Many local county seats were unopposed in Tuesday’s election. But there were some contested races.
In Adair County, Republican Ryan Benn narrowly defeated Democrat Michael D. Maynes for the County Attorney position by just 60 votes, winning 1,599 to 1,539.
In Adams County, Republican Leland Shipley defeated Juli Cooper in Supervisor in District 4 by a vote of 191 to 131.
In Montgomery County, Republican Dwayne Adams beat Democrat Jan Norris with a total of 540 to 355 in Supervisor District 4.
In Pottawattamie County, five candidates were seeking the three open positions on the Board of Supervisors. The winner were Republicans Susan M. Miller (17,951), Mark Shoemaker (17,112) and Jeff Jorgensen (16,192). The two Democrats Shawna Anderson (14,775) and Dennis Gunderson (13,693) came up short.
In Shelby County, Republican Bryce Schaben scored the win with 3.702 votes over Rick Kiesel who had 823 votes.
Also, in Cass County, six people were running for the five open seats on the Ag Extension Council. The final totals were Beth Ann McDermott 3,158, Michelle Behrends 2,906, Chad Becker 2,782, Todd Weppler 2,781, Kim Tibken 2,561 and Coleen Babe 2,131.
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