My guess is that about 20,000 went to the polls on Tuesday
Very low undercount, almost like a school board only election
Votes much more concentrated in far South & SW wards than in 1999, 2001, 2002
School board 2004 primary
Candidates Votes / % of estimated voters
Lydia Lee 12,711 64%
Peggy Flanagan 11,925 60%
Sharon Henry Blythe 5,844 29%
Dennis Schapiro 5,714 29%
Sandra Miller 3,730 19%
David Dayhoff 2,905 15%
Mohammed Jibrell 1827 9%
Lucky Rosenbloom 1520 8% In 2002: 4,533 (14%, #4)
David Donnelly 1367 7% 2001
Doug Mann 1130 6%
John T. Uldrich 1040 5%
Erik Nelson 1039 5%
Jack Chisholm 740 4%
Ray Roybal 586 3%
John Starway 336 2%
Rahn V. Workcuff 290 1%
2001 Primary (with high undercount)
Sharon Henry Blythe 15,419 - 26% #1
Dennis Schapiro 8,897 - 15% #4
Doug Mann 3,604 6% #12
2002 Primary (with high undercount)
Lucky Rosenbloom 4,533 14% #4
Doug Mann 3478 11% #8
Past Primary elections
1999: under 12,000 (school board only)
2001: over 60,000
2002: over 30,000
School board undercount was about 40% in 2001 and 2002 (not voting for school
board candidates and voting for few than 3 / 4 candidates.
Past Primary election, breakdown by wards -
2002 Primary (# voters) 1999 / 2001 primaries
Ward 1: 2751 742 / 4985
Ward 2: 2088 713 / 3436
Ward 3: 1598 387 / 2963
Ward 4: 2231 608 / 3431
Ward 5: 1363 585 / 2931
Ward 13: 4455 1904 / 7136
Ward 7: 3444 1307 / 5746
Ward 10: 2712 852 / 5202
Ward 12: 3449 987 / 5680
Ward 11: 3420 1200 / 6792
Ward 6: 1349 325 / 2728
Ward 8: 2281 665 / 3950
Ward 9: 1696 780 / 4675
5th Congressional district, US House 2004 primary
in ward 13: 2615 (DFL) + 386 (Rep) + 28 (Green) = 3029
in ward 5: 599 (DFL) + 72 (Rep) + 11 (Green) = 682
in ward 2: 1335 (DFL) + 128 (Rep) + 65 (Green) = 1428
in ward 1: 1508 (DFL) + 335 (Rep) + 104 (Green) = 1947
Only the DFL had a contested race for 5th district US House seats
2004 primary, Candidates ranking 6, 8, 9, and 10 citywide: Ward
Citywide / Wards 13 11 7 12 10
Subtotal
Dayhoff, 2905 611 449 333 380 174
1947
Rosenbloom 1520 173 131 98 139 109
650
Donnelly 1367 131 137 112 159 63
602
Mann 1130 101 111 91 122 78
503
Results for 28 South Central precincts (Ward 6, plus parts of 8, 9 10 west of
Lyndale, East of Hiawatha, and South of 42 Street, plus "the wedge" (10th
ward, precincts 1+ 2):
Ranking 7 through 10 (in South Central)
7) Rosenbloom 280
8) Dayhoff 224
9) Mann 191
10) Donnelly 129
Ward 2, candidates ranking 7-10
7) Dayhoff 124
8) Mann 101
9) Donnelly 94
10) Rosenbloom 77
Ward 5, candidates ranking 7-10
7) Rosenbloom 102
8) Donnelly 64
9) Dayhoff 52
10) Mann 47
Ward 4, candidates ranking 7-10
7) Donnelly 116
7) Rosenbloom 106
8) Dayhoff 101
9) Mann 80
Ward 1, candidates ranking 7-10
7) Dayhoff 235
8) Donnelly 165
9) Rosenbloom 159
10) Mann 154
Ward 3, candidates ranking 7-10
7) Dayhoff 109
8) Donnelly 93
9) Rosenbloom 89
10) Mann 58
In 32 precincts out of 131 citywide, David Dayhoff received the same number
or fewer votes than Doug Mann.(13 out of 28 south-central precincts, 7 of 11 in
Ward 2, and 3 precincts each in Wards 1,3,4,5). Others candidates in the top
6 and Jibrell (7th place citywide) outpolled me in almost every precinct in
the city.
-Doug Mann, King Field
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