Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office.

Full results (received at 2:43-a.m.) can be viewed here: Election Night Final Results

Voter turnout: 75.44% (7,288 ballots out of a possible 9,661 registered voters)

County Offices:

Supervisor – District 1

Stephen S. Green [R] [I] – from Atlantic, 978

Write-in votes 11

Supervisor – District 4

Steve Baier [R] [I] – from Griswold, 1,203

Write-in votes 42

Supervisor – District 5

Bernard Pettinger [R] [I] – from Anita, 838 *

Phyllis Stakey [D] – from Massena, 548

Write-in votes 5

Auditor

Kathy Somers [R] [I] – from Atlantic, 5,481

Write-in votes 76

Sheriff

John Westering [R] – from Atlantic, 6,134

Write-in votes 43

Non-Partisan County Offices:Write-in votes

Ag Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Marcy J. Dorsey [R] – from Atlantic, 3,406

Sue Riggs [D] – from Lewis, 3,525

John G. Bierbaum [R] – from Griswold, 3,433

Tony Orstad [R] – from Griswold, 3,487

Write-in votes 48

Soil & Water Conservation District (Vote for 3)

Terry Langan [R] – from Griswold, 1,430

Curt Behrends [R] – from Wiota, 3,910*

Chris P Witzman [R] – from Atlantic, 2,930*

Chase Wheatley [No Party] – from Massena, 3,266*

Write-in votes 34

Hospital Board

Leanne Pellett [R] – from Atlantic, 4,252

Linda L. Pelzer [R] – from Griswold, 3,972

Ned Brown [R] – from Atlantic, 3,750

Write-in votes 49

Edna Township Trustee

Dan Schrier [R] – from Cumberland, 58

Union Township Trustee

Delmar South [R] from Cumberland, 97

Write-in votes 1

Public Measure A

Shall the Cass County Board of Supervisors, upon recommendation by the Cass County EMS Advisory Council, for the purpose of funding emergency medical services in Cass County, including, but not limited to, ambulance service, personnel, and equipment, be authorized, for a period of 15 years, to 1) levy and impose a local option income surtax of one percent upon the state individual income tax of each individual taxpayer who is a resident of Cass County on December 31 for each calendar year commencing with the calendar year 2025, and 2) levy and impose an ad valorem tax not exceeding seventy-five cents per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation on all taxable property within Cass County commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026?

YES 4,883  NO 1,506

Public Measure B

Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $22,500,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish and equip a classroom addition to the High School building; to remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip exterior and interior portions of the existing High School building, including mechanical, electrical, and fire systems improvements, secure entry improvements, and technology and security improvements; and improve the site?

YES 671   NO 859

Public Measure SB

Shall the Board of Directors of the Iowa Western Community College (Merged Area XIII) in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $55,000,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish, and equip a new academic building and renovate, remodel, and improve existing buildings within the Merged Area XIII?

YES 3,564  NO  2,480

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office.

County Offices:

Supervisor – District 3

Bryant Amos [R] 893

Write In 42

Supervisor – District 5

Alex Burton [R] 874

Write-In 12

Auditor

Jill Ozuna [R] – [I] 4,201

Write-In 46

Sheriff

Jon D. Spunagle – [R] [I] 4,366

Write-In 81

Non-Partisan Offices:

Soil & Water Conservation District (Vote for 3)

Dave Carbaugh 3,267

Kent Swanson 3,205

Kerry Confer 3,222

Write-In 35

County Ag. Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Chad Jacobs 2,970

Edward Lucas Oster 2,778

Kassandra Houdek 2,786

Ryan Hart 3,100

Write-In 34

Hospital Trustee (Vote for 3)

Jeff L. Vanderhoof 3,214

Ann Carder 3,154

James C. Norris 2,961

Township Trustees

Lincoln Township (Vote for 2)

Kirk Baird 72

Bryan Jenkins 79

Washington Township (Vote for 2)

Mike Jackson 30

Lorin Petersen 82

Wroite-In 19

No candidates filed for the following Township positions: Pilot Grove & Pilot Grove TFV; West Township; Red Oak Township; Sherman, Garfield, Grant and Frankfort Townships. East, Douglas & Scott Township are appointed by the Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County.

