Voter turnout high in Cook County, across Minnesota for midterm election

More than 60 percent of registered voters in Minnesota cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm election, according to Secretary of State Steve Simon.

In Cook County, voter turnout was 20 percentage points higher, with just over 80 percent of registered voters participating in the Nov. 8 election, according to information sent to WTIP from Auditor Braidy Powers.

Unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s office had voter turnout across the state at just over 60.83 percent for the 2022 election.

Minnesota traditionally has one of the highest turnout rates in the nation, and Cook County is often the top county in terms of the percentage of people who vote in the state.

Among the states with the lowest voter turnout in the nation in the 2022 midterm election were Hawaii, West Virginia, and Mississippi, with about 30 percent of voters participating in those states.

Click here to view the local election results from the Nov. 8 election.

Joe Friedrichs November 10, 2022