Super Tuesday has come and gone, and the results are in as to who we’d like to see run for president. Statewide, the Democrat and Republican caucuses chose U.S. Sen. Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, respectively.

Locally, Democrats in The Bridge’s coverage area overwhelmingly supported Obama over Hillary Clinton in every precinct, with a smattering of votes cast for John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson.

Republicans were far fewer in terms of turnout and more varied in their preference. They did stray from the statewide results, however, favoring Ron Paul, who won the majority of precincts in our coverage area despite placing fourth statewide with just 15 percent of the votes cast.

The following results are from presidential preference caucus results online at the Secretary of State’s website. While the votes are “non-binding,” they should give us a pretty clear idea of who we’d like to see in the White House.

Note: The neighborhood designations applied to ward precincts are ours and are in some cases approximate.

District 62A

Ward 9, Precinct 1 (North Longfellow)

Democrats: Clinton 35, Obama 122
Republicans: Huckabee 1, McCain 2, Paul 8, Romney 3

Ward 9, Precinct 2 (North Longfellow and North Cooper)

Democrats: Clinton 115, Obama 265
Republicans: Huckabee 5, McCain 6, Paul 5, Romney 10

Ward 2, Precinct 1 (Seward)

Democrats: Clinton 116, Obama 383, Edwards 5, Richardson 1
Republicans: Huckabee 1, McCain 3, Paul 7, Romney 4

Ward 2, Precinct 2 (Seward, North Cooper)

Democrats: Clinton 174, Obama 606, Edwards 4
Republicans: Huckabee 1, McCain 7, Paul 10, Romney 12

District 59B

Ward 2, Precinct 3 (Southeast Como)

Democrats: Clinton 53, Obama 411, Edwards 2, Kucinich 6
Republicans: Huckabee 4, McCain 15, Paul 25, Romney 13

Ward 2, Precinct 4 (U of M)

Democrats: Clinton 74, Obama 586, Edwards 1, Kucinich 1
Republicans: Huckabee 7, McCain 17, Paul 11, Romney 8

Ward 2, Precinct 5 (Prospect Park)

Democrats: Clinton 124, Obama 494, Edwards 10, Kucinich 4
Republicans: Huckabee 4, McCain 24, Paul 17, Romney 16, Alan Keyes 2

Ward 2, Precinct 6 (East River Road)

Democrats: Clinton 89, Obama 307, Kucinich 1
Republicans: McCain 6, Paul 7, Romney 6

Ward 2, Precinct 7 (Cedar-Riverside)

Democrats: Clinton 93, Obama 487, Kucinich 4
Republicans: Huckabee 2, McCain 3, Paul 2, Romney 1

Ward 2, Precinct 8 (Cedar-Riverside)

Democrats: Clinton 58, Obama 140, Kucinich 1
Republicans: Huckabee 6, McCain 10, Paul 15, Romney 10

Ward 2, Precinct 9 (Cedar-Riverside)

Democrats: Clinton 77, Obama 391, Kucinich 1
Republicans: Huckabee 3, McCain 13, Paul 9, Romney 9

Ward 2, Precinct 10 (Cedar-Riverside)

Democrats: Clinton 34, Obama 289
Republicans: Romney 1

Ward 2, Precinct 11 (U of M East Bank)

Democrats: Clinton 181, Obama 842, Edwards 6, Kucinich 1, Richardson 2
Republicans: none

Ward 3, Precinct 1 (Marcy-Holmes/U of M)

Democrats: Clinton 93, Obama 626
Republicans: Huckabee 11, McCain 17, Paul 31, Romney 16, Alan Keyes 1

Ward 3, Precinct 2 (Marcy-Holmes)

Democrats: Clinton 81, Obama 476, Kucinich 2
Republicans: Huckabee 4, McCain 15, Paul 25, Romney 13

Ward 3, Precinct 3 (Nicollet Island/East Bank)

Democrats: Clinton 168, Obama 464, Edwards 4, Kucinich 2
Republicans: Huckabee 5, McCain 13, Paul 14, Romney 10

last revised: February 6, 2008

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