This article will be updated if changes are reported.

The political ads on television are over. The attack mailers have ended. And a new slate of local, state and national leaders have been elected to office.
For those who didn’t wait up to watch results come in, here’s how a few races of interest ended up.
Statewide Races
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, DFL, is Minnesota’s next governor after defeating Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R, 1,569,097 to 1,205,798.
DFLer Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, is headed to the U.S. Senate after gaining the 1,520,299-to-1,232,683 victory over Republican Michele Tafoya.
Keith Ellison was re-elected Minnesota Attorney General, defeating challenger Ronald Schutz, R, 1,520,401 to 1,275,402.
Steve Simon was re-elected as Secretary of State, pulling in 1,528,571 votes to Republican Tad Jude’s 1,167,898.
The State Auditor race went to DFLer Zack Filipovich, who defeated Chaska’s Scott Jensen, R, 1,473,428 to 1,229,413.
U.S. House Race
U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, R, will return to the House for the seventh time, as he overcame challenger Doug Chapin, DFL, 204,707 to 162,213.
Minnesota Senate Races
The DFL has taken control of the Minnesota Senate.
In the District 49 race, DFLer Krish Subrahmanian was the clear victor with 29,406 votes. Republican Dustin DuFault received 15,528 votes while Independent candidate Kris Babler had 2,003.
Glenn Gruenhagen, R, will return to the District 17 seat after a 28,402-to-13,860 victory over Julie Kelzer.
Minnesota House Races
The DFL has also taken control of the Minnesota House of Representatives for the next two years.
In races of local interest, Republican Bobbie Harder defeated Ben Wieman in District 17B 14,783 to 7,299. She represents Carver, Watertown, Norwood Young America and Winsted, as well as points in between.
In District 48A, Republican Jim Nash was returned to the House by defeating challenger Joe Brothers, DFL, 14,342 to 11,610. The district represents parts of Chaska, Waconia, Victoria, Mayer and Cologne.
In District 48B, DFLer Lucy Rehm was returned to the House over Republican Caleb Steffenhagen, 12,655 to 10,386. Rehm represents parts of Chaska and Chanhassen.
In District 49A, Alex Falconer, DFL, took the seat over Republican Jeff Houdek, 16,254 to 8,297. The district includes a small portion of Chanhassen along with Minnetonka and Eden Prairie.
Carver County Commissioner Races
According to unofficial results, the District 2 Carver County Commissioner race was narrowly won by incumbent Tom Workman over Chrissy Ahola, 4,671 to 4,562.
In the District 5 County Commissioner race, John Fahey bested Khai Tran 5,701 to 3,184.
Sheriff Race
Jessica Heger will be Carver County’s next sheriff, defeating Patrick Barry 28,238 to 24,620.
County Attorney
County Attorney Mark Metz ran unopposed, receiving 40,428 votes.
School Board Race
In the races for School Board for Eastern Carver County Schools, the four top vote-getters won election. Jennifer Stone (15,523), Tracy Rundell (13,599) Ellie Krug (13,569) and Tim Klein (13,510) won seats. Other candidate totals were Joe Scott (11,008), Ken Salway (8,296), Makiza Johnson (7,617), Chet Gunhus (5,112) and Jonathon Heinonen (3,110).
Carver City Races
In the City of Carver, Mayor Courtney Johnson ran unopposed and was re-elected with 2,689 votes.
For City Council, the top two vote-getters were Laurie Sayre (1,805) Erik Perschmann (1,440) and have been elected. Dan Prechel (1,209) failed to make the cut.
Chanhassen City Races
In Chanhassen, Mark von Oven was elected as mayor with 6,228 votes over Jerry McDonald (5,681) and Balakrishna Chintaginjala (972).
In the City Council race, Denny Laufenburger (6,097) and Kyle O’Neill (5,028) were the top vote-getters in unofficial results. Bryan Litsey (4,999) and Paul Haik (3,837) were the other candidates.
Chaska City Races
In Chaska, Mayor Taylor Hubbard won re-election over challenger David Meissner, 7,933 to 4,779.
In the races for City Council, Robin Bielefeldt narrowly defeated incumbent Jon Grau 1,760 to 1,710 in Ward 1. In Ward 3, McKayla Hatfield also won re-election (1,034) over Steve Herrmann (951) and Catherine Tarbell Hull (354).
Victoria City Races
In Victoria, the two top vote-getters were elected to the City Council. Donna Taratino-Walker (2,751) and Benjamin Sykora (2,499) were elected. Other candidates included Andy Reiff (1,836), Thomas Almquist (1,250), Greg Evansky (832) and Judson Sandahl (381).
Minnesota Constitutional Amendment
The state’s constitutional amendment to change the way permanent school funding is distributed was approved handily, 2,065,990 to 665,728, with 101,107 leaving the question blank.







