Rinker defeats Cohoon following ballot recount

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Burlington, IA-  The Des Moines County Auditor’s office has released the updated unofficial election results following a recount.

The recount was conducted due to an error in counting absentee ballots.

According to the updated results, in the race for the Iowa House District 99 seat, Republican Matt Rinker defeated Democratic Incumbent Dennis Cohoon with Rinker receiving 50.59% of the vote.

Republican Incumbent Tom Broeker was re-elected to the County Board of Supervisors, defeating Democrat Sandy Dockendorf.

And Republican Martin Graber received 6,553 votes, winning the race for State Representative, District 100, defeating Democrat Rebecca Bowker.