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office.

County Offices:

Sheriff

Marty Arganbright – [D] [I] 2,433

Matt Harmann – [R] 3,984*

Write-In 11

Auditor

Dani Fink – [R] [I] 5,485

Write-In 75

Non-Partisan Offices:

County Ag. Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Carol Wendl 3,446

Kayla Willms 3,140

Ruth Blomquist 2,984

Dwayne Seeck 2,699

Genevieve McCreary 2,366

Write-In 62

Hospital Trustee (Voted for 3)

Douglas Kent 4,013

Cheryl L. Marks 4,073

Emily Donovan 4,282

Write-In 70

Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 3)

Bryan Coffman 4,174

Stephen D Roe 3,532

David Deardorff 4,337

Write-In 56

View the results here: Mills_County_Election_Summary_Report_11-5-24-min

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office. [TFV= To Fill a Vacancy]

County Offices:

Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Brian Shea [R] 26,264

Tim Wichman [R] 25,344

County Auditor (Vote for 1)

Mary Ann Hanusa [R] 25,996 *

Bryan Jack Holder [Free/Independent] 13,508

Write-In 126

County Sheriff

Andy Brown [R] 34,855

Write-in 701

Non-Partisan Offices

East Pott. Soil & Water Conservation District Commission (Vote for 3)

J. Bernie Bolton 2,684

David L. Applegate 3,223

Chris Perdue 2,670

Write-In 43

East Pott. Ag Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Andrew Messerschmidt 2,915

Devin Schroeder 2,669

Christie Matthies 2,544

Lynn M. Cody 2,655

Write-In 36

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office. [TFV= To Fill a Vacancy]

County Offices:

Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Mike Kolbe 4,387

Charles Parkhurst 3,962

Write-in  107

County Auditor

Taryn Knapp 5,092

Write-in 50

County Sheriff

Neil Gross 5,495

Write-in 73

Non-Partisan Offices

County Hospital Board of Trustees (Vote for 3)

Jeanine P Larsen 3,572

Mike Frederick 3,787

James E Baker 3,387

Write-in 60

Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 3)

Jason Monson 3,810

Carl Petersen 3,594

Write-in 104

County Ag Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Connie Petersen 2,463 *

Michele Monson 3,084 *

Kathy Fara 2,008 *

Matthew Worthey 1,425

Kristi Travis 1,696

Larry J. Wendt, Jr. 1,740 *

Write-in 28

County Ag. Ext. Council – TFV (Vote for 1)

Nate Botine 3,756

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office.

County Offices:

Supervisor – District 1NW

Matt Wedemeyer [R] [I]  692

Write-in  7

Supervisor – District 3 SW

Jerry walker [R] [I] 749

8 Write-In

Supervisor – District 5GF

Michael Christofferson [R]  646

Write-in 10

Sheriff

Jeffrey L. Vandewater – [R] [I] 3,667

Write-in   22

Auditor

Mandy Berg – [R] [I]  3,611

Write-in   12

Recorder [To Fill a Vacancy (TFV)]

Kelly Mitchell [R]  3,549

Write-in  10

Non-Partisan Offices:

Washington Township Trustee

Write-in 15

Washington Township Trustee [TFV]: No candidates filed. 10 Write-in

Richland Township Trustee: Roy Maeder 83

County Public Hospital Trustees (Vote for 3)

Willard W. Olesen 2,487

Jimmy Freeland 2,651

Deb Tindle 2,703

Write-in 34

Soil & Water Conservation District (Vote for 3)

Daryl Nelson 3,192

Write-in 154

County Ag. Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Matt Mensing 2,664

Jessica Christensen 2,446

Trent Raasch 2,446

Amy Kading 2,477

Write-in 21

Public Measures

Iowa Western Community College – Public Measure SB:Shall the following public measure be adopted?: Shall the Board of Directors of the Iowa Western Community College (Merged Area XIII) in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $55,000,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish, and equip a new academic building and renovate, remodel, and improve existing buildings within Merged Area XIII?

