Countering the national elections which led to the Democrats taking control of the House while the Republicans held on to the Senate, Iowa’s Republicans maintained control of the House and Senate as well as the governorship.

While there were some Democratic wins, such as two congressional shifts to Democratic candidates as Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne became Iowa’s first female representatives, the state remains under mostly Republican control.

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and Fourth District Rep. Steve King were re-elected to their positions along with Secretary of State Paul Pate and Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.

Democrat Tom Miller swept Iowa, running against Libertarian Marco Battaglia for Attorney General, and Democrat Rob Sand flipped the state auditor’s seat from Republican Mary Mosiman, but the House and Senate kept red majorities. The State House, as of 2 a.m., had 51 Republicans and 44 Democrats. The Republicans have the Senate majority by one seat.

Republicans flipped two seats in the Senate, and the Democrats flipped one. As of 2 a.m., Republicans had flipped 11 seats in the House; the Democrats flipped eight.

Though Iowa turned out mostly red, Story County voted much differently.

With a voter turnout of 61.5 percent, the members of Story County voted overwhelmingly blue in Tuesday’s midterm election.

In the race for the U.S Representative seat for District 4, gubernatorial Democratic House candidate J.D. Scholten won 64.79 percent of the vote with 27,401 votes. His main opponent, Republican incumbent candidate Steve King, took 31.77 percent of the vote, with 13,438 votes. In third and fourth place were Libertarian candidate Charles Aldrich and independent candidate Edward Peterson, with 2.78 percent and 0.59 percent of the vote, respectively.

With 58.67 percent of the vote, and 25,006 votes, democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell took the majority of the vote in the race for governor. Trailing behind was Republican opponent Kim Reynolds, who received 38.67 percent of the vote and 16,482 votes total. Libertarian Candidate Jake Porter followed, with 1.99 percent of the vote, followed by independent candidate Gary Siegwarth, with 0.62 percent of the vote.

Although Reynolds and King both took the statewide vote, they failed to appeal to the young demographic of Story County.

In the race for secretary of state, Deidre Dejear won with more than half of the vote, at 55.44 percent and a total of 23,147 votes. Following behind was Republican incumbent candidate Paul Pate, with 17,378 votes and 41.62 percent of the total vote.

In the race for auditor of state, democratic candidate Rob Sand took 54.61 percent of the vote, at 22,732 total votes, while his Republican opponent Mary Mosiman followed behind with 42.53 percent of the vote and 17,702 votes.

Michael Fitzgerald, democratic candidate for treasurer of state, took 64.40 percent of the vote, at 26,805 votes. Trailing behind in the race was Jeremy Davis, with only 32.80 percent of the vote, at 13,650 votes.

Democrat Tim Gannon took the position of secretary of agriculture, with 55.06% of the vote, while his Republican opponent Mike Naig took 41.45 percent.

Democrat Tom Miller took an overwhelming majority of the vote for attorney general, holding 77.17 percent of the total vote, while his Libertarian opponent Marco Battaglia received only 22.3 percent of the vote.

While overall, the state of Iowa saw great support for Republican candidates, Story County as a whole showed large support for Democratic candidates. Politico.com showed that, as a whole, Iowa’s college-educated counties tended to show more support for democratic candidates than republican candidates.