The votes are in and more than 122,000 Minnesotans have voted to name eight snowplows in the state’s fleet. And, of course, Plowy McPlowface tops the list.
The winning names are: Plowy McPlowFace (Metro district); Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya (District 4); Duck Duck Orange Truck (District 1); Plow Bunyan (District 2); Snowbi Wan Kenobi (District 6); F. Salt Fitzgerald (District 7), Darth Blader (District 3); and The Truck Formerly Known As Plow (District 8).
The competition started earlier this winter and people were asked to submit suggestions for the names of eight plows. Each plow will serve in one of Minnesota’s eight districts. More than 24,000 suggestions came in, according to CBS Minnesota, and the list was whittled down to 50 that people were asked to vote for online.
Although more than 120,000 people voted, each was allowed to pick their eight favorite names. The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced the winners last week, along with the voting results for all 50 names.
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The least popular, earning just 4,045 votes was “Frostbite” while the most popular, “Plowy McPlowFace, earned itself a stunning 65,000 votes, more than twice as many as any other name on the list.
Darth Blader wasn’t the only Star Wars-themed name in the top 50, with Luke Snowalker and C-3PSnow also making the top 50. Prince also got some more love with “Purple Snow,” while Mary Tyler Moore also got some attention with “Mary Tyle More Snow.”
Along with the references, there were also some (respectful) Native American names suggested. Giiwedin, the Ojibwe word for “north wind,” narrowly avoided making the top ten as did Ičamna, the Dakota word for ‘blizzard’.
The competition also courted some controversy as the MnDOT chose not to include the name “Abolish ICE,” despite being the second-most submitted name, according to a Minnesota Reformer public records request.
The other 50 names and their vote tallies are listed below.
| Snowplow name | Number of votes |
|---|---|
| Ain’t Snow Stopping Us Now | 7,969 |
| Babe the Orange Plow | 7,266 |
| Blizzard Blaster | 6,273 |
| Blizzard of Oz | 12,665 |
| Blizzard Wizard | 8,364 |
| Buzz Iceclear | 11,079 |
| C-3PSnow | 13,124 |
| Cold Enough for Ya? | 4,719 |
| Darth Blader | 20,344 |
| Dontcha Snow | 13,736 |
| Duck Duck Orange Truck | 25,824 |
| Edward Blizzardhands | 13,381 |
| F. Salt Fitzgerald | 20,699 |
| Fast and the Flurry Less | 6,284 |
| Flake Superior | 7,671 |
| For Your Ice Only | 7,837 |
| Frostbite | 4,045 |
| Frosty the Snowplow | 9,108 |
| Giiwedin (Ojibwe word for ‘north wind’) | 16,041 |
| Goldy Snow-pher | 5,645 |
| Ičamna (Dakota word for ‘blizzard’) | 14,264 |
| Joe Plow-er | 5,958 |
| Justin Moresnow | 6,676 |
| Kent Brrr-bek | 5,955 |
| King of the North | 8,099 |
| Lake SnowBeGone | 8,061 |
| Live, Laugh, Plow | 8,378 |
| L’Plow du Nord | 12,237 |
| Luke Snowalker | 8,098 |
| Mary Tyler More Snow | 6,306 |
| Minnesota nICE | 9,003 |
| No Business Like Snow Business | 4,990 |
| Oh Snow You Didn’t! | 9,518 |
| Ope, Just Gonna Plow Right Past Ya | 29,457 |
| Plow Bunyan | 22,016 |
| Plowabunga! | 11,226 |
| Plowin’ in the Wind | 4,803 |
| Plowy McPlowFace | 65,292 |
| Princess Kay of the Snowy Way | 5,075 |
| Purple Snow | 8,829 |
| Raspberry Brrr-et | 11,465 |
| Road Carew | 6,621 |
| Sir Plows A Lot | 16,212 |
| Snow Place like Home | 4,346 |
| Snowbi Wan Kenobi | 21,568 |
| Spirit of ‘91 | 9,338 |
| Tator Tot Hotdish | 10,554 |
| The Truck Formerly Known as Plow | 17,549 |
| The Winterstate | 4,135 |