A Ward 1 voter phoned yesterday wondering where local election results are posted. The Anoka County website gives all voting counts from within the County. The following information is transcribed and derived from their Ramsey Council results.
COUNCIL MEMBER - RAMSEY WARD 1
DAVID W. ELVIG 1323 -- 59 %
ERIC ZAETSCH 923 -- 41 %
WRITE-IN 3
Total 2249
Victory Margin 400 -- 18 %
COUNCIL MEMBER - RAMSEY WARD 3
JOHN P. DEHEN 930 -- 58 %
AL PEARSON 667 -- 41.5 %
WRITE-IN 9
Total 1606
Victory Margin 263 -- 16 %
COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE - RAMSEY
TODD COOK 2762 -- 37 %
MATT LOOK 4621 -- 62 %
WRITE-IN 31
Total 7414
Victory Margin 1859 -- 25 %
RESULT
Two challengers won, one incumbent was retained.
DECISIVENESS
No race was close, but Ward 3 by absolute number
and by percentage had the closest margin.
PARTICIPATION
For the 2004 Presidential Election, over 10,000 voted.
This election, turnout was less than 3/4 of that.
COUNCIL AS OF JANUARY 2007 [BY LENGTH OF TENURE]
MAYOR GAMEC -- beginning of time to 2008
DAVID ELVIG -- 2003 to 2010 [WARD 1]
SARAH STROMMEN -- 2003 to 2008 [AT LARGE]
DAVID JEFFREY -- 2005 to 2008 [WARD 4]
MARY JO OLSON -- 2005 to 2008 [WARD 2]
JOHN DEHEN -- 2007 to 2010 [WARD 3]
MATT LOOK -- 2007 to 2010 [AT LARGE]
Next election cycle, the 2008 Presidential elections,
will have the Gamec, Strommen, Jeffrey, and Olson seats
up for reelection (or open if any incumbent does not run).