For those keeping track, these are the results from Saturday’s national delegate elections. The top twelve contestants were elected. I was unable to record results for the candidates Tracy Ries or Don Evanson, but the other 33 candidates placed as follows. Though Don Huizenga placed in 13th place, his vote total fell below the 50 percent threshold required to win. Rather than going to a second ballot, Don endorsed Rep. Michele Bachmann (who placed 14th), and the delegation elected her by acclamation.
1) Rep. Kurt Bills – 1,545 votes (76.2 percent) 2) Rep. Brandon Petersen – 1,491 votes (73.6 percent) 3) Kimlinh Bui – 1,371 votes (67.6 percent) 4) Mark Santelman – 1,255 votes (62 percent) 5) Rudy Takala – 1,214 votes (59.9 percent) 6) Eric Goodrich – 1,166 votes (57.5 percent) 7) Marianne Stebbins – 1,156 votes (57 percent) 8) Gene Dornink – 1,125 votes (55 percent) 9) Josh Regnier 1,125 votes (55 percent) 10) John Trojack 1,109 votes (54.7 percent) 11) Craig Westover – 1,091 votes (53.8 percent) 12) Scott Anderson – 1,084 votes (53.5 percent) 13) Don Huizenga – 947 votes 14) Rep. Michele Bachmann – 872 votes 15) Chris Tiedeman – 838 votes 16) Marjorie Holsten – 808 votes 17) Jen Niska – 798 votes 18) Deputy Chair MNGOP Kelly Fenton – 797 votes 19) Treasurer MNGOP Bron Scherer – 792 votes 20) Chris Barden – 728 votes 21) Rep. Keith Downey – 724 votes 22) Mike Vekich – 707 votes 23) Ken Cobb – 643 votes 24) David Fitzsimmons – 632 votes 25) Former Rep. Mark Kennedy – 585 votes 26) Jennifer DeJournett – 335 votes 27) Jane Stewart – 308 votes 28) Joe Wolf – 215 votes 29) Colleen Smith – 180 votes 30) James McKinney – 155 votes 31) Andrew Christensen – 122 votes 32) Bill Whiteside – 94 votes 33) Mike Miller – 19 votes |