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Des Moines County Election Results

By on November 7, 2012

INCUMBENT DES MOINES COUNTY SUPERVISOR BOB BECK WAS RE-ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM LAST(TUE) NITE AND HE’LL BE JOINED BY FELLOW DEMOCRAT AND BOARD NEWCOMER JIM CARY. VOTERS GAVE BECK 11-THOUSAND-629 VOTES…CARY EARNED 11-THOUSAND-323…AND REPUBLICANS DARWIN BUNGER AND JIM SEABERG FINISHED OUT OF THE RUNNING…BUNGER GARNERING 7-THOUSAND-18 VOTES…AND SEABERG 4-THOUSAND-415. CARY WILL REPLACE DAN CAHILL, WHO RAN FOR THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS AN INDEPENDENT AND LOST TO INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT DENNIS COHOON, 6-THOUSAND-891 VOTES TO 5-THOUSAND-228.

IN ANOTHER DES MOINES COUNTY-ONLY RACE, JANINE CLOVER…JUDY LICKO…TARA ABEL…AND BEN HECKART WON SEATS ON THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION COUNCIL. THE 5TH CANDIDATE…CAROL BARTLES…FINISHED OUT OF THE MONEY.

LOCAL JUDGES CYNTHIA DANIELSON AND JOHN WRIGHT WERE RETAINED BY WIDE MARGINS, AS WERE ASSOCIATE JUDGES MICHAEL DIETRICH AND MARK KRUSE…AND SHERIFF MIKE JOHNSTONE AND AUDITOR CAROL COPELAND…BOTH DEMOCRATS…RAN UNOPPOSED.

58 PERCENT OF DES MOINES COUNTY VOTERS WENT FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHILE JUST UNDER 40 PERCENT CAST BALLOTS FOR MITT ROMNEY…WINNING. 2ND DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN DAVE LOEBSACK OUTPOLLED G-O-P CHALLENGER JOHN ARCHER IN DES MOINES COUNTY BY THAT SAME 58 TO 40 PERCENT MARGIN…44TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR TOM COURTNEY WAS FAVORED BY DES MOINES COUNTY VOTERS OVER BRAD BOURN 58 PERCENT TO 42 PERCENT…CLOSE TO THE SAME MARGIN BY WHICH HE BEAT BOURN DISTRICT-WIDE…AND THE DES MOINES COUNTY VOTES FOR 88TH DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE FAVORED INCUMBENT TOM SANDS…A REPUBLICAN…OVER DEMOCRAT SARA SEDLACEK(SEDD-luh-check) 54 TO 46 PERCENT. SANDS WON DISTRICT-WIDE, 53 1/2 TO 46 PERCENT.

55 PERCENT OF DES MOINES COUNTY VOTERS FAVORED RETAINING IOWA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DAVID WIGGINS; 45 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY’S VOTERS SAID NOT TO.

ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF DES MOINES COUNTY’S REGISTERED VOTERS CAST BALLOTS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE ABOUT 860 OUTSTANDING ABSENTEE AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.