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Chanhassen, Minnesota

2026 election results. 2 contests on Chanhassen's ballot in Minnesota's official results. Mayor: Mark von Oven ahead across 2 counties. Council Member At Large: Denny Laufenburger and Kyle O'Neill ahead across 2 counties.

2 contests on Chanhassen's ballot

From Minnesota's official results file, where the contest's name gives Chanhassen 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 (Chanhassen)

CandidateVotesShare
Mark von Oven6,22848.1%
Jerry A. McDonald5,68143.9%
Balakrishna "Bala" Chintaginjala9727.5%

Mark von Oven ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Hennepin County 0, Carver County 12,936.

Council Member At Large (Chanhassen) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Denny Laufenburger6,09730.4%
Kyle O'Neill5,02825.1%
Bryan Litsey4,99924.9%
Paul Haik3,83719.1%

Denny Laufenburger and Kyle O'Neill ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Hennepin County 0, Carver County 20,055.

Statewide races in Carver County

U.S. Senate

Michele Tafoya
52.4%32,261
Peggy Flanagan
45.4%27,941
Marisa Simonetti
1.2%751
100% counted

These are Carver County's votes, which include Chanhassen's. Statewide: Peggy Flanagan wins. Called.

Governor

Lisa Demuth
50.5%31,099
Amy Klobuchar
48.3%29,716
Steven Young
1.2%763
100% counted

These are Carver County's votes, which include Chanhassen's. Statewide: Amy Klobuchar wins. Called.

Results for Chanhassen alone aren't in the state's file for these races. Carver 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 Chanhassen as their place; other contests on Chanhassen voters' ballots, such as school boards and districts, are on Carver County's page and Hennepin County's page.