Close to half of Des Moines County’s registered voters cast ballots in yesterday’s(Tues) elections and these are the local, unofficial results:
For County Attorney, Democrat Amy Beavers…who was appointed when Pat Jackson retired…decided to run for the job and she defeated Republican challenger Trent Henkelvig 8,175 votes to 5,183 with 22 write-ins. (That’s a 61.1% to 38.7% margin.) For the only Board of Supervisors seat open this year, incumbent Republican Tom Broeker held off Democrat Ann Distelhorst 7,285 votes to 6,099 with 18 write-ins. (That’s 54.3% for Broeker and 45 1/2% for Distelhorst.) And in the race for Ag Extension Council…where there were seven candidates but only five openings…the winners, in order of the number of votes they received, were: Daniel Beckman(16.6%)…Brenda Wischmeier(16.2%)…John Dockendorff(just over 16%)…Barbara Kerr(15 1/2%)…and Dean Van Ness(12.4%). Sandy Krell-Andre(with 11.7%)…and Alan Mohr(with 10.7%) finished out of the running. All six judges on the ballot were retained and all the other local candidates in Des Moines County ran unopposed.
3,431 Des Moines County residents voted straight party Democratic, compared to 2,456 Repubican straight party ballots. In the Governor’s race, GOP incumbents Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds were the choice of almost 54% of the county’s voters, to just under 44% for Democrats Jack Hatch and Monica Vernon. Just under 50% of Des Moines County voters went for Democrat Bruce Braley for U-S Senate, while a little less than 46 1/2% voted for Republican Joni Ernst. And in the 2nd Congressional District race, incumbent Democrat Dave Loebsack was the favorite of 55.6% of Des Moines County voters, with his 3-time Republican opponent Mariannette Miller-Meeks earning 44 1/4% of the votes in Des Moines County. Des Moines County voters chose incumbent Democrat Tom Miller for Attorney General…incumbent Republican Bill Northey for Secretary of Agriculture…incumbent Democrat Mike Fitzgerald for State Treasurer…Democratic newcomer Jonathan Neiderbach for State Auditor…and Democrat Brad Anderson for Secretary of State.
