2008 General Election Official Returns
SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL General Election
Minnehaha County SD
November 4, 2008
Run Date:11/12/08 11:19 AM
TOTAL VOTES % Election Day Absentee
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 70) . . . . . 70 100.00
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 106,701
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 81,341 63,522 17,819
BALLOTS CAST - BLANK. . . . . . . 15 .02 10 5
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 76.23
VOTER TURNOUT - BLANK . . . . . . .01
Presidential Electors
VOTE FOR 1
Obama and Biden Electors (DEM) . . . 39,838 49.46 30,817 9,021
Baldwin and Castle Electors (CON) . . 381 .47 298 83
McCain and Palin Electors (REP) . . . 39,251 48.73 30,901 8,350
Barr and Root Electors (IND) . . . . 328 .41 251 77
Nader and Gonzalez Electors (IND) . . 754 .94 631 123
United States Senate
VOTE FOR 1
Tim Johnson (DEM) . . . . . . . 50,693 63.46 40,337 10,356
Joel Dykstra (REP) . . . . . . . 29,189 36.54 22,358 6,831
United States Representative
VOTE FOR 1
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (DEM). . . 54,918 69.08 44,008 10,910
Chris Lien (REP). . . . . . . . 24,584 30.92 18,478 6,106
Public Utilities Commissioner
VOTE FOR 1
Matt McLarty (DEM) . . . . . . . 21,695 29.63 16,627 5,068
Eugene R Hidalgo (CON) . . . . . . 2,209 3.02 1,738 471
Gary Hanson (REP) . . . . . . . 49,312 67.35 39,448 9,864
State Senator DISTRICT 09
VOTE FOR 1
Paul Nielson (DEM) . . . . . . . 4,660 47.70 3,844 816
Tom Dempster (IND) . . . . . . . 5,109 52.30 4,215 894
State Senator DISTRICT 10
VOTE FOR 1
Clara Saeni Hart (DEM) . . . . . . 2,966 35.55 2,291 675
Gene G. Abdallah (REP) . . . . . . 5,377 64.45 4,266 1,111
State Senator DISTRICT 11
VOTE FOR 1
Nate Welch (DEM). . . . . . . . 5,083 43.27 3,902 1,181
D. Scott Bartlett (CON). . . . . . 460 3.92 374 86
Jason M. Gant (REP) . . . . . . . 6,204 52.81 4,780 1,424
State Senator DISTRICT 12
VOTE FOR 1
Sandy Jerstad (DEM). . . . . . . 4,447 55.48 3,217 1,230
Hal Wick (REP) . . . . . . . . 3,568 44.52 2,541 1,027
State Senator DISTRICT 13
VOTE FOR 1
Scott Heidepriem (DEM). . . . . . 5,720 52.54 4,293 1,427
Phyllis M. Heineman (REP) . . . . . 5,167 47.46 4,132 1,035
State Senator DISTRICT 14
VOTE FOR 1
Bob Stevens (DEM) . . . . . . . 4,668 39.47 3,644 1,024
Dave Knudson (REP) . . . . . . . 7,160 60.53 5,796 1,364
State Senator DISTRICT 15
VOTE FOR 1
Kathy Miles (DEM) . . . . . . . 3,664 62.09 2,818 846
Steve Willis (CON) . . . . . . . 356 6.03 267 89
Tracy Saboe (REP) . . . . . . . 1,881 31.88 1,462 419
State Senator DISTRICT 25
VOTE FOR 1
Dan Ahlers (DEM). . . . . . . . 4,073 63.68 3,653 420
L. Paul Jensen (REP). . . . . . . 2,323 36.32 1,999 324
State Representative DISTRICT 09
VOTE FOR 2
Richard A. Engels (DEM). . . . . . 4,905 28.90 4,007 898
Marlyn "Sonny" Beebe (DEM). . . . . 3,098 18.25 2,482 616
Tom Sutton (REP). . . . . . . . 3,854 22.71 3,190 664
Deb Peters (REP). . . . . . . . 5,115 30.14 4,259 856
State Representative DISTRICT 10
VOTE FOR 2
Robert F. Swanhorst (DEM) . . . . . 3,169 20.82 2,507 662
Mary Ann Giebink (DEM). . . . . . 3,188 20.94 2,487 701
Roger Hunt (REP). . . . . . . . 4,062 26.69 3,139 923
