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.