% Total Number of Precincts 37 ST REP DIST 55A DFL DFL Total Votes 72 Total LYNO SULLIVAN 72 100.00% Number of Precincts 4 Total Votes 413 U.S. SEN DFL DFL JOSHUA T. IRISH 413 100.00% Total Number of Precincts 78 ST REP DIST 56A DFL DFL Total Votes 16059 Total MARK DAYTON 6842 42.61% Number of Precincts 14 MIKE CIRESI 3856 24.01% Total Votes 2453 REBECCA YANISCH 2659 16.56% JOAN M. BEAVER 2453 100.00% JERRY R. JANEZICH 2604 16.22% "DICK" FRANSON 37 0.23% OLE SAVIOR 36 0.22% ST REP DIST 56B DFL DFL GREGG A. IVERSON 19 0.12% Total HAL DORLAND 6 0.04% Number of Precincts 23 Total Votes 3441 MIKE REDMOND 3441 100.00% U.S. REP DFL DFL Total Number of Precincts 78 ST REP DIST 57A DFL DFL Total Votes 13399 Total BILL LUTHER 13399 100.00% Number of Precincts 9 Total Votes 2109 NORA SLAWIK 2109 100.00% ST SEN DIST 51 DFL DFL Total Number of Precincts 10 ST REP DIST 57B DFL DFL Total Votes 1982 Total JANE KRENTZ 1982 100.00% Number of Precincts 18 Total Votes 2522 SHARON MARKO 2522 100.00% Election Summary Report Date:11/17/04 Time:10:40:29 State Primary Page:2 of 2 Summary For Jurisdiction Wide, All Counters, All Races Registered Voters 118644 Num. Report Precinct 78 U.S. SEN R R ST REP DIST 56A R R Total Total Number of Precincts 78 Number of Precincts 14 Total Votes 9161 Total Votes 3038 ROD GRAMS 7762 84.73% MARK HOLSTEN 3038 100.00% BILL DAHN 1399 15.27% ST REP DIST 56B R R U.S. REP R R Total Total Number of Precincts 23 Number of Precincts 78 Total Votes 2888 Total Votes 8347 ERIC LIPMAN 2888 100.00% JOHN KLINE 8347 100.00% ST REP DIST 57A R R ST SEN DIST 51 R R Total Total Number of Precincts 9 Number of Precincts 10 Total Votes 891 Total Votes 595 JIM SEIFERT 891 100.00% HOWARD JUNI 595 100.00% ST REP DIST 57B R R ST SEN DIST 55 R R Total Total Number of Precincts 18 Number of Precincts 4 Total Votes 844 Total Votes 112 GENE ANDERSON 844 100.00% DENNIS NEWINSKI 112 100.00% COUNCIL MEMBER W 3 ST SEN DIST 56 R R Total Total Number of Precincts 1 Number of Precincts 37 Total Votes 643 Total Votes 6919 WALLY MILBRANDT 331 51.48% MICHELE BACHMANN 4159 60.11% GARY TALBOT 271 42.15% GARY W. LAIDIG 2760 39.89% LARRY J. VIERS 41 6.38% ST SEN DIST 57 R R Total Number of Precincts 27 Total Votes 1799 PATRICK THOMAS 1296 72.04% STEVE LAGOON 503 27.96% ST REP DIST 51B R R Total Number of Precincts 10 Total Votes 654 RAY VANDEVEER 654 100.00% ST REP DIST 55A R R Total Number of Precincts 4 Total Votes 111 HARRY MARES 111 100.00%.
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