Iowa Primaries 2010: The results are in
June 8, 2010
After months of campaigning it came down to one day of voting, and now the results are in.
The voter turn out was low in Iowa. There was a high percentage of Republican voters due to the high numbers of Republican candidates on the ballot.
Secretary of State Michael Mauro said the Republican contest for governor was the biggest draw for voters in the primaries.
Here are the results for Story County using statistics from the Des Moines Register.
Senator (Democratic results)
Roxanne Conlin: 97 percent in Story County (winner)
Thomas Fiegen: 9 percent in Story County
Bob Krause: 13 percent in Story County
–Conlin will run against Sen. Chuck Grassley in November.
Governor (Republican results)
Terry Branstad: 51 percent in Story County (winner)
Rod Roberts: 9 percent in Story County
Bob Vander Plaats: 40 percent in Story County
–Terry Branstad will run against Governor Chet Culver in November.
Official results will be posted Tuesday on the Story County auditor’s website.
For more election results, visit the Register, Tribune. For some election day features and analysis, visit here and here. For what is being said on Twitter, check here.
Below are the primary results presented by the Ames Tribune live blog for Story County.
Secretary of State
George Eichhorn: 1134 votes
Chris Sanger: 906 votes
Matt Schultz: 1546 votes
Treasurer
Dave Jamison: 3896 votes
Jim Heavens: 620 votes
Story County Supervisor
Lucy Martin: 1958 votes
Paul Toot: 1742 votes
James Strohman: 835 votes
James Cooper: 283 votes
–Martin and Toot won the Democratic nomination for Story County supervisor, they will move on to the general election in November.