Politics & Government

Keith Ellison Won in All but Two of Patch Cities' Precincts

Republican Chris Fields did better in areas Patch covers than in the Fifth District overall.

Patch cities gave U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) one shy of 76,000 votes in the Nov. 6, 2012 election that returned him to Congress for a fourth term. His Republican challenger, Chris Fields, got fewer than half that number of votes from areas Patch covers: 33,623.

City Ellison votes Ellison % Fields votes Fields % Edina (5 precincts) 4,692 55.27% 3,779 44.52% Fridley  13,116 59.84% 8,756 39.95% Golden Valley  8,753 65.66% 4,552 34.15% Hopkins  5,608 65.71% 2,906 34.05% Richfield  11,775 66.82% 5,803 32.93% St. Louis Park  25,959 78.49% 7,015 21.21% SW Minneapolis (16 precincts) 32,055 80.13% 7,827 19.57% Patch Cities Total 75,999 69.16% 33,623 30.60% Fifth District Total 262,101 74.47% 88,753 25.22%

Only two precincts out of 76 in Patch cities favored Fields over Ellison. Both precincts were in Edina—a new part of the Fifth District, added when redistricting redrew political boundaries based on the 2010 U.S. Census.

Edina gave Fields the most support of the six Patch cities in the Fifth Congressional District, with 44.52 percent of Edina's votes going to the Republican. Sixteen precincts in neighboring Southwest Minneapolis gave Fields the least support he enjoyed in Patch's coverage areas, with 19.57 percent.

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Here is the precinct-by-precinct breakdown of Fifth District voting in Patch cities on Nov. 6, 2012:

