2012 Election

Results

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Fergus Falls Outdoor Facilities Referendum
Yes 4587 45.93%
No 5400 54.07%

Fergus Falls Mayor
John Strauch 119 1.84%
Daryl Synstelien 1858 28.81%
Hal Leland 2340 36.28%
Pat Connelly 1956 30.33%
Ron Melius 54 .84%
Jeffrey McSorley 101 1.57%

President (electoral votes)
Obama 303
Romney 203

President — Otter Tail County
Obama 12,165 38.41%
Romney 18,860 59.55%

Marriage Amendment
Yes 931963
No or blank 963734

Marriage Amendment — Otter Tail County
Yes 21180 67.49%
No 10202 32.51%

Voter ID
Yes 904047
No or blank 991650

Voter ID — Otter Tail County
Yes 17707 56.72%
No 13514 43.28%

State Senate District 8
Bill Ingebrigtsen 18681 52.61%
Dan Skogen 16792 47.29%

State Senate District 12 (Elbow Lake)
Torrey Westrom 21150 62.04%
John Schultz 12917 37.93%

State Representative District 8A
Bud Nornes 13190 62.77%
Chet Nettestad 7800 37.12%

State Representative District 12A (Elbow Lake)
Dave Holman 1071 6.11%
Scott Dutcher 8323 47.51%
Jay McNamar 8109 46.29%

State Representative District 8B (Henning)
Bob Cunniff 8563 48.39%
Mary Franson 9117 51.52%

Fergus Falls City Council Ward 1
Ben Schierer 719 56.39%
Eric Shelstad 547 42.90%

Fergus Falls City Council Ward 2
Matthew Larson 427 25.36%
Nathan Gramley 68 4.04%
Robert Reisch 386 22.92%
Jim Fish 799 47.45%

Fergus Falls City Council Ward 3
Mike Diekman 413 28.37%
Wally Cole 466 32.01%
Tim Rundquist 563 38.67%

Fergus Falls City Council Ward 4
Anthony Hicks 690 45.13%
Tim King 407 26.62%
Pam Ness 425 27.80%

Fergus Falls School Board
David Prazak 4129 49.22%
Angela Fiedler 4240 50.29%

US Representative District 7
Lee Byberg 73221 34.95%
Collin Peterson 126615 60.44%

U.S. Senate
Kurt Bills 344244 31.63%
Amy Kloubuchar 699456 64.56%

U.S. Senate — Otter Tail County
Kurt Bills 12931 42.04%
Amy Kloubuchar 16542 53.34%

Battle Lake School Referendum

Question 1
Yes 1563 59.47%
No 1068 40.53%

Question 2
Yes 1462 55.35%
No 1181 44.65%

Question 3
Yes 1388 52.85%
No 1236 47.15%

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