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As Hamilton County voters turned out at the polls throughout the day on Tuesday, a large number of ballots were already cast as the Hamilton County auditor reported over 2,000 absentee ballots returned by mid-day Tuesday.
According to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, nearly a half-million Iowans had already voted by the beginning of election day. The Iowa Secretary of State’s office reported at 8 a.m. that 498,951 early ballots had been received. That exceeds the 497,085 ballots received by secretary of state in the 2018 midterms.
As of press time, votes cast in Hamilton County indicate the closest races between:
None of the contested races can be confirmed, but in Hamilton County, these candidates appear to be leading.
Final results won't be available until Wednesday, but for the many local positions which ran uncontested, there is little to question.
Federal races to be determined will be for the United States Senate, between Josh Turek, (D), Ashley Hinson (R) , and Thomas Laehn, (L) as well The United States Representative District 4, between Dave Dawson (D) and Chris McGowan (R) .
The races for the State offices included the Governor with Rob Sand (D) with running mate Dave Muhbauer (D) against Zach Lahn (R) with running mate Derek Wulf (R).
The Secretary of State positions were between incumbent Paul D. Pate (R) and Ryan Petersman (D).
The Auditor of State was between Taylor Wettach (D) and Chris Cournoyer (R)
The Treasurer for the State of Iowa saw John Norwood (D) running against Roby Smith (R).
The Secretary of Agriculture race was between incumbent Mike Naig (R) and Chris Jones (D)
The Iowa Attorney General race was between Brenna Bird (R) and Nate Willems (D).
State Representative District 55 was between Cynthia Oppedal Paschen (D) and Beau Klaver (R)
The following races had no opposition and sees the incumbent returning to their current roles:
Rick Young – Board of Supervisors in District 3, Country Treasurer – Matt Matteson, County Recorder – Kim Anderson.
The Hamilton County Attorney position was unopposed with Bridget Chambers to fill the position, formerly held by Pat Chambers.
The County agricultural extension council will see Tyler Burton, Amber Widick, Liz Collins and Luke Ahrensin those roles.
The County Public Hospital Trustees returned the four incumbents: Darcy Swon, Carroll Ose, Kyle Hefferman and Kirk McCollough.
There was no opposition to any of the township trustees or clerks, and in several cases had no one to fill the positions.