YES 10   NO 14

CAM Community School District – Public Measure B

Shall the following public measure be adopted?

Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $22,500,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish and equip a classroom addition to the High School building; to remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip exterior and interior portions of the existing High School building, including mechanical, electrical, and fire systems improvements, secure entry improvements, and technology improvements and security improvements; and improve the site?

YES  14   NO 10

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office.

County Offices:

Supervisor – District 2

Tony Hardisty 347

Supervisor – District 5 (elect 1)

Christopher Standley 342 *

Karl McCarty 107

2 write-in

Auditor

Becky Bissell [I] 1,937

17 write-in

Sheriff

Alan Johannes [I] 1,969

32 Write-in

Non-Partisan Offices:

Soil & Water Conservation District (Vote for 3)

Mark Pearson 1,518

Dan Kretzinger 1,456

Kirk Brandt 1,398

32 write-in

County Ag. Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Trevor Holland 1,312

Sue Privett 1,166

Lori Amdor 1,444

Susan Bagby 1,255

29 write-in

Public Measure AJ – Shall the following public measure be adopted?: “ Shall the Board of Supervisors be reduced from five members to three members per Iowa Code 331.204?

YES 667      NO 1,372*

Constitutional Amendments –

(1) Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?:

Summary: Provides for only U.S. citizens aged 18 or older and meeting state and county residency requirements to vote in all elections. Further provides that 17-year-olds who will be 18 years old by the General Election are eligible to vote in the primary election, subject to the same citizenship and residency requirements

YES 1,575     NO   466

(2) – Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?:

Summary: Provides that the lieutenant governor will act as the governor if there is a temporary disability of the governor. Further provides that the lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect will be the governor or governor-elect inthe case of the resignation, death, or permanent disability of the governor or governor-elect thus creating a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor or lieutenant governor-elect, as appropriate.

YES 1,715    NO  266

Public Measures

Iowa Western Community College – Public Measure SB:Shall the following public measure be adopted?: Shall the Board of Directors of the Iowa Western Community College (Merged Area XIII) in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $55,000,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish, and equip a new academic building and renovate, remodel, and improve existing buildings within Merged Area XIII?

YES 0  NO 1

CAM Community School District – Public Measure B

Shall the following public measure be adopted?

Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $22,500,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish and equip a classroom addition to the High School building; to remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip exterior and interior portions of the existing High School building, including mechanical, electrical, and fire systems improvements, secure entry improvements, and technology improvements and security improvements; and improve the site?

YES 0  NO  1

Key: [R]= Republican; [D]= Democrat; [I]= Incumbent; Unless otherwise stated, vote is for 1 candidate in each office. [TFV= To Fill a Vacancy]

County Offices:

Board of Supervisors (Vote for 2)

Nathan Wahlert [D]  957

Kent Grabill [R]  1,827*

Donald J. Mosinski [R]  1,323*

Douglas D. Sorensen  1,049

County Auditor (Vote for 1)

Lisa Frederiksen [R] (I) 2,189 *

Christena Hemmingsen  759

Non-Partisan Offices

County Hospital Board of Trustees (Vote for 3)

Brady Griffin  1,714

Brett Irlmeier 1,861

Michelle Sprague 1,960

Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioner (Vote for 3)

Paul D. Campbell 1,828

Steve Brinkman 1,908

Russell Bruhn 1,802

County Ag Extension Council (Vote for 4)

Lexi Christensen 1,759

Bryan Svoboda 1,936

Kyle Lauridsen 1,804

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – All Long-term Disaster Recovery Centers (LT-DRC) in Iowa will be closed on Monday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day. The centers will reopen on Tuesday, November 12 at 9 AM.

At the LT-DRCs Disaster Case Advocates are on hand to help survivors navigate the recovery process, and answer questions about available state, local, and federal assistance and how to apply. Survivors can also check their FEMA or Small Business Administration (SBA) status, receive assistance with their federal assistance applications, including how to file an appeal on a denied federal application, and receive ongoing assistance with unmet needs. Survivors are encouraged to visit their LT-DRC during its hours of operation.

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