While most eyes in Iowa during the Primary Election were on State races, there were also a handful of locally contested races in Cass and surrounding counties, with the winners advancing to the November General Election. In Cass County, incumbent Republican District 4 Supervisor Steve Baier of Griswold, defeated fellow Republican challenger Travis Erickson, from Cumberland, 236-to 89. In the Republican race for Supervisor/District 5, Bernard Pettinger, of Anita, handily defeated challenger Linda Reineke, of Massena, 182-to 92. Current District 5 Supervisor Frank Waters is not running for re-election.

In Audubon County, in the Republican race for two Supervisor At-Large seats, incumbents Todd M. Nelson and Rick Thompson were the winners, with 448 and 418 votes, respectively. Challengers Duane Deist and Louis J. Wanninger, Jr., garnered 287 and 168 votes, respectively.

In Montgomery County, incumbent Republican District 3 Supervisor Bryant Amos lost to challenger Randy Cooper, by a vote of 235-to 196. In Pottawattamie County, Brian Shea and Tim Wichman garnered the most votes out of five candidates, to take the two At-Large seats on the Board of Supervisors. And, Andy Brown was the winner for Pottawattamie County Sheriff, with 3,415 votes to challengers Rob Ambrose’ 2,588 and Danielle Bentzinger’s 1,732.

And finally, in Shelby County, the two At-Large seats on the Board of Supervisors will be filled by Steve Kenkel and Charles Parkhurst, who were not challenged for those seats.

Voter turnout across the immediate listening area averaged 25.4%, with the highest turnout of 32.5% being among voters in Montgomery County.