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2024 Cook County Election Results

Nov 06, 2024 09:14AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: Phillip Goldsberry on Unsplash.com

By Laura Durenberger-Grunow - Boreal Community Media - November 6, 2024


It was a late night/early morning for many as local, state, and national election results rolled in after polls closed yesterday evening. According to Brady Powers, Cook County Auditor, almost half of Cook County residents voted early. As of yesterday morning, there were just over 4,000 registered voters in Cook County, with 960 of those from Grand Marais. 

Local election results are as follows:

Cook County Commissioners 

District 2

   Garry Gamble /Write-in
Grand Marais East   26240
Croftville   12422
Total      38662

Winner: Garry Gamble


District 4

Ann Sullivan /Dean Berglund/ Write-in
Gunflint   145     111   0
Maple Hill   142   153   0
Colvill   169   147   1
Total    456   411   1

Winner: Ann Sullivan

Cook County Soil and Water Board 

District 1

   Gregg Westigard/ Write-in
Magney   60   0
Grand Marais East   331   3
Grand Marais West   252   0
Grand Portage   139   1
Hovland   148   1
Cascade   296   1
Lutsen   255   0
Gunflint   147   0
Schroeder   73   4
Tofte   105   0
Croftville   148   0
Pike Lake   72   0
Maple Hill   199   0
Colvill   205   2
Totals:   2430  12

Winner: Gregg Westigard


District 3

Amber Humphrey /Write-in
Magney610
Grand Marais East3523
Grand Marais West      2611
Grand Portage1411
Hovland1461
Cascade2981
Lutsen2550
Gunflint1440
Schroeder720
Tofte1091
Croftville1530
Pike Lake760
Maple Hill1970
Colvill2171
Total24829

Winner: Amber Humphrey


District 5

Write-in
Magney4
Grand Marais East    39
Grand Marais West20
Grand Portage13
Hovland9
Cascade20
Lutsen10
Gunflint10
Schroeder6
Tofte6
Croftville11
Pike Lake5
Maple Hill14
Colvill22
Total189

Cindy Oberg-Hauser filed as a write-in candidate. 


North Shore Health Hospital Board

District 2

Milan Schmidt/ Douglas O. Sanders, Jr/ Write-in
Croftville207   20   0
Grand Marais East   325   78   0
Total532   98   0

Winner: Milan Schmidt


District 4

Kathryn Olson /Sam Usem /Write-in
Gunflint401753
Maple Hill   432282
Colvill702242
Total1536277

Winner: Sam Usem


Cook County ISD 166 School Board

District 2

Carrie Jansen/ Write-in
Grand Marais East   339   13
Croftville157    1
Total496   14

Winner: Carrie Jansen


District 4

Write-in
Gunflint60
Maple Hill   52
Colvill48
Total160


Cook County ISD 166 Bond Referendum 

Question 1

Yes /No
Magney4761
Grand Marais East264194
Grand Marais West211136
Grand Portage11645
Hovland91123
Cascade                     245183
Lutsen213146
Gunflint134121
Schroeder3961
Tofte7577
Croftville117138
Pike Lake5839
Maple Hill134167
Colvill160158
Total19041649

Question one passed. Read more about what this means here. 

Question 2

Yes /No
Magney4166
Grand Marais East244206
Grand Marais West   179160
Grand Portage11150
Hovland82132
Cascade215208
Lutsen179182
Gunflint119135
Schroeder3465
Tofte6984
Croftville102151
Pike Lake5243
Maple Hill106194
Colvill144171
Total16771847

Question two did not pass (which automatically ruled out question three).

Question 3

Yes /No
Magney3868
Grand Marais East224220
Grand Marais West   157181
Grand Portage10653
Hovland74136
Cascade188235
Lutsen163191
Gunflint106149
Schroeder3564
Tofte6490
Croftville96158
Pike Lake4156
Maple Hill91203
Colvill121189
Total15041993

Question three did not pass. 


Grand Marais City Council 

Mayor

Tracy Benson /Write-in
Grand Marais East38212
Grand Marais West   2696
Total65118

Winner: Tracy Benson


City Council Members

Craig Donald Schulte/ Michael Garry/ Write-in
Grand Marais West      230   189   5
Grand Marais East   335   257   5
Total   565   446   10

Winners: Craig Donald Schulte and Michael Garry


Special Election City Council Member

William B Lovaas/ Write-in
Grand Marais East   347   4
Grand Marais West      247   4
Total   594   8

Winner: Willam B Lovaas

State Representative District 3A

Roger J. Skraba     14,443    55.54%
Harley Droba10,77941.45%
Rich Tru7122.74%
WRITE-IN73

Winner: Roger Skraba

Here is a breakdown of how Cook County residents voted: 
Roger J. Skraba   1,205    34.09%
Harley Droba2,24063.37%

US Representative District 8

Jen Schultz137,838    39.71%
Pete Stauber    208,84260.17%
WRITE-IN3890.11%

Winner: Pete Stauber 

Locally, here is the breakdown of how Cook County residents voted: 
Jen Schultz2,399   66.73%
Pete Stauber   1,19433.21%

Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund

Minnesotans had the opportunity to renew a constitutional amendment for the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, which allows 40% of lottery proceeds to go toward environmental projects throughout the state (learn more here). Voters had to select between "yes" to renew or "no" not to renew. Leaving the question blank was the same as a no. 

Approximately 2.5 million Minnesotans voted yes, or around 78%. Over 500,000 voted no, and slightly over 200,000 were blank. 

Locally, here is the breakdown of Cook County voters: 
Yes2,955
No580
Estimated Blanks
148
Estimated Total Number of Voters   
3,683
Estimated Percent of YES*
80.23%

US Senator

US Senator Amy Klobuchar was re-elected for a fourth term, receiving over 1.7 million votes, or 56%. 

Here is the breakdown of Cook County voters: 
Amy Klobuchar  2,517 69.65%


Royce White    1,000 27.67%



Additionally, the Republican party has taken the majority in the Senate for the first time in four years. 

President

Donald Trump received the necessary 270 electoral votes (and estimated populous vote) in the early morning of November 6. You can read full coverage from The Associated Press here.

Locally, here is the breakdown of how Cook County voted in the presidential election: 
Donald J. Trump and JD Vance1,14231.20%
Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz      2,416  66.01%
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