Jeff Johnson and Julianne Ortman won the non-binding straw polls for Governor and U.S. Senator respectively today at the Republican Party of Minnesota State Central Committee meeting in Blaine. Johnson won 35% of the votes in the Governor’s poll with Dave Thompson coming in second with 27%. Ortman won the Senatorial poll with 37% with Mike McFadden coming in second with 21%. “Congratulations to today’s winners Jeff Johnson and Julianne Ortman,” said Keith Downey, Chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota. “It was a day full of great speeches, great messages, great candidates, great energy, and great momentum going forward for the party. We couldn’t be more excited about the pool of candidates ready to take on Al Franken and Mark Dayton, and I can’t wait for our state convention next year when the delegates ultimately select our Republican candidates.”
Governor Results:
- Jeff Johnson – 35%
- Dave Thompson – 27%
- Marty Seifert (write-in) – 18%
- Kurt Zellers – 8%
- Rob Farnsworth – 6%
- Scott Honour – 4%
U.S. Senate Results:
- Julianne Ortman – 37%
- Mike McFadden – 22%
- Harold Shudlick – 13%
- Chris Dahlberg – 12%
- Jim Abeler – 11%
- Monti Moreno – 3%
* Note: the percentages do not add up to 100% due to spoiled ballots, and write-in candidate vote totals were not included if they did not receive at least 10 votes.
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