Election Guide: Primary 2012

Tuesday, August 14 is the primary election and Stillwater’s Ward 2 will have three new City Council candidates on the ballot.

Also on the partisan ballot are Federal Senate and House representative seats for the Independence, Republican and Democrat parties. The Republican and Democrat parties also have state Senate seats on the ballot.

In a primary election voters must vote along party lines.

Ward boundaries in Stillwater have changed as a result of routine redistricting.

New polling locations are a result of the new districts and because two polling places do not have air conditioning which was previously uncomfortable for voters and election judges. 

The polls for all districts open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Enter your address to see where to vote.

• Ward 1, Precinct 1 - , 813 Myrtle Street W
• Ward 1, Precinct 2 - , 605 5th Street S
• Ward 2, Precinct 3 - , 214 3rd St N
• Ward 2, Precinct 4 - , 115 4th Street N
• Ward 3, Precinct 5 - , 900 Owens Street N
• Ward 4, Precinct 7 - , 1616 Olive Street W
• Ward 4, Precinct 8 - , 100 School House Circle

Lily Lake and Oak Park Elementary Schools are no longer polling places. 

If voters go to the wrong place the election judges and other officials will send them to the correct location.

Voters will be asked to designate their party preference. If you designate a party preference, only votes cast for that party will be counted. If you do not designate a party preference and vote for candidates of more than one party, no votes will be counted. Choices on the ballot include Republican, Democratic, Constitution and Americans Elect parties, but there are only Republican and Democratic candidates on the ballot.

The only contested race on the ballot is for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. All primary winners will advance to the Nov. 6, 2012, general election, which also will be a presidential election.

Republican Party

• Bob Carney, Jr.
• Kurt Bills
• David Carlson

Democratic Party

• Darryl Stanton
• Jack Edward Shepard
• Amy Klobuchar
• "Dick" Franson

Independence Party

• Glen R. Anderson Menze
• Stephen Williams

Republican Party (MN-4)

• Tony Hernandez
• Ron Seiford

Democratic Party (MN-4)

• Betty McCollum
• Diana Longrie
• Brian Stalboerger

Independence Party (MN-4)

• Steve Carlson

Republican Party (MN-39)

• Karin Housley
• Eric Michael Langness

Democratic Party (MN-39)

• Julie Bunn

Non-partisan

• Tom Corbett
• Ted Kozlowski
• Cassie McLemore