Over 5,000 Hamilton County residents vote in General Election
Results from one precinct unavailable at press time; Klaver leading Paschen in Hamilton County
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As the evening 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. 5,015 ballots were cast in Hamilton County,
With six of the seven precincts in at press time, many of the statewide races were running close.
The Iowa House Seat 55, had one of the wider margins, with Beau Klaver receiving 3,246 votes, and Cynthia Oppedal Paschen with 1,663 votes. Klaver claimed 66.12% of the votes, with Paschen at 33.88%. This race also includes portions of other counties which will determine the final results
As of press time, the closest race appeared to be in the Governor's race, which had Zach Lahn, Derek Wulf receiving 50.74% of the vote, compared to Rob Sand, and Dave Muhlbauer with 49.26%.
In many of the state races, the Republican Candidates showed a slight advantage, but in addition to the missing Hamilton County precinct, the remainder of the counties in the state will need to be included in the final tally
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 ® with running mate Derek Wulf ®.
The Secretary of State positions were between incumbent Paul D. Pate ® and Ryan Petersman (D).
The Auditor of State was between Taylor Wettach (D) and Chris Cournoyer ®
The Treasurer for the State of Iowa saw John Norwood (D) running against Roby Smith ®.
The Secretary of Agriculture race was between incumbent Mike Naig ® and Chris Jones (D)
The Iowa Attorney General race was between Brenna Bird ® and Nate Willems (D).
State Representative District 55 was between Cynthia Oppedal Paschen (D) and Beau Klaver ®
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 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.