City Ellison votes Ellison % Fields votes Fields % Edina Precinct 3 859 43.04% 1,135 56.86% Edina Precinct 4 1,061 64.58% 576 35.06% Edina Precinct 8 788 49.59% 798 50.22% Edina Precinct 9 896 59.57% 605 40.23% Edina Precinct 14 1,088 61.92% 665 37.85% Edina Total 4,692 55.27% 3,779 44.52% Fridley Ward 1 Precinct 1 689 58.49% 486 41.26% Fridley Ward 1 Precinct 2 686 59.04% 471 40.53% Fridley Ward 1 Precinct 3 813 66.26% 411 33.50% Fridley Ward 1 Precinct 4 687 65.80% 357 34.20% Fridley Ward 2 Precinct 1 587 61.72% 360 37.85% Fridley Ward 2 Precinct 2 600 66.82% 295 32.85% Fridley Ward 2 Precinct 3 824 59.15% 568 40.78% Fridley Ward 2 Precinct 4 837 61.77% 514 37.93% Fridley Ward 3 Precinct 1 704 64.00% 393 35.73% Fridley Ward 3 Precinct 2 845 58.48% 597 41.31% Fridley Ward 3 Precinct 3 556 70.56% 232 29.44% Fridley Ward 3 Precinct 4 596 66.97% 293 32.92% Fridley Total 13,116 59.84% 8,756 39.95% Golden Valley Precinct 1-A 1,065 68.98% 472 30.57% Golden Valley Precinct 2-A 1,466 67.74% 696 32.16% Golden Valley Precinct 3-C 1,045 70.42% 437 29.45% Golden Valley Precinct 4 955 59.99% 636 39.95% Golden Valley Precinct 5-C 885 68.60% 401 31.09% Golden Valley Precinct 6 1,119 63.29% 645 36.48% Golden Valley Precinct 7B 1,097 62.72% 648 37.05% Golden Valley Precinct 8B 1,121 64.43% 617 35.46% Golden Valley Total 8,753 65.66% 4,552 34.15% Hopkins Precinct 1 812 66.89% 399 32.87% Hopkins Precinct 2 1,189 66.39% 601 33.56% Hopkins Precinct 3 805 63.04% 469 36.73% Hopkins Precinct 4 850 71.25% 337 28.25% Hopkins Precinct 5 918 64.56% 497 34.95% Hopkins Precinct 6  1,034 62.97% 603 36.72% Hopkins Total 5,608 65.71% 2,906 34.05% Richfield Ward 1 Precinct 3 1,514 64.48% 828 35.26% Richfield Ward 1 Precinct 4 1,245 67.37% 600 32.47% Richfield Ward 1 Precinct 5 1,445 65.00% 776 34.91% Richfield Ward 2 Precinct 2 1,590 68.51% 727 31.32% Richfield Ward 2 Precinct 6 1,480 65.05% 794 34.90% Richfield Ward 2 Precinct 7 1,077 65.27% 569 34.48% Richfield Ward 3 Precinct 1 888 67.17% 425 32.15% Richfield Ward 3 Precinct 8 1,034 68.98% 463 30.89% Richfield Ward 3 Precinct 9 1,502 70.42% 621 29.11% Richfield Total 11,775 66.82% 5,803 32.93% Minneapolis Ward 8 Precinct 2 1,910 89.17% 224 10.46% Minneapolis Ward 8 Precinct 6 1,930 89.39% 221 10.24% Minneapolis Ward 8 Precinct 7 2,256 85.78% 367 13.95% Minneapolis Ward 10 Precinct 3A 1,303 78.73% 345 20.85% Minneapolis Ward 10 Precinct 4 1,393 84.02% 259 15.62% Minneapolis Ward 10 Precinct 5A 1,182 85.59% 193 13.98% Minneapolis Ward 10 Precinct 6 1,773 84.71% 311 14.86% Minneapolis Ward 11 Precinct 1 1,245 81.16% 288 18.77% Minneapolis Ward 11 Precinct 2 1,576 76.58% 473 22.98% Minneapolis Ward 11 Precinct 3 1,526 81.30% 344 18.33% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 1 1,232 70.60% 512 29.34% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 2 1,821 79.69% 458 20.04% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 3 1,883 80.47% 451 19.27% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 4 1,861 74.95% 616 24.81% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 5 1,951 78.80% 519 20.96% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 6 2,278 79.01% 598 20.74% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 7 1,880 75.81% 593 23.91% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 8 1,381 76.00% 431 23.72% Minneapolis Ward 13 Precinct 9 1,674 72.59% 624 27.06% SW Minneapolis Total 32,055 80.13% 7,827 19.57% St. Louis Park Ward 1 Precinct 1 1,483 64.90% 800 35.01% St. Louis Park Ward 1 Precinct 2 1,818 67.84% 855 31.90% St. Louis Park Ward 1 Precinct 3 700 70.78% 286 28.92% St. Louis Park Ward 1 Precinct 4 635 67.93% 292 31.74% St. Louis Park Ward 2 Precinct 5 703 63.85% 398 36.15% St. Louis Park Ward 2 Precinct 6 1,277 66.30% 647 33.59% St. Louis Park Ward 2 Precinct 7 1,531 66.22% 777 33.61% St. Louis Park Ward 2 Precinct 8 1,228 67.73% 577 31.83% St. Louis Park Ward 3 Precinct 9 1,121 72.46% 424 27.41% St. Louis Park Ward 3 Precinct 10 998 66.98% 487 32.68% St. Louis Park Ward 3 Precinct 11 891 66.44% 446 33.26% St. Louis Park Ward 3 Precinct 12 1,581 69.46% 690 30.32% St. Louis Park Ward 4 Precinct 13 1,006 63.71% 570 36.10% St. Louis Park Ward 4 Precinct 14 1,770 70.60% 731 29.16% St. Louis Park Ward 4 Precinct 15 999 68.52% 450 31.34% St. Louis Park Ward 4 Precinct 16 796 66.50% 397 33.17% St. Louis Park Total 18,537 67.59% 8,827 32.18% Patch Cities Total 75,999 69.16% 33,623 30.60% Hennepin County (196 precincts) 244,172 75.39% 78,645 24.28% Anoka County (24 precincts)  16,852 63.85% 9,477 35.91% Ramsey County (1 precinct) 1,077 62.98% 631 36.90% Fifth District Total 262,101 74.47% 88,753 25.22%

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