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La Crescent, Minnesota

2026 election results. 2 contests on La Crescent's ballot in Minnesota's official results. Mayor: Mikel Poellinger ahead across 2 counties. Council Member: Teresa O'Donnell-Ebner and Steve Bissen ahead across 2 counties.

2 contests on La Crescent's ballot

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

CandidateVotesShare
Mikel Poellinger1,41551.6%
April Carlson1,31147.8%

Mikel Poellinger ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Houston County 2,675, Winona County 66.

Council Member (La Crescent) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Teresa O'Donnell-Ebner1,15624.2%
Steve Bissen98020.5%
Adam Peterson92219.3%
Chris Welnetz50310.5%
Nathan Delarwelle4148.7%
Joel Schmit3276.8%
Steve Jansen2565.4%
Ryan Hanifl2114.4%

Teresa O'Donnell-Ebner and Steve Bissen ahead across 2 counties. Votes by county: Houston County 4,678, Winona County 100.

Statewide races in Houston County

U.S. Senate

Michele Tafoya
53.7%4,981
Peggy Flanagan
43.2%4,012
Marisa Simonetti
1.8%166
100% counted

These are Houston County's votes, which include La Crescent's. Statewide: Peggy Flanagan wins. Called.

Governor

Lisa Demuth
54.5%5,052
Amy Klobuchar
43.8%4,059
Steven Young
1.7%153
100% counted

These are Houston County's votes, which include La Crescent's. Statewide: Amy Klobuchar wins. Called.

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