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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

St. Louis Park Election Results 2012

This is where you can find election results for local and legislative races. There will be separate election stories for county, judicial, constitutional amendments and national results.

Welcome to St. Louis Park Patch's hub for all things Election 2012. We will continue to update results as they come in. This page will offer some historical perspective of recent voting in St. Louis Park, along with up-to-the-moment election results for races across the area. It will also have links to Hennepin County's results, and state and federal (think U.S. Senate and House and president) election coverage.  * denotes incumbent Name Party Total Votes Percentage Nonpartisan 0.2 When Pam Berkwitz walked out of Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, she was the "900 and something" voter at that precinct. Jami LaPray, head election judge at Precinct 1, said the morning was "hectic."  There was an early problem with a voting machine, but it …

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

When Will Presidential Election Results 2012 Be Announced?

St. Louis Park voters may have to stay up late to see who wins.

You've voted in St. Louis Park and now you're waiting for the results. How long will you have to wait? The polls close on the West Coast at 8 p.m. Pacific Time (10 p.m. here), but voting in "swing states" will end before that. A swing, or battleground, state is one in which no particular political party or candidate has a majority of the electoral college votes. The swing states this year are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. Polls in Florida and Virginia will close at 6 p.m. our time. North Carolina and Ohio close at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. New Hampshire and Pennsylvania will close at 7 p.m. our time, and Colorado, Michigan and Wisconsin at 8 p.m. The …

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