June Primary Election Results

Tuesday was the June Primary Election.

In Delaware County, four candidates ran unopposed on the Republican ballot, with no candidates appearing on the Democratic ballot. 

• Jeff Madlom received 97% of the Republican vote in his re-election bid for the Republican nomination for Delaware County Supervisor District #1.
• Dan Wheeler received 99% of the Republican vote 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 received 91% of the Republican vote in her re-election bid for the Republican nomination for Delaware County Auditor. 
• Travis Hemesath received 99% of the Republican vote for Delaware County Sheriff. The position is being left vacant by longtime Sheriff John LeClere, who is retiring at the end of the year.

In contested races around the KMCH coverage area:

• Harley V. Pothoff defeated Scott E. Nelson for the Republican nomination for Dubuque County Supervisor with 56% of the vote.
• In Buchanan County, Rick Wulfekuhle won the Republican nomination for County Supervisor over Brian Donnelly with 62% of the vote.
• Brent Ostrander has won the Republican nomination for Clayton County Sheriff over Brandon Taylor with 61% of the vote.
• In Jones County, Jeff Swisher has been declared the winner of the Republican nomination for County Supervisor District 5 with 76% of the vote over Jennifer Karpf. 
• And in Fayette County, there were two contested races on the Republican ballot in Tuesday’s June Primary. Alex Popenhagen defeated Jay Peterson and Ray Steffens for County Supervisor with 45% of the Republican vote. And Marty Fisher won the Republican nomination for County Sheriff over Paul Becthold with 61% of the Republican vote 

On the state and federal levels:

• Jason Gearhart of Strawberry Point won the Republican nomination for the State Representative seat in House District 64, over Douglas Wolfe of Elkader with 55% of the vote.
• Republican Ashley Hinson of Marion, who ran unopposed, received 99% of the Republican vote in her re-election bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Representative District 2. Sarah Corkery of Cedar Falls ran for the Democratic nomination and received 99% of the Democratic vote.
• Dan Zumbach of Ryan, who ran unopposed, received 99% of the Republican vote in his re-election bid for the Republican nomination for State Senator of District 35.
• Craig Johnson of Independence, who also ran unopposed, received nearly 100% of the vote in his re-election bid for the Republican nomination for State Representative of District 67.

Delaware County had a voter turnout of just under four percent for Tuesday’s June Primary. 

Tuesday’s winners will appear on the ballot in November’s general election.