The Primary Elections Tuesday leave some candidates for office moving on to the November General Election, while some incumbents will find themselves having served their last term when the votes were tallied.
In Cass County, there were no contested races on Democratic ticket, but on the Republican side, Incumbent John Hartkopf lost his bid for re-election, when Wendy Richter received 255 votes (52%) to Hartkopf’s 232 votes (48%). And, in the County Attorney’s Race, incumbent Vanessa Strazdas won her bid for re-election by defeating two challengers. Strazdas came up with 625 votes, Robert J. Engler 452, and Jay W. Mez, 430.

In Adair County, Republican Jodie Hoadley defeated incumbent Steve Shelley for the District 2 seat on the Board of Supervisors, and Republican Nathan Baier won over Nick Carson for the District 4 seat, by 97 to 47 votes. Democrat Melissa Sue Larson was unopposed for Adair County Attorney. She received 201 votes.

In Adams County, Republican Tony Hardisty won a close race for the District 2 seat on the Board of Supervisors, defeating his challenger Jerry Peckham, 53-to-50 votes, and Republican Christopher Standley beat Karl McCarty for the District 5 Supervisors seat, 79-39. Democrat Holly Schafer was unopposed in her bid for Adams County Treasurer. She garnered 128 votes.

In Audubon County, Republican Heath Hansen defeated Todd M. Nelsen 338 votes to 213 votes. All other Republican positions were unopposed, along with the three Democrats running for Treasurer, Recorder and Audubon County Attorney.

In Guthrie County, Incumbent Jerome J.D. Kuster (who is currently in the District 4 Supervisor’s seat) defeated fellow incumbent Clifford Carney, who is in the District 2 seat, at present. Both men were vying for the District 1 seat on the Board. Custer had 103 votes, Carney 87, and Jack Lloyd received 29 votes.

In Montgomery County, the only contested race was for the District 4 Supervisor’s seat. The winner was Mark L. Peterson, with 181 votes, as compared to 49 for George Bruce.

In Pottawattamie County, there were seven persons vying for three seats on the Board of Supervisors. The winners were incumbent Scott A. Belt, Jeff Jorgensen, and Susan Miller. There were also three people in the running for Pott. County Recorder. The winner, with 2,327 votes, was Andrew Moats. The State Representative District 12 seat in Pott. County was won by Matt Windschitl, while the District 20 seat was won by Sarah Abdouch. On the Democratic ticket, State Representative District 19 in Pott. County, went to Elizabeth Christensen.

And, in Shelby County, there was one race, and that was for County Supervisor in District 1. With 859 votes, Bryce Donald Schaben defeated Mike Kolbe, who received 573 votes. All other candidates on from both parties were unopposed.

All results are unofficial until the votes are canvassed by the respective county boards of supervisors. Other election results, including those for State and Federal Office can found on the Iowa Secretary of State’s website.

REPUBLICAN PARTY

County Board of Supervisors – (vote for 3):

Scott A. Belt (I)  2,561*

Jeff Jorgensen  2,853*

Susan Miller     2,587*

Justin Schultz  2,378

David L. Smith 1,331

John Ray Springhower   888

Shawn Smith   995

County Attorney (Vote for 1): Matthew D. Wilber, 4,961

County Treasurer (Vote for 1) – Lea A. Voss, 4,999

County Recorder (Vote for 1):

Cole Button   1,282

Andrew Moats   2,327*

Jenni Sandau   1,569

State Representative/District 12 (Vote for 1):

Rebecca Wilkerson   477

Matt W. Windschitl (I)   1,100

State Rep./District 20 (Vote for 1):

Sarah Abdouch   549*

Thomas Riley      430

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Board of Supervisors: Jeff Shudak    2,218

State Rep./District 19 (Vote for 1):

Elizabeth Christensen   539

Vergarie Sanford           298*

State Rep./District 20: Josh Turek  637

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Adair County Supervisor – District 2 (vote for 1):

Jodie Hoadley  136*          Steven Shelley (I)   82

Adair County Supervisor – District 4 (Vote for 1) : Nathan Baier    97       Nick Carson   47

