Carol Kummer won the Nokomis-area Park Board seat, election results released Wednesday show, making her the only single-seat candidate elected without a majority in the new Minneapolis ranked-choice voting system.

Incumbent Kummer amassed 46 percent of the vote to almost 42 percent for Jason Stone in a replay of their 2005 finish. Her election without a majority occurred because 957 ballots, or 12 percent of those cast, were exhausted. That means either the voter didn't list a second or third choice, or the candidate the voter listed was eliminated from consideration.

"I guess I can win under two systems," she quipped afterward, referring to her 2005 victory under traditional voting rules. Kummer, 69, attributed her win to her emphasis on trying to get park improvements in her district, which includes such popular parks as Minnehaha Falls and Pearl Park. Stone couldn't be reached.

Before the election season, Kummer had planned to step down. But when the successor she supported decided not to run just before the filing deadline, Kummer filed again. Voters disregarded the long list of Stone endorsements by elected officials, many living outside the district, ranging from Mayor R.T. Rybak to former Vice President Walter Mondale.

Kummer widened the 2-percentage-point gap she had over Stone in first-choice votes alone. She said that's because supporters of Steve Barland, the third-ranking candidate and a veteran youth coach, also liked her support for playing fields.

Also winning in Wednesday's results were Scott Vreeland, for the Park Board seat southeast of downtown, with 72 percent support, and Gary Schiff in the Ninth Ward, with 60.7 percent. Results aren't official until certified by the city canvassing board, which is expected after Thanksgiving. Election officials have now finished the release of results of single-seat contests for the council and Park Board, with the lopsided mayoral contest won by Rybak up next.

Steve Brandt • 612-673-4438