June Primary Election Day

Today is the June Primary Election.

The Primary is a nomination process for the General Election. Those candidates who get the most votes in today’s Primary are nominated to represent their political party in the General Election on November 5th.

In Delaware County today, there are four candidates running unopposed on the Republican ballot, with no candidates appearing on the Democratic ballot. 

• Jeff Madlom is running for the Republican nomination for re-election for Delaware County Supervisor District #1.
• Dan Wheeler is running for the Republican nomination for Delaware County Supervisor District #2. The Supervisor seat is being left vacant by Pete Buschmann, who announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election.
• Carla Becker is running for the Republican nomination for re-election for Delaware County Auditor. 
• Travis Hemesath is running for the Republican nomination for Delaware County Sheriff. The position is being left vacant by longtime Sheriff John LeClere, who is retiring.

Here’s how the ballots will look in the other counties in the KMCH listening area:

Dubuque County

Republican ballot:

• Harley V. Pothoff and Scott E. Nelson for County Supervisor
• Keith Lucy for County Auditor

Democratic ballot:

• Kevin Dragotto for County Auditor
• Joseph Kennedy for County Sheriff
• Karol Kennedy to fill a vacancy for County Recorder

Buchanan County

Republican ballot:

• Kris Wilgenbusch for County Auditor
• Scott Buzynski for County Sheriff

Democratic ballot:

• Brian Donnelly and Rick Wulfekuhle for County Supervisor

Jones County

Republican ballot:

• John Schlarmann for County Supervisor District 1
• Jennifer Karpf and Jeff Swisher for County Supervisor District 5
• Whitney Hein for County Auditor
• Greg Graver for County Sheriff

Democratic ballot:

• Joe Oswald for County Supervisor District 2

Linn County

Republican ballot:

• Brandi Zumbach Meisheid for County Supervisor District 3

Democratic ballot:

• Molly Donahue for County Supervisor District 3
• Todd Taylor for County Auditor
• Brian Gardner for County Sheriff

Clayton County

Republican ballot:

• Ray Peterson for County Supervisor
• Brent Ostrander and Brandon Taylor for County Sheriff

Democratic ballot:

• Jennifer Garms for County Auditor

Fayette County

Republican ballot:

• Jay Peterson, Ray Steffens and Alex Popenhagen for County Supervisor
• Lori Moellers for County Auditor
• Paul Becthold and Marty Fisher for County Sheriff

There are no candidates running on the Democratic ballot in Fayette County.

And on the state and federal levels:

• Republican Ashley Hinson of Marion is running for re-election as U.S. Representative District 2. Sarah Corkery of Cedar Falls is running for the Democratic nomination.
• Dan Zumbach of Ryan is running for re-election unopposed for the Republican nomination for State Senator of District 35.
• Craig Johnson of Independence is running for re-election unopposed for the Republican nomination for State Representative of District 67.
• There is a contested primary race in House District 64. Jason Gearhart of Strawberry Point and Douglas Wolfe of Elkader are vying for the Republican nomination for the position of State Representative.
• And in House District 66, two candidates are running, but they won’t face each other in the primary. Republican Steven P. Bradley of Cascade and Democrat Andy McKean of Anamosa are vying for their respective nominations for the State Representative position. 

Polls are open today from 7 am until 8 pm. Delaware County Auditor Carla Becker says voters need to bring their driver’s license (ID) in order to vote. If they have moved, they should also bring a separate proof of residency.

Tune in to KMCH tonight – we’ll let you know the results as they come in tonight.