Adair County Attorney (Vote for 1): Write-In

Adair County Treasurer (Vote for 1) – Brenda L. Wallace  712

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

County Attorney – Melissa Sue Larson    201

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Adams County Supervisor – District 1 (vote for 1): Bobbi J. Baker-Maynes   69

Adams County Supervisor – District 2 (Vote for 1): Tony Hardisty 53*           Jerry Peckham  50

Adams County Supervisor – District 3 (Vote for 1): Scott Akin  75

Adams County Supervisor – District 4 (Vote for 1): Leland Shipley  81

Adams County Supervisor – District 5 (Vote for 1): Karl McCarty    39        Christopher Standley  79*

Adams County Attorney (Vote for 1) – Write In

Adams County Treasurer (Vote for 1) – Write In

Adams County Recorder (Vote for 1) – Jamie Stargell

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Adams County Treasurer (Vote for 1): Holly Schafer   128

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Audubon County Supervisor (vote for 1): Heath Hansen   338*         Todd M. Nelson     213

Audubon County Attorney (Vote for 1): No candidate

Audubon County Treasurer (Vote for 1) – No candidate

Audubon County Recorder (Vote for 1) – No candidate

US Senator (Vote for 1): Jim Carlin 179  Chuck Grassley (I) 361

US Representative/District 4 (Vote for 1): Randy Feenstra    450

Governor: Kim Reynolds (I)    508

Sec. of State: Paul D. Pate (I)  424

Auditor of State: Todd Halbur   242         Mary Ann Hanusa 168

Treasurer of State: Roby Smith 373

Sec. of Agriculture: Mike Naig (I)  429

Attorney General: Brenna Bird  380

State Senate/District 6: Jason Schultz   397

State Representative/District 11: Brian Best   449

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

Audubon County Treasurer: Debra M. Campbell     171

Audubon County Recorder: Miranda J. Bills     169

Audubon County Attorney: Christopher R. Swensen    167

US Senate:

Abby Finkenauer 63

Michael Franken 109

Glenn Hurst 19

US Representative/District 4: Ryan Melton  162

Governor: Diedre DeJear  181

Sec. of State: Joel Miller   114          Eric Van Lancker 33

Auditor of State: Rob Sand (I)  171

Sec. of Agriculture: John Norwood   159

Attorney General: Tom Miller (I) 179

Treasurer of State: Michael L. Fitzgerald  172

State Senate/District 9 – No candidate

State Senate/District 18 – No candidate

REPUBLICAN PARTY

Cass County Supervisor – District 2 (vote for 1)

Mark O’Brien  229

Cass County Supervisor – District 3 (Vote for 1)

John P. Hartkopf (I) 232

Wendy Richter       255*

Cass County Attorney (Vote for 1)

Robert J. Engler   452

Jay W. Mez   430

Vanessa E. Strazdas (I)   625

Cass County Treasurer (Vote for 1) – Tracey J. Marshall   1,193

Cass County Recorder (Vote for 1) – Mary Ward  1,379

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

*No candidates filed for County offices

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors are set to meet 8:30-a.m. Wednesday (June 8th), in their courthouse meeting room. New Business on their agenda includes accepting the resignation of Auditor Stephanie Burke. Assuming her resignation is accepted, the Board will set an appointment to fill the vacancy in the office of the Montgomery County Auditor. Burke was expected to make a comment to the media on her reason(s) for tendering her resignation, on Wednesday.

Other business during the meeting, includes opening the sealed bids from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Auction for certain property, and act on the bids accordingly. They are expected to take action also, on:

• Approving a Real Estate Lease between Montgomery County and Family Connections, Inc.
• Approve a request to abate taxes and refund the tax sale certificate holders for 300 E. Market Street, in Red Oak.

The Board’s next regular meeting is June 14th, immediately following the 2022 Primary Election Canvass. The June 8th Board of Supervisor’s meeting is public, and can be viewed via Zoom (meeting ID: 861 8514 1628)