Bill Hosko

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Bill Hosko

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November 7, 2023

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Bill Hosko ran for election to the St. Paul City Council to represent Ward 2 in Minnesota. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.

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Hosko career experience includes working as an artist with a gallery in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in St. Paul, Minnesota (2023)

General election

General election for St. Paul City Council Ward 2

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Rebecca Noecker in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Rebecca Noecker	63.4	4,490	0	Won (1)
		Bill Hosko	21.6	1,530	0	1
	Submit photo	Peter Butler	9.8	696	0	1
		Noval Noir	4.5	322	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.7	48	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,086
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hosko in this election.

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Ramsey County, Minnesota (2022)

General election

General election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 5

Incumbent Rafael Ortega defeated Bill Hosko in the general election for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rafael Ortega (Nonpartisan)	70.8	18,497
		Bill Hosko (Nonpartisan)	28.5	7,455
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	168

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,120
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 5

Incumbent Rafael Ortega and Bill Hosko defeated Charles Barklind in the primary for Ramsey County Board of Commissioners District 5 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rafael Ortega (Nonpartisan)	77.1	7,512
✔		Bill Hosko (Nonpartisan)	17.6	1,713
	Submit photo	Charles Barklind (Nonpartisan)	5.3	517

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,742
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2021

See also: Mayoral election in St. Paul, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Mayor of St. Paul

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Melvin Carter III in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Melvin Carter III	61.6	36,426	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Dino Guerin	12.6	7,454	0	1
	Submit photo	Paul Langenfeld	9.0	5,298	0	1
		Bill Hosko	5.8	3,423	0	1
	Submit photo	Dora Jones-Robinson	4.0	2,357	0	1
		Miki Frost	3.5	2,069	0	1
	Submit photo	Abu Nayeem	2.6	1,516	0	1
	Submit photo	Scott Evans Wergin	0.6	355	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.3	205	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,103
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2019

See also: City elections in St. Paul, Minnesota (2019)

General election

General election for St. Paul City Council Ward 2

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Rebecca Noecker in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Rebecca Noecker	61.9	5,030	0	Won (1)
		Bill Hosko	22.5	1,826	0	1
		Lindsay Ferris Martin	8.6	695	0	1
	Submit photo	Helen Meyers	3.5	288	0	1
		Sharon Anderson	3.0	244	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.5	41	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,124
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2015

See also: St. Paul, Minnesota municipal elections, 2015

The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, held elections for city council on November 3, 2015. Because the city uses instant-runoff voting, there was no primary election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 11, 2015. In the Ward 2 race, Sharon Anderson, Pat Fearing, Bill Hosko, Michael C. Johnson, Rebecca Noecker and Darren Tobolt faced off in the general election. Noecker won the race to replace incumbent Dave Thune, who did not run for re-election.

Legend:     Eliminated in current round     Most votes     Lost

This is the first round of voting. To view subsequent rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

St. Paul City Council Ward 2, 2015, Round 1
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Rebecca Noecker - Most votes	41.2%	2,390	391
Darren Tobolt	38%	2,207	236
Bill Hosko - Eliminated	14.5%	840	−840
Pat Fearing - Eliminated	1.9%	110	−110
Sharon Anderson - Eliminated	1.6%	93	−94
Michael C. Johnson - Eliminated	1.3%	75	−76
Write-in votes	0.3%	19	−19
Suspended ballots	1.2%	70	0
Exhausted		1,209	1,139
Total Votes		7,013	627
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

This is the final round of voting. To view previous rounds, click the [show] button next to that round.

St. Paul City Council Ward 2, 2015, Final Round
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Transfer
Rebecca Noecker - Winner	53.2%	2,782	0
Darren Tobolt - Eliminated	46.8%	2,444	0
Bill Hosko	0%	0	0
Pat Fearing	0%	0	0
Sharon Anderson	0%	0	0
Michael C. Johnson	0%	0	0
Write-in votes	0%	0	0
Exhausted		0	0
Total Votes		5,226	0
Note: Negative numbers in the transfer total are due to exhaustion by overvotes.

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2023

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2022

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2021

Bill Hosko did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

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