Montgomery County primary results: Amos wins contested race
The final votes have been tallied in Montgomery County’s Primary Election Tuesday. The only local contested race in the county was for District 3 supervisor, with incumbent Bryant Amos facing challenger Mike McCunn. Unofficial results show Amos defeated McCunn by a vote of 145 to 105 to snag the nomination for the November ballot.
After the win, Amos thanked the voters who supported him in the primary.
“I’m very pleased, and I’m thankful to the people who backed me not only this year, but three times prior. I thank them for their continued support and their help. I ask them for a lot of advice sometimes,” Amos said.
Amos added that he thought his experience with the supervisors was the deciding factor in the primary over challenger Mike McCunn.
“He had a lot of questions, but not a plan. You can’t simply question what’s going on. Everyone has problems but you have to have a plan to fix it. I think we have that plan in place, and we’re moving ahead with it now,” commented Amos.
Another supervisor up for re-election was Donna Robinson, who ran unopposed for the District 5 supervisor seat. Robinson received a total of 102 votes in Tuesday night’s primary. County Auditor Stephanie Burke drew 690 votes in her uncontested race, and Montgomery County Sheriff Joe Sampson drew 732 votes. At the statewide level, Patty Judge was the top votegetter for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, with a total of 46,032 votes. Her closest competitor was Rob Hogg who received 37,688 votes. Hogg was followed by Thomas Fiegen with 6,554 votes, and Bob Krause drew 6,461 votes. Judge was also the top votegetter in Montgomery County, with 75 votes, followed by Hogg with 42 votes, Krause with 14 votes, and Fiegen receiving 10 votes. Grassley, who is running against Judge for re-election, received 91,064 votes for the Republican nomination. 682 of those votes were from Montgomery County residents. Another contested race was for District 3 U.S. Representative David Young’s seat. Young, who was challenged by Joe Grandanette on the Republican side, had a total of 17,852 votes in the primary, while Grandanette received 3,134 votes. Young received 645 votes from Montgomery County voters, while Grandanette collected 57 total votes. In November, Young will face-off against Jim Mowrer, who is running on the Democratic side. Mowrer received 12,949 votes statewide in Iowa’s primary. Mike Sherzan had 9,502 total votes, and Desmund Adams with 3,624 votes. County-wide Mowrer received 72 votes, with 47 votes for Sherzan and 18 votes for Desmund Adams. For State Senate, Republican Mark Costello ran unopposed, taking in 5,408 total votes. In the county, Costello earned 659 votes. The final races voted on in Montgomery County were for State Representative. District 23 Representative Dave Sieck ran unopposed for a total of 1,841 votes, with 481 from Montgomery County voters, while District 24 Representative Cecil Dolecheck, also unopposed, collected 3,738 votes, with 162 from Montgomery County voters. All the election results are unofficial totals. 904 ballots were cast in Montgomery County, with over 12 percent of registered voters taking part in the primary.