(Area News) – It took a while for some counties to report their final election results from Tuesday’s General Election in Iowa. Cass County, which normally has the Absentee ballots reported first, didn’t get those results in until 2:43-a.m. Wednesday, due in-part to the heavy voter turnout.

In Cass County (IA), Republican incumbent Bernard Pettinger, of Anita held off a challenge from Democrat Phyllis Stakey of Massena, for the Board of Supervisors in District 5. Four candidates were running for three seats on the (non-partisan) Soil and Water Conservation District Board. The winners include: Curt Behrends, of Wiota; Chris P. Witzman, of Atlantic, and Chase Wheatley, of Massena.

A Public Measure for an EMS income surtax and assessed valuation tax passed in Cass County by a vote of 4,883 Yes to 1,506 No. Voters in the CAM School District in Cass County failed to approve a $22.5-million dollar bond measure, 859 NO to 671 Yes. The total vote (all CAM district counties) was 884 NO, 697 YES. A $55-million bond measure for Iowa Western Community College to pay for infrastructure and other improvements to the college’s campuses, including here in Atlantic, failed by a slim margin, 45,319 YES to 30, 977 NO, or 59.4%. The measure needed a 60% super majority vote to pass.

The Iowa Western Community College Public Measure also passed in Audubon, Montgomery, Pottawattamie and Shelby Counties. The measure failed in Adair and Adams Counties

There were no contested races in Adair and Montgomery Counties.

Voters in Adams County chose Christopher Standley to represent them on the District 5 Supervisors seat. His opponent was Karl McCarty. Adams County voters defeated Public Measure AJ, which asked if the Board of Supervisors be reduced from five members to three, per Iowa Code. The vote was 1,372 NO to 667 YES.

In Audubon County, where there were four candidates hoping to fill two seats on the Board of Supervisors, the winners were Republicans Kent Grabill and Donald J. Mosinski. And, Republican incumbent Audubon County Auditor Lisa Frederiksen held-off a challenge from Christena Hemmingsen, winning by a vote of 2,189 to 759.

In Guthrie County, voters chose Sheriff’s Deputy Matt Harmann, a Republican, to replace long-time incumbent Democrat Sheriff Marty Arganbright. Harmann won by more than 1,500 votes. There were five candidates for four seats on the County Ag. Extension Council in Guthrie County. The voters chose Carol Wendt, Kayla Willms, Ruth Blomquist and Dwayne Seeck for those positions.

Pottawattamie County voters elected Republican incumbent Auditor Mary Ann Hanusa over her challenger Bryan Jack Holder, an Independent candidate. In Shelby County, there were six people running for four seats on the County Ag Extension Council. The winners were Connie Petersen, Michele Monson, Kathy Fara and Larry J. Wendt, Jr.