decided by RCV. There were 6 declared candidates in this race and two of the
candidates sought the DFL endorsement, Rebecca Noecker and Darren Tobolt.
There was no endorsement in 2015. The race was for an open seat as the
incumbent Dave Thune (a DFLer) did not seek re-election.
After reallocation Noecker was declared the winner:
After reallocation
Rebecca Noecker, 2782
Darren Tobolt, 24444
The 5734 votes from the first round after hand count were:
WARD 2 *After hand count and before reallocation
Rebecca Noecker, 2390 (41.68%)
Darren Tobolt, 2207 (38.49%)
Bill Hosko, 840 (14.65%)
Pat Fearing, 110 (1.91%)
Sharon Anderson, 93 (1.62%)
Michael C Johnson, 75 (1.31%)
Write in - 19 (0.33%)
Source:
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/Results/MunicipalRaces/88?districtid=58000
I did some further number crunching just out of my own curiosity and if my
figures are correct I found out that:
10.2% (590) of voters ranked 6 candidates.
11.5% (664) of voters ranked 5 candidates
15.1% (871) of voters ranked 4 candidates
37.2% (2138) of voters ranked 3 candidates
72.6% (4165) of voters ranked 2 candidates.
100% (5734) of voters ranked 1 candidate
I was surprised that in a contested election such as this one for an open seat
that 27.3% of the people that took the time to vote didn't bother to cast a
vote for a second choice.
I was very surprised that 62.7% of the people didn't bother to cast a vote
for a third choice.
The results from the last general election in Ward 2 prior to RCV (2007)
were:
Dave Thune - 2733 (53.02%)
Bill hosko - 2399 (46.54%)
Write-In - 23 (0.45%)
Total votes: 5155
Dennis Hill
St. Paul