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Of Cass County's 17,901 registered voters, only 6,133, or 34.3 percent cast ballots in Tuesday's Primary Election. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie had estimated voter turnout on the state level to be 12 percent, however it did come in slightly above the 12 percent mark, but lower than the 2008 primary.

Ballots cast by political party in Cass County included: Independence, 213, 3.47 percent; Republican, 2,145, 34.97 percent; and Democratic-Farmer-Labor, 3,495, 56.99 percent.

Cass County election results by party were:

Democratic-Farmer-Labor

U.S. Representative District 8: W.D. (Bill) Hamm, 757; James L. Oberstar, 2,626

State Representative District 4A: John Persell, 732; Mark Thorson, 388

Governor And Lieutenant Governor: Margaret Anderson Kelliher and John Gunyou, 1,098; Peter Idusogie And Lady Jayne Fontaine, 46; Matt Entenza And Robyne Robinson, 672; Mark Dayton And Yvonne Prettner Solon, 1,642

Secretary Of State: "Dick" Franson, 804; Mark Ritchie, 2,317

Attorney General: Leo F. Meyer, 572; Lori Swanson, 2,637

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U.S. Representative District 8: Chip Cravaack, 1,929

State Representative District 4A: Richard Lehmann, 604

Governor And Lieutenant Governor: Ole' Savior And Todd "Elvis" Anderson, 105; Leslie Davis And Gregory K. Soderberg, 165; Bob Carney Jr And William Mcgaughey, 220; Tom Emmer And Annette T. Meeks, 1,566

Secretary Of State Cass County: Dan "Doc" Severson, 1,829

Attorney General: Chris Barden, 785; Sharon Anderson, 1,230



Independence

U.S. Representative District 8: Timothy Olson, 194

Governor And Lieutenant Governor: Tom Horner And James A. Mulder, 104; Phil Ratte' And Gayle-Lynn Lemaster, 28; Rahn V. Workcuff And Mark F Workcuff, 13; John T. Uldrich And Stephen Williams, 31;Rob Hahn And Thomas J Harens, 25

Secretary Of State : Jual Carlson, 178

Attorney General : Bill Dahn, 181



County Races

County Commissioner District 1: Neal Gaalswyk, 508; Greg Booth, 226; Ken Laporte, 372

County Commissioner District 2: Robert Kangas, 548; Edward "Ed" Nelson; Phil Kinnunen, 179

County Sheriff Cass County: Wayne Tennis, 1,875; Tom Burch, 2,630; Chris Thompson, 992; and Garr Pemberton, 418.

For more information on state and local primary election results go online to www.co.cass.mn.us and click on Primary Election Results

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