The 2020 General Election wrapped-up locally Tuesday night, with decisions made on some locally contested races. In Cass County, Republican Bernard Pettinger, of rural Anita, defeated Democrat Russell Joyce for the District 5 Supervisor seat on the Cass County Board of Supervisors. Pettinger garnered 1,000 votes, to Joyce’s 443. There were five candidates vying for four seats on the Cass County Ag Extension Council. The top four votes went to Darrin Petty, Jody Steffen, Marcy Jo Dorsey and Curt Rush. And, Dan Schrier won the right to serve as Edna Township Trustee, over his opponent Keith Nelson. Voter turnout in Cass County was 73.73%.

In Adair County, John A. Twombley defeated Thaddeus Hawley for a seat on the Adair County Board of Supervisors in District 5. Voter turn-out was 77%, and there were 2,075 absentee ballots cast. In Adams County, Merlin Dixson won over Tony Hardisty for the Board of Supervisors in District 2.

Audubon County voters selected Rick Thompson and Doug Sorensen as their top two choices for the Board of Supervisors. Todd Nelson was a close third place finisher in the race. In Guthrie County, Mike Dickson defeated Eric Tiernan for the District 5 Board of Supervisors seat, and Dani Fink retains her appointed County Auditor seat, by defeating challenger Hans Erickson.

In Montgomery County, Republican Randy Cooper won over no party candidate Bryant Amos for the County Supervisor/District 3 seat. And, the top three votes out of four for Montgomery County Hospital Trustees, went to Ann Carder, Lorin Petersen and James Norris. Voter turn-out was 72.95%.

In Pottawattamie County, Republicans Brian Shea and Tim Wichman were elected to the County Board of Supervisors. There were no contested races in Shelby County. Even so, voter turnout was 84.15%.