Politics & Government
Greg Clausen Defeats Mike Germain in Primary for Senate District 57 DFL Spot
Clausen was endorsed by the Senate District 57 DFL and will appear on the November general election ballot.
In Minnesota Senate District 57, will move on to the November ballot as the DFL candidate, facing Republican Pat Hall.
Clausen, who was the endorsed DFL candidate, defeated Mike Germain in Tuesday's primary, receiving 78.66 percent of the vote to Germain's 21.34 percent in 26 precincts located in Apple Valley, Rosemount, Coates and Lakeville.
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District 57 includes all of , the Town of Coates and a portion of Lakeville.
Hall, the only Republican candidate who filed in the race, received 100 percent of Republican votes, with 1,937 votes.
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Here's a chart of the number and percentage of votes each candidate obtained in Tuesday's primary:
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes in party Pat Hall (R) 1,937100 Mike Germain (DFL) 395
21.34
Greg Clausen (DFL) 1,456
78.66
Here's a chart of the number of votes per candidate in each Senate District 57 precinct:
7
49
Apple Valley 2
62
11
45
Apple Valley 3
69
28
65
Apple Valley 4
76
27
48
Apple Valley 5A
108
24
98
Apple Valley 5B
154
28
68
Apple Valley 6
36
14
21
Apple Valley 7
68
15
80
Apple Valley 8
83
13
98
Apple Valley 9
109
23
75
Apple Valley 10 48
19
74
Apple Valley 11 92
15
75
Apple Valley 12 84
16
65
Apple Valley 13 39
12
28
Apple Valley 14 27
10
19
Apple Valley 15 18
21
20
Coates 6
0
0
Lakeville 16 79
7
32
Lakeville 17 40
8
30
Rosemount 1
142
18
137
Rosemount 2
69
19
56
Rosemount 3
142
13
89
Rosemount 4 77
14
54
Rosemount 5 78
3
46
Rosemount 6 84
18
34
Rosemount 7 65
12
50
Total 1,937
395
1,456
*All results were obtained from the Minnesota Secretary of State's website.
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