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Clear Lake, Minnesota

2026 election results. 3 contests on Clear Lake's ballot in Minnesota's official results. Mayor: Chad A. Nelson is unopposed. Council Member: Chris Goenner and Lance Gilliland are unopposed.

3 contests on Clear Lake's ballot

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

CandidateVotesShare
Chad A. Nelson26993.4%
Write-In196.6%

Chad A. Nelson is unopposed.

Council Member (Clear Lake) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Goenner23051.9%
Lance Gilliland19744.5%
Write-In163.6%

Chris Goenner and Lance Gilliland are unopposed.

Special Election for Council Member (Clear Lake)

CandidateVotesShare
Write-In19100.0%

Statewide races in Sherburne County

U.S. Senate

Michele Tafoya
63.9%30,178
Peggy Flanagan
33.2%15,649
Marisa Simonetti
1.5%717
100% counted

These are Sherburne County's votes, which include Clear Lake's. Statewide: Peggy Flanagan wins. Called.

Governor

Lisa Demuth
63.5%29,978
Amy Klobuchar
35.0%16,503
Steven Young
1.5%731
100% counted

These are Sherburne County's votes, which include Clear Lake's. Statewide: Amy Klobuchar wins. Called.

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