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FOURTH TERM FOR MAYOR MARY THUN NO ABSENTEE BALLOTS FROM VICTORIA? Before the polls opened on November 2nd, 2010, there were 4,316 registered voters in the City of Victoria, according to City Clerk Jennifer Kretsch. When the polls closed that evening, her numbers indicate there were 4,581 registered voters in the City of Victoria. A total of 3,043 ballots were cast and counted in the City of Victoria on Election Day. She did not have numbers related to absentee ballots used by Victoria residents, informing the Gazette that the county had this information. Carver County did not reply to questions from the Gazette about number of absentee ballots cast prior to Election Day. Voter turnout in the City of Victoria was 66.5% -- not including absentee ballots. Mayor Mary Thun easily won re-election to her fourth term. Jim Crowley and Tom Strigel, each running unopposed for city councilmember, begin their terms in January. The December 13th city council meeting is the last scheduled for outgoing Councilmembers Tim Amundsen and Jim Paulsen, each having chosen not to run for re-election. The City of Victoria has two precincts. Precinct #1 includes residents north of Highway 5. Precinct #2 includes residents south of Highway 5. Voting went as follows. The starred (*) candidates were the state, county, and city victors. |
December 2010 |
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Precinct #1: U.S. Representative District 2 *John Kline R-584 Shelley Madore (DFL)175
MN State Senator District 34 Tim Biros (I) 24 *Julianne Ortman R-559 Laura Helmer (DFL) 174
MN State Rep. District 34A *Ernie Leidiger R-539 Leanne Kunze (DFL) 201
MN State Governor Tom Horner (I) 81 Tom Emmer (R) 519 Mark Dayton (DFL) 160
Carver County Com. District 3 Jay Swenson 356 *Randy Maluchnik 241
Carver County Sheriff *Jim Olson 389 Derek Lee 229
Carver County Attorney Jim Keeler 311 *MarkMetz 257
City of Victoria Mayor *Mary Thun 502 Mitch Becker 174 Write-ins 3
City of Victoria Councilmembers *Jim Crowley 435 *Tom Strigel 380 Write-ins 12 |
Precinct #2: U.S. Representative District 2 *John Kline (R) 1834 Shelley Madore (DFL)581
MN State Senator District 34 Tim Biros (I) 106 *Julianne Ortman (R) 1701 Laura Helmer (DFL) 583
MN State Rep. District 34A *Ernie Leidiger (R) 1690 Leanne Kunze (DFL) 659
MN State Governor Tom Horner (I) 282 Tom Emmer (R)1593 Mark Dayton (DFL) 552
Carver County Com. District 3 Jay Swenson 1299 *Randy Maluchnik 809
Carver County Sheriff *Jim Olson 1227 Derek Lee 850
Carver County Attorney Jim Keeler 875 *Mark Metz 1016
City of Victoria Mayor *Mary Thun 1577 Mitch Becker 597 Write-ins 17
City of Victoria Councilmembers *Jim Crowley 1512 *Tom Strigel 1235 Write-ins 38 |