June 5 primary results
by Chris DeBack and Zakary Kriener
Iowans headed to the polls on Tuesday, June 5, to determine whom they wanted to represent their political party in the upcoming midterm election on Nov. 6.
According to Paul Pate, Iowa secretary of state, of the 2,178,706 registered voters in the state of Iowa, 285,679 voted in the primary. It was the third-highest in Iowa’s history behind the 303,565 who voted in 2002 and 302,950 who voted in 2010. In Winneshiek County, only 1,538 (11.23 percent) of the 13,701 registered voters cast a ballot.
Other than the Republican nominee for the secretary of agriculture, the field has been set for the local, state, and federal elections.
Local
For the Winneshiek County Supervisors, which featured three unopposed races, the Democratic party will be represented by John Beard (299 votes) in District 1 and Melissa O’Rourke (346 votes) in District 2. The Republican party will be represented by Floyd Ashbacher (76 votes) in District 2 and will have no challengers in District 1.
There were no Democrats on the ballot for the County Treasurer, Recorder, and Attorney positions. Wayne Walter received 309 votes to win the Treasurer position for the Republicans, while fellow party representatives Connie Askelson-Kuennen (304 votes) earned the Recorder nomination, and Andrew Van Der Maaten (303 votes) earned the Attorney nomination.