Iowa primary election results
Published 10:31 am Thursday, June 7, 2012
Worth County
Candidate Votes % of votes
U.S. Representative District 1
Republican
Rod Blum 369 51.25
Ben Lange 348 43.33
Write-in 3 1.22
Total 720
Democrat
Bruce Braley 243 98.78
Write-in 3 1.22
Total 246
State Senate District 26
Republican
Merlin Bratz 774 98.47
Write-in 12 1.53
Total 786
Democrat
Mary Jo Wilhelm 243 98.38
Write-in 4 1.62
Total 247
State Representative District 51
Republican
Joshua Byrnes 743 99.73
Write-in 2 0.27
Total 745
Democrat
Eric S. Hungerford 241 99.18
Write-in 2 0.82
Total 243
County Supervisors District 2
Republican
Dennis M. Olson 193 96.5
Write-in 7 3.5
Total 200
Democrat
Dave Haugen 113 61.41
Harlan Helgeson 70 38.04
Write-in 1 0.54
Total 184
County Auditor
Republican
Barbara Berge 386 43.42
Jacki Backhaus 357 40.16
Jess Hanson 145 16.31
Write-in 1 0.11
Total 889
Democrat
Write-in 44 100
Total 44 100
County Sheriff
Republican
David K. Gentz 599 73.86
Leo Dorsey 194 23.92
Write-in 18 2.22
Democrat
Jay W. Langenbau 243 91.01
Write-in 24 8.99
Winnebago County
Candidate Votes % of votes
U.S. Representative District 4
Republican
Steve King 1,314 99.32
Write-in 9 0.68
Total 1,323
Democrat
Christie Vilsack 131 97.04
Write-in 4 2.96
Total 135
State Senate District 4
Republican
Dennis Guth 881 62.13
James E. Black 534 37.66
Write-in 3 0.21
Total 1,418
Democrat
Bob Jennings 126 100
Write-in 0 0
Total votes 126
State Representative District 7
Republican
Mark Frakes 749 50.57
Tedd Gassman 730 49.29
Write-in 2 0.14
Total 1,481
Democrat
John Wittneben 117 95.12
Write-in 6 4.88
Total 123
County Supervisor District 2
Republican
Mike Stensrud 427 97.94
Write-in 9 2.06
Total 436
Democrat
Write-in 4 100
Total 4 100
County Auditor
Republican
Karla Niederkofler 1,333 99.33
Write-in 9 0.67
Total 1,342
Democrat
Write-in 9 100
Total 9 100
County Sheriff
Republican
David C. Peterson 843 54.99
Douglas W. Jenson 690 45.01
Write-in 0 0
Democrat
Write-in 52 100
Total 52