Results of the Nov. 6, 2012 General Election
Incumbent Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz was elected to her seventh term after defeating challenger Jerry Willenburg in the Nov. 6 General Election. Kautz, who first took office in 1994, will serve a four year term expiring Dec. 31, 2016.

In the four-person race for two City Council seats, incumbent Mary Sherry was the top vote-getter, earning another four-year term. Sherry will serve her second term on the Council, after first being elected in 2008. She will be joined by first-time Council Member Suzanne Nguyen, also winning a four-year term. Both will serve terms that expire Dec. 31, 2016.


Mayoral General Election Unofficial Results:

Candidate	Total Votes
Elizabeth B. Kautz*	16,600
Jerry Willenburg	12,379

City Council General Election Unofficial Results: (Top Two Elected)

Candidate	Total Votes
Mary Sherry*	13,606
Suzanne Nguyen	9,702
Steve Cherney	9,396
Bruce Johnson	9,214

In Burnsville, 33,978  residents voted either in person on election day or via an absentee ballot -- approximately 79.5 percent of the City's eligible voters.

Click here for precinct-by-precinct results. [PDF]