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Columbia Heights, Minnesota

2026 election results. 2 contests on Columbia Heights' ballot in Minnesota's official results. Mayor: Rachel James ahead. Council Member At Large: Brie LaPlante and Tom Kaiser ahead.

2 contests on Columbia Heights' ballot

From Minnesota's official results file, where the contest's name gives Columbia Heights as its place. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Cities & towns

Mayor (Columbia Heights)

CandidateVotesShare
Rachel James5,54669.9%
Mark Miernicki2,36129.7%
Write-In320.4%

Rachel James ahead.

Council Member At Large (Columbia Heights) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Brie LaPlante4,81539.5%
Tom Kaiser4,12833.9%
Judah Scharnhorst1,66313.6%
Robert Rogne1,49212.2%
Write-In880.7%

Brie LaPlante and Tom Kaiser ahead.

Statewide races in Anoka County

U.S. Senate

Peggy Flanagan
49.5%90,028
Michele Tafoya
47.6%86,555
Marisa Simonetti
1.6%2,860
100% counted

These are Anoka County's votes, which include Columbia Heights'. Statewide: Peggy Flanagan wins. Called.

Governor

Amy Klobuchar
51.6%93,836
Lisa Demuth
46.6%84,685
Steven Young
1.9%3,375
100% counted

These are Anoka County's votes, which include Columbia Heights'. Statewide: Amy Klobuchar wins. Called.

Results for Columbia Heights alone aren't in the state's file for these races. Anoka County's page has its U.S. House results and its other local contests.

Sources & scope

Minnesota's official results, file posted Nov 13, 12:38 PM. Unofficial until certified. This page lists the contests whose names in that file give Columbia Heights as their place; other contests on Columbia Heights voters' ballots, such as school boards and districts, are on Anoka County's page.