(Radio Iowa) — Voters in Ames made history in their municipal election yesterday (Tuesday). Twenty-year-old Iowa State University student Rachel Junck, an Ames native, was elected to a seat on the Ames City Council. She’s the youngest woman ever elected to public office in Iowa. There were a handful of other run-off elections around the state. In Iowa’s largest city, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie won an unprecedented fifth term.
Voters in Bloomfield, Cedar Falls, Charter Oak, Estherville, Fairfield and Orange City also made final decisions in city races yesterday (Tuesday).