Shantel Krebs (REP). . . . . . . 4,803 31.55 3,827 976
State Representative DISTRICT 11
VOTE FOR 2
Darrell D. Solberg (DEM) . . . . . 5,163 25.35 3,962 1,201
Don Rose (DEM) . . . . . . . . 3,952 19.41 3,071 881
Mark K Willadsen (REP) . . . . . . 5,148 25.28 3,903 1,245
Todd Schlekeway (REP) . . . . . . 6,102 29.96 4,693 1,409
State Representative DISTRICT 12
VOTE FOR 2
Paula L. Johnson (DEM) . . . . . . 3,561 26.70 2,568 993
Gregory Kniffen (DEM) . . . . . . 2,865 21.48 2,063 802
Manny Steele (REP) . . . . . . . 3,582 26.86 2,531 1,051
R. Blake Curd (REP) . . . . . . . 3,329 24.96 2,345 984
State Representative DISTRICT 13
VOTE FOR 2
Bill Thompson (DEM). . . . . . . 5,541 28.25 4,232 1,309
Susy Blake (DEM). . . . . . . . 5,039 25.69 3,844 1,195
John Mogen (REP). . . . . . . . 4,616 23.53 3,665 951
Tom Reaves (REP). . . . . . . . 4,419 22.53 3,428 991
State Representative DISTRICT 14
VOTE FOR 2
Jacey Harmon (DEM) . . . . . . . 3,459 16.54 2,646 813
Marc S. Feinstein (DEM). . . . . . 5,740 27.44 4,508 1,232
Joni M. Cutler (REP). . . . . . . 6,424 30.71 5,170 1,254
R. Shawn Tornow (REP) . . . . . . 5,296 25.32 4,314 982
State Representative DISTRICT 15
VOTE FOR 2
Patrick A. Kirschman (DEM). . . . . 3,132 36.83 2,379 753
Martha Vanderlinde (DEM) . . . . . 3,085 36.27 2,345 740
Tamera "Tammy" Weis (REP) . . . . . 2,288 26.90 1,775 513
State Representative DISTRICT 25
VOTE FOR 2
Oran A. Sorenson (DEM) . . . . . . 3,498 31.64 3,135 363
Dennis VanOverschelde (DEM) . . . . 1,741 15.75 1,504 237
Patrick Ellison (REP) . . . . . . 2,262 20.46 1,947 315
Timothy A. Rave (REP) . . . . . . 3,553 32.14 3,117 436
County Commissioner At Large
VOTE FOR 2
Clarence Kooistra (DEM) . . . . . 29,929 25.19 23,336 6,593
Terry Tronson (DEM). . . . . . . 22,657 19.07 17,491 5,166
John Pekas (REP). . . . . . . . 35,291 29.70 27,922 7,369
Dick Kelly (REP). . . . . . . . 30,958 26.05 24,219 6,739
Constitutional Amendment G
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,927 45.63 26,398 7,529
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,430 54.37 32,263 8,167
Constitutional Amendment H
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,105 35.46 19,530 4,575
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,864 64.54 34,293 9,571
Constitutional Amendment I
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,459 59.89 33,838 9,621
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,105 40.11 23,405 5,700
Constitutional Amendment J
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,226 27.16 16,159 4,067
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,243 72.84 42,473 11,770
Initiated Measure 9
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,661 45.47 24,586 7,075
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,963 54.53 30,581 7,382
Initiated Measure 10
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,184 39.26 22,257 6,927
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,158 60.74 36,618 8,540
Initiated Measure 11
VOTE FOR 1
Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,961 44.60 28,142 6,819
No. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,435 55.40 33,809 9,626
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