2026 General Election Results

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Here are unofficial results for races in West St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Mendota Heights, South St. Paul, and the West Side. A DFL sweep in local legislative races, strong incumbents at the county level, and split decisions at the local level with incumbents not fairing as well.

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Key: bold = winner, * = incumbent

Note: We’ll post complete results as they come in. Not all races will come in at the same time. We don’t post partial results or projections—we wait until full results are reported on the Minnesota Secretary of State website.

Inver Grove Heights City Council Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Matt Mills	6,457	25.41%
Tony Scales *	5,826	22.92%
Kevin Sethre	3,525	13.87%
Mary T’Kach *	9,448	37.17%

Mendota Heights Mayor Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Stephanie Levine *	4,009	53.54%
John Maczko	3,466	46.29%

Mendota Heights City Council Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Neil Garlock	2,888	23.23%
John Larrive	595	4.79%
Sally Lorberbaum *	3,542	28.49%
Jerome Mulvihill	1,031	8.29%
Michael Oxley	1,507	12.12%
Will Stein	2,823	22.70%

South St. Paul City Council Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Gusta Carr	2,863	15.55%
Brian Ducklinsky	1,579	8.58%
Margaret Durenberger	3,326	18.07%
Tyler Fehrman	4,038	21.93%
Joseph Kaliszewski *	3,320	18.03%
Matthew Thompson *	3,185	17.30%

West St. Paul City Council Election Results

Mayor:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Dave Napier *	7,534	98.04%
This race was uncontested.

Ward 1 City Council:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Pat Armon *	2,061	98.47%
This race was uncontested.

Ward 2 City Council:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
John Justen *	2,011	98.92%
This race was uncontested.

Ward 3 City Council:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Wendy Berry *	2,717	96.72%
This race was uncontested.

ISD 197 School Board Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Marcus Hill *	10,444	26.65%
Sarah Larsen *	13,752	34.57%
Dwight Larson	6,088	15.30%
Jon Vaupel *	9,176	23.07%

ISD 197 Levy Election Results

	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Yes	13,782	63.23%
No	8,013	36.77%

Inver Grove Heights School Board Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Shana Dukes *	4,835	20.49%
Sarah Larsen *	6,790	28.77%
Amy Reynertson	5,929	25.13%
Michael Wakefield	5,878	24.91%

Inver Grove Heights Levy Election Results

	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Yes	8,324	66.19%
No	4,252	33.81%

South St. Paul School Board Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Anne Claflin *	1,877	8.28%
Ann Counihan	2,399	10.59%
Sanderia Davis	2,043	9.02%
Christine Estee	2,378	10.49%
Tim Felton *	2,605	11.50%
Wendy Woods Felton *	1,935	8.54%
Andrew Hoffman	1,807	7.97%
Kim Humann *	2,185	9.64%
Lisa Moore	2,830	12.49%
Nick Schaefer	2,513	11.09%

South St. Paul School Board Special Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Amy Wardell *	5,536	98.44%
This race was uncontested.

St. Paul School Board Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Stephanie Anderson	48,448	22.32%
Teresa Glass	22,496	10.37%
Tamara Mattison	23,642	10.89%
Michael Schell	15,745	7.26%
Omar Syed	46,115	21.25%
Kris Taylor	15,214	7.01%
Uriah Ward *	43,858	20.21%

Dakota County Attorney Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Kathy Keena *	95,871	56.82%
Jeff Sheridan	72,038	42.70%

Dakota County Sheriff Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Bobby Lambert	64,662	37.82%
Joe Leko *	105,328	61.61%

Dakota County Commissioner District 2 Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Joe Atkins *	24,376	98.92%
This race was uncontested.

Dakota County Commissioner District 3 Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Laurie Halverson *	21,169	98.80%
This race was uncontested.

Ramsey County Commissioner District 5 Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Maria Isa Perez-Vega	15,710	49.45%
Rebecca Noecker	15,829	49.83%

Minnesota House Election Results

District 52B:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Tom Lopac (GOP)	8,354	34.43%
Bianca Virnig * (DFL)	15,899	65.52%

District 53A:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Mary Frances Clardy * (DFL)	14,233	63.01%
AJ Gubash (GOP)	8,338	36.91%

District 53B:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Rick Hansen * (DFL)	12,683	64.15%
Patti Mikulski (GOP)	7,068	35.75%

District 65B:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Sebastian Ellefson (DFL)	15,064	97.75%
This race was uncontested.

Minnesota Senate Election Results

District 52:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Brady O’Neil (GOP)	14,837	32.82%
Liz Reyer (DFL)	30,349	67.13%

District 53:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Paul Cumings (DFL)	21,868	62.47%
Todd Podgorski (GOP)	13,112	37.46%

District 65:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Robyn Gulley (DFL)	26,470	85.61%
Rocco (GOP)	4,303	13.92%

U.S. House: Minnesota’s 2nd District Election Results

Candidate:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:
Matt Little (DFL)	213,653	57.15%
Eric Pratt (GOP)	159,829	42.76%

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