2021 Election Results
The results of the municipal general election held Nov. 2, 2021, are detailed below.
Results for the 2021 ISD 283 school board contest are available on the Secretary of State’s website. The school board contest was not counted using the ranked-choice method. The top three candidates with the most votes in this contest were elected.
Ward council member results
For races using the ranked-choice voting method, vote counts for first, second and third choices were available on election night (Nov. 2), but actual results were not tabulated until the following day. The city clerk’s office began tabulation on Nov. 3 and announced results below .
On Nov. 8, 2021, the city council canvassed the results of the 2021 municipal election and officially declared winners for the four (4) ward council member offices.
Click on tabs below to see round-by-round results for the council member wards 1, 2, 3 and 4 races.
Note: The contests for the offices of wards 1, 3, and 4 council member only required a single round of counting.
Learn more about ranked-choice voting.
Round 1
Ranked-choice races
In the first round of counting a ranked-choice race, we total the first-choice votes and check whether any option received more votes than the threshold. The threshold for declaring a winner is 50% of total votes cast plus one.
Council member ward 1
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Margaret Rog |
818 |
91.40% |
| Undeclared write-in (UWI) |
70 |
7.82% |
| Overvote |
0 |
0.00% |
| Undervote |
7 |
0.78% |
| Total votes continuing |
895 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
895 |
|
| Totally blank |
37 |
|
| Partially defective |
1 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
0 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 1 |
933 |
|
Threshold = 448
Margaret Rog received the most votes (818), which was more than the threshold (448). Margaret Rog was declared the winner in a single round of counting.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.
Council member ward 2
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Lynette Lungay Dumalag |
965 |
60.84% |
| John Basill (write-in) |
586 |
36.95% |
| Undeclared write-in (UWI) |
25 |
1.58% |
| Overvote |
0 |
0.00% |
| Undervote |
10 |
0.63% |
| Total votes continuing |
1,586 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
1,586 |
|
| Totally blank |
23 |
|
| Partially defective ballots |
2 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
0 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 2 |
1,611 |
|
Threshold = 794
Lynette Lungay Dumalag received the most votes (965), which was more than the threshold (794). Lynette Lungay Dumalag was declared the winner in a single round of counting.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.
Council member ward 3
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Saul Eugene |
255 |
18.93% |
| Jim Leuthner |
502 |
37.27% |
| Sue Budd |
581 |
43.13% |
| Undeclared write-in (UWI) |
6 |
0.45% |
| Overvote |
0 |
0.00% |
| Undervote |
3 |
0.22% |
| Total votes continuing |
1,347 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
1,347 |
|
| Totally blank |
12 |
|
| Partially defective |
0 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
0 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 3 |
1,359 |
|
Threshold = 674
Sue Budd received the most votes (581), but did not have more than the threshold (674) to be declared the winner. Overvotes, undervotes and undeclared write-ins (UWI) will be eliminated in the next round of counting. The next highest choices on those ballots will be added to the totals of the remaining candidates.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.
Council member ward 4
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Tim Brausen |
667 |
93.68% |
| Undeclared write-in |
32 |
4.49% |
| Overvote |
1 |
0.14% |
| Undervote |
12 |
1.69% |
| Total votes continuing |
712 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
712 |
|
| Totally blank |
45 |
|
| Partially defective |
0 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
0 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 4 |
757 |
|
Threshold = 357
Tim Brausen received the most votes (667), which was more than the threshold (357). Tim Brausen was declared the winner in a single round of counting.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.
Round 2
Ranked-choice races
Council member ward 3
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Saul Eugene |
257 |
19.08% |
| Jim Leuthner |
503 |
37.34% |
| Sue Budd |
581 |
43.13% |
| Undeclared write-in (UWI) |
eliminated |
|
| Overvote |
eliminated |
|
| Undervote |
eliminated |
|
| Total votes continuing |
1,341 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
1,347 |
|
| Totally blank |
12 |
|
| Partially defective |
0 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
6 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 3 |
1,359 |
|
Threshold = 674
Sue Budd received the most votes (581), but did not have more than the threshold (674) to be declared the winner. Saul Eugene will be eliminated in the next round of counting. The next highest choices on those ballots will be added to the totals of the remaining candidates.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.
Round 3
Ranked-choice races
Council member ward 3
| Candidate |
Number of votes |
Percent of votes |
| Saul Eugene |
eliminated |
|
| Jim Leuthner |
559 |
41.50% |
| Sue Budd |
747 |
55.46% |
| Undeclared write-in (UWI) |
eliminated |
|
| Overvote |
eliminated |
|
| Undervote |
eliminated |
|
| Total votes continuing |
1,306 |
|
| Total votes cast for this office |
1,347 |
|
| Totally blank |
12 |
|
| Partially defective |
0 |
|
| Exhausted ballots |
41 |
|
| Total ballots cast in ward 3 |
1,359 |
|
Threshold = 674
Sue Budd received the most votes (747), which was more than the threshold. Sue Budd is declared the winner in this race.
*Threshold = [(Total votes cast)/(Seats to be elected + 1)] + 1
The total votes cast for this office does not include totally blank or partially defective ballots as defined by City Code Sec. 10-4.