Monday, November 19, 2012
With one vote seperating Albertville City Council candidates Mark Barthel and Larry Sorenson, a subsequent recount resulted in an actual tie. A challenged ballot will go before council tonight.
The saying "every vote counts" couldn't be more true Thursday at a recount of votes for Albertville City Council. The recount resulted in an exact tie between incumbent Larry Sorenson and Mark Barthel — each receiving 1,116 votes. Candidates were allowed to challenge any ballot during the recount, when election judges went through more than 3,400 ballots at Wright County Courthouse. One ballot was challenged, and the challenged ballot will go before the council at tonight's 7 p.m. meeting at Albertville City Hall. Sorenson will abstain from voting on the matter. A vote by the city council tonight will determine who will be declared the winner, when the council will consider who the voter intended on voting for on the challenged ballot. …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
This week's selection includes a new gallery/gift shop, a levy rejected, school boundaries issue, DFL wins and good news for Southwest Light Rail Transit.
Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Lake Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Southwest Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, and St. Michael. District 281 Bus Driver Asks Student to Pick Up Gun A Robbinsdale Area Schools spokesperson said a bus driver asked a seventh-grade boy to pick up a gun he spotted along the road. The district is shocked by the incident and has communicated with parents and students. Bus Driver Fired After Asking ISD 281 Student to Pick Up Gun The incident occurred on Nov. 8 around 8 a.m. The district immediately took action after the driver notified school employees about the weapon. A Hillary-…
Friday, November 9, 2012
Voters in St. Michael broke overwhelmingly for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, while sticking with familiar names for local offices.
If you were a Republican or a familiar face, chances are you did well in the Nov. 6 election here in St. Michael. Voters at both St. Michael precincts broke in huge numbers for former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan when it came to the presidential ticket, while Rep. Michele Bachmann and state candidates Mary Kiffmeyer and David Fitzsimmons also fared well. In Precinct 1A (west St. Michael), Romney/Ryan received 62 percent of the vote, or about 2,400 votes, compared to 1,378 for the eventual winner, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. In Precinct 1B (east St. Michael), the GOP ticket picked up 3,343 votes, compared to 1,817 for Obama/Biden. The only Democrat to get traction in St. Michael was…
St. Michael voters came out with the "Yes" majority when it came to the Marriage Amendment questions on Tuesday's ballot. Voters in the mostly suburban cities Patch covers were more opposed to the constitutional amendment defining marriage.
Here's how residents in a selection of Minnesota cities voted on the ballot measure that would have added a definition of marriage as only between one man and one woman to the state Constitution. Statewide, the ballot measure failed to exceed the 50 percent level of support it needed in the Nov. 6, 2012 general election. It got 47.53 percent, according to unofficial results from all but two of Minnesota's 4,102 precincts' results. Taken together, people in cities served by Patch—mostly in the Twin Cities suburbs—rejected the marriage amendment in greater proportion (61.21 percent) than Minnesotans taken as a whole (52.47 percent). Support for the amendment in places covered by Patch ranged from 14.51 percent in Southwest Minneapolis to 54.…
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Albertville City Hall saw record numbers come through and vote Tuesday.
Albertville City Hall was busy Tuesday with over 3000 voters making their way through the building to vote. They had over 700 new voter registrations that day. "All in all, we had 89% voter turnout," city clerk Kim Olson told the council on Wednesday night. Going into the election, the city already had 3849 registered voters, 267 of which voted absentee. An additional 743 new voters registered Election Day and the total amount of voters was 3447. Jillian Hendrickson was elected mayor and will take her oath and begin her new position at the first council meeting in January. At that point in time, the council will declare a vacancy on the council as she still has two years left on her council term. The council will then work together and …
David FitzSimmons, Marion O'Neill, Joe McDonald, Bruce Anderson and Tom Darkenwald
Local republican politicans watched election results come in on several screens Tuesday night as they celebrated their campaigns and thanked their supporters and volunteers. The election night party in Buffalo was held by David FitzSimmons, who won the Minnesota House District 30B seat. He will represent St. Michael, Albertville, Otsego and Hanover at the state legislature. Also in attendance were Tom Darkenwald, who lost the seat for Wright County Commission, Marion O'Neill, who took House District 29B, Joe McDonald, who took House District 29A, and Bruce Anderson, who took Senate District 19. Anderson will represent St. Michael, Albertville, Otsego, Monticello Buffalo, and several surrounding townships.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How did your city vote on the constitutional amendment to require photo ID to vote?
Here's how residents in a selection of Minnesota cities voted on the proposed Voter ID amendment to the state Constitution, which would have required photo ID at polling places. Statewide, the ballot measure failed to pass the 50 percent level of support it needed (46.34 percent with all but three Minnesota precincts' results). But if citizens in 14 of these Patch communities had their way, the state Constitution would have a new amendment. Support for the amendment in these cities covered by Patch ranged from 19.30 percent in Southwest Minneapolis to 61.23 percent in St. Michael.* "No" in the table below includes ballots on which voter left "Yes" and "No" blank. NOTE: These are unofficial figures until local canvassing boards verify them…
Mark Daleiden prevailed over Tom Darkenwald for the District 3 county seat.
Mike Potter of Albertville won the Wright County District 4 commissioner seat by a close margin, in what was by far the most hotly contested race for the county commission. Potter, a one-time city leader, received a little over 52 percent of the votes, and challenger Mary Wetter of Buffalo received 47 percent. Potter took 5,083 votes and Wetter, 4,585 votes There was a mix of old and new candidates in the August primaries. Potter rounded out in the final two out of five candidates who ran in the primaries. District 3 Mark Daleiden won the District 3 race for Wright County Commission, taking 60 percent of the votes. Challenger Tom Darkenwald took a little over 39 percent of the votes. The tallies show Daleiden received 5,383 votes and …
Kiffmeyer defeated DFL candidate Paul Perovich.
Longtime state servant Mary Kiffmeyer, a former State House member and one-time Secretary of State under Gov. Tim Pawlenty, won the Minnesota Senate District 30 seat. She had the GOP party endorsement. The new Senate District, unveiled last February, includes Albertville, St. Michael, Otsego, Elk River and Big Lake. She defeated DFL candidate Paul Perovich. Kiffmeyer took about 62 percent of the votes, while Perovich took about 37 percent. Vote totals showed Kiffmeyer with 25,177 votes and Perovich with 15,103. "Thank you to the voters of my district for their confidence and trust in me to continue to serve them now as State Senator," said Kiffmeyer in an informaton release today. "The nearly 80,000 people in this new district live and …
The long-time republican prevailed over DFL candidate Sharon Shimek.
Rural Albertville resident and longtime Republican advocate David FitzSimmons won the seat for Minnesota House District 30B. He will represent St. Michael, Albertville, Otsego and Hanover at the state legislature. FitzSimmons beat DFL candidate Sharon Shimek by about 20 percent of the votes. He received 11,992 votes for about 62 percent of the votes. Shimek received 7,367 votes for about 40 percent of the votes. "I am very humbled by the confidence the voters of Otsego, St. Michael, Albertville and Hanover have expressed by electing me to serve as their representative in St. Paul," FitzSimmons wrote in an email to St. Michael Patch. "I look forward to pushing for transportation policy that highlights the needed road expansion on key …
Samara Postuma
6:29 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Rick, the machine would not reject ballots that voted for other candidates but should reject voters who voted for three candidates or more. more ›