Prior Lake and Savage fill council seats, Mayor Lehman wins again in Shakopee

Prior Lake voters re-elected Council Members Kimberly Churchill and Victor Lake on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State, with all precincts reporting in all three towns. Churchill drew 8,135 votes and Lake 7,198. No one else was on the ballot, and write-ins drew 124.

Savage voters chose Council Member Stacy Crakes, with 7,953 votes, and Brian Ewoldt, with 5,906, for two council seats. Tai Tran drew 4,748 votes and Thomas Wavra 3,290.

Shakopee voters re-elected Mayor Matt Lehman with 10,775 votes, ahead of Councilor Angelica Contreras with 6,187 and Julian Rodriguez with 1,495. For two council seats, they re-elected Councilor Jim DuLaney, with 8,763 votes, and elected Carter McNew to his first term, with 6,177, the city said. Ali Verney drew 5,735 votes, Brendan VanAlstyne 4,825 and Mustafa Sandhu 4,745. Lehman, DuLaney and McNew will be sworn in for four-year terms in January 2027, when Contreras’s council term will end.

What's next: The Prior Lake City Council will canvass its results at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10. School board and referendum results are in the results story.

From the recordSource: Minnesota Secretary of State unofficial results, Nov. 3, 2026. Posted Nov. 3, 2026. Outcome: Information item.
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