Swedzinski, Walz, Klobuchar, Smith delared winners

Chris Swedzinski won his District 16A representative seat back with a high margin of 64 percent over young challenger Tom Wyatt-Yerka.
Tim Walz, who’s wife’s parents, the Val Whipples live in Ivanhoe,  took a big win over Republican Jeff Johnson.
Eric Wallen, who went unchallenged because his opponent pulled out of the race, won the job as Lyon County Sheriff. In Lincoln County, Chad Meester was re-elected.

In Ghent, Adam DeRoode and Jeffrey Gruhot were elected to council seats. Here are the votes:
DeRoode                         101
Gruhot                             80
Ted DeRoode                  66
Jordy Beek                      50

In Taunton, of the 79 registered voters, 66 voted. They re-elected incumbent Mayor Mike Breyfogle.
Breyfogle                        56
Write-in                           8
Other                               2
Total                               66
Taunton City Council seats were not contested with Jim Pesch getting 55 votes and Ryan Buysse 51. There were eight write-ins.

(Note: Lyon County Only votes are given first. Overall underneath).
In Representative District 16, (in Lyon County only) incumbent Chris Swedzinski defeated DFL challenger Tom Wyatt-Yerka, 65 to 34 percent with all precincts reporting.
Swedzinski                     5,191
Wyatt-Yerka                     2,724
Total votes                             8,002
Overall, Swedzinski pulled 68 percent of the vote, 10,852 to 5,198.

County Commissioner
In District 2, incumbent Steve Ritter won re-election with 64 to 35 percent of the vote over challenger Al Kruse. Both precincts have been reported.
Ritter                              1,362
Kruse                             741
Total votes                     2,233
In District 3, Paul Graupmann was running unopposed and won with 1,606 votes with all three precincts reporting.

IN STATE races, in Lyon County only:
With 33 of 33 precincts report precincts the races are, in Lyon County:
Senator (2-year-term)
Karin Housely         55%    5,472 votes
Tina Smith              40%     4,027 votes

Smith eventually won the election with 53% of the vote, 1,369,461,
Senator (6-year-term)
Jim Newberger            47%      4,700 votes
Amy Klobuchar            49%      4,972 votes
Klobuchar eventually won the race with 60% of the vote, 1,565,422 to 940,168.

US Representative District 7
Dave Hughes              48%      4,821 votes
Collin Peterson           51%       5,115 votes
Peterson eventually won with 52 percent of the vote, 146,662 to 134,655.

Governor (32 of 33 precincts reporting)
Jeff Johnson                    54%      5,468 votes
Tim Walz                         41%      4,143 votes
Walz eventually won the governorship in Minnesota with 54% of the vote, 1,392,231 to 1,097,324.

Attorney General
Doug Wardlow                58%      5,788 votes
Keith Ellison                   35%       3,547 votes
Ellison eventual won the job as Attorney General, with  49% of the vote, 1,248,777 to 1,150,120.

For Lyon County Sheriff, Eric Wallen got 67 percent of the vote.
Jim Marshall, who pulled out of the race had 30 percent of the vote after with all 33 precincts reporting.
Wallen                              6,491
Marshall                          2,877
IN LINCOLN County, incumbent Sheriff Chad Meester was elected over challenger Nathan Nafziger, Meester had 1,249 votes, Nafziger 1,115.