Bergman and Bruecken lead Apple Valley’s unofficial council tally

Unofficial results in Apple Valley’s Nov. 3, 2026, general election put John Bergman and Maggie Bruecken first and second in the race for two City Council seats. The Minnesota Secretary of State’s Dakota County results page lists 16 of 16 precincts reported and was last updated Nov. 9. It lists Bergman with 9,913 votes (25.31%) and Bruecken with 9,686 votes (24.73%), a 227-vote difference.

Jodi Kurtz placed third with 8,154 votes (20.82%), 1,532 behind Bruecken. That gap is about 6.7 times the distance between the first two candidates, making the unofficial separation between second and third much wider than the lead separating first and second. Nicole Farrelly followed with 7,262 votes (18.54%), Jen Fracisco with 3,898 (9.95%), and write-in candidates received 253 votes (0.65%).

The Secretary of State labels the tally unofficial; it does not establish that either candidate has been formally certified.