This guy deserves the most accolades:
Independence DAVE HOLMAN 1305 6.14%
Republican SCOTT DUTCHER 9837 46.29%
Democratic-Farmer-Labor JAY MCNAMAR 10092 47.49%
Write-In WRITE-IN** 19 0.09%
In District 12A:
Yes 14117
No 7748
Estimated Blanks 255
Estimated Total Number of Voters 22120
Estimated Percent of YES* 63.82%
It does take guts as this is a very rural district(happens to be my district) and it goes right up to the MN/SD border. It is fairly large geographically and is split as the R's have the senate seat for the district.