Voters in Pottawattamie County had to choose from four people to fill three At-Large seats on the County Board of Supervisors during Tuesday’s General Election.

The recipients of the most votes include: Susan Miller (17,163); Scott A. Belt (16,307), and Jeff Jorgensen (16,016). Jeff Shudak missed the cut with 12,478 votes.

The rest of the vote results are found HERE.

Board of Supervisors/District 2: (I) R – Mark O’Brien     726

Board of Superisiors/District 3: R – Wendy Richter     1,002

State Senate/District 9:

D- Tripp Narup     1,212

(I) R – Tom Shipley     3,941*

State Representative/District 18: (I) R – Thomas Jay Moore    4,219

Cass County Treasurer: (I) R – Tracey J. Marshall   3,922

Cass County Recorder: (I) R – Mary Ward     4,366

Cass County Attorney: (I) R – Vanessa Strazdas   3,957

Cass County Auditor (To fill a Vacancy): Kathy Somers     3,978

Unless otherwise mentioned, persons running for: Hospital Trustee (4); Soil & Water Conservation Commission (2); and Ag Extension Council (5)…were elected to their respective seats. See those results HERE

There were no contested seats in any Audubon County position. Here are the County results:

Adams County Extension Council, Non-Partisan (select 5):

Chris Gilbert     908*

Laura Bowman     1,062*

Sue Privett     719

Rex Townsend     916*

Kyle Shipley     1,066*

Clifford Mann     967*

Other results can be found HERE

County Supervisor District 4SE (Vote for 1):

R- Nathan Baier     395*

Doug Davidson (No Party)     191

ALL OTHER COUNTY CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING UNOPPOSED

Those and other results from Adair County can be found HERE

Guthrie County Board of Supervisors/District 1 (Vote for 1)

Jacki Sloss     332

Jerome J.D Kuster     664*

Guthrie County BOS/District 2 (Vote for 1)

Brian Johnson     910

Guthrie County BOS/District 3

Tom Flanary     261

Maggie Armstrong     850*

Guthrie County BOS/District 4 (Vote for 1)

Michael Herbert     273

Steve Smith     674*

Guthrie County Attorney (Vote for 1)

John A. Maschman     1,566

Dana Minteer     3,252*

The remaining election results can be found HERE

The Iowa Secretary of State’s website has released the results of Absentee ballots cast in Cass County. The link can be found HERE. Again these are only Absentee results. There are 12 precincts yet to report in.

(Radio Iowa) – Secretary of State Paul Pate says his office has been trying to debunk the myths and disinformation being posted on social media about voting in Iowa. “We’re reminding them we’re not hooked up to the internet and we remind them that we vote with those paper ballots,” Pate says. “And we’ve got poll workers out there to have eyes on the site at all times to make sure that everything’s on the up and up.” Pate says the vote tabulators are NOT connected to the internet and he’s been telling people there’s no way for the machines to be hacked.

“They’re getting these stories about other states and then they’re concerned that maybe — maybe — Iowa might have some of that,” Pate says, “so we have to spend a lot of extra time reminding them of all we’ve done to protect us.” Pate says county auditors report steady to strong turnout today (Tuesday) and there’s a chance more Iowans will vote in this year’s midterm election compared to 2018.

“We’ve had three straight years of records,” Pate says. “I don’t know if we’ll get another record this year, but I think it’s going to be a strong turnout.” Iowans have 13 hours to vote today (Tuesday) at their local precinct. The polls close at 8 p.m., but if there’s a line of people waiting to vote, Pate says there’s a process to ensure those people will get to cast a ballot.

“The precinct chair will go out at eight o’clock and determine where the end of the line is and they have a process in which they will identify that point, so those folks will be able to vote — even if it takes another half hour for them to get in, they will get to vote,” Pate says. “Now, if someone’s showing up at 8:15 or 8:10, they’re not going to have that opportunity.”

County auditors have received at least 370-thousand early votes via absentee ballot or in-person voting at county election offices. As of this (Tuesday) morning, nearly 13-thousand absentee ballots sent to Iowa voters had not been returned. Absentee ballots must be inside county auditors’ offices by 8 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) to be part of the vote count.  “I’d just remind any of those people who potentially might have an absentee ballot sitting at their house and, if they want to vote, don’t mail it in because it won’t get there to get counted,” Pate says.

Absentee ballots may be returned the county auditor’s office OR surrendered at a local precinct. The voter will be given a regular ballot to cast instead. Iowans have 13 hours to vote today — polls close at 8 p.m. As of the last report, the following is the number of outstanding absentee ballots in each Iowa congressional District:

• 3300 in the first district
• 3000 in the second district
• 4500 in the third district
• 2100 in the fourth district.

(Radio Iowa) – Thunderstorms, lightning and rain have caused a few problems with voting in western Iowa. Woodbury County Elections Commissioner, Pat Gill says the storms rolled through around noon, which was not good timing. “We could use the rain but unfortunately, it’s on election day,” Gill says. “A couple of the polling places have power knocked out of them. We hope to get that back soon. They’re able to continue to vote — but we don’t like to go without power for too long.” Gill says they didn’t have to make voters wait.

“They can continue to vote, our electronic poll books are working on battery power and the voting machines are working on battery power,” he says. Gill says they’ve also had some voters going to the wrong precinct following changes made by the redistricting. He says they have been able to get everyone redirected to the right polling place. The polls close at 8 p-m.

(Harlan, Iowa) – The Harlan Police Department today (Tuesday), released a little more than a month’s worth of arrest information (Oct. 1-Nov. 2). From the latest to the earliest….

November 2, 2022: William Alva Eddington II, age 39, Dunlap, was arrested following a call for service. Eddington was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with public intoxication; Emily Emealia Fidone, age 26, was arrested following a call for service. Fidone was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with domestic abuse assault.

October 29, 2022: Megan Ericka Hunt, age 27, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Hunt was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with domestic abuse assault.

October 18, 2022: Christopher Daniel Ivey, age 40, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Ivey was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with domestic abuse assault.

October 15, 2022: David Allen Coenen, age 37, Lewis, was arrested on an active Shelby County warrant. Coenen was transported to the Shelby County Jail; Kirby David Stoneking, age 38, Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop. Stoneking was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

October 8, 2022: Carol Delisse Collins, age 73, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Collins was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with domestic abuse assault.

October 7, 2022: Lucas Charles Wolken, age 37, Harlan, was arrested following a traffic stop. Wolken was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with operating while intoxicated.

October 5, 2022: Dory Kevin Nielsen, age 50, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Nielsen was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with assault.

October 4, 2022: Adam Tyrone Scheffler, age 29, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Scheffler was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with violation of a no contact order.

October 3, 2022: Mitchell Davis Cook, age 29, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Cook was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with domestic abuse assault.

October 1, 2022: Joan Renee Armentrout, age 49, Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Armentrout was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with domestic abuse assault.