Iowa ballots will be decided on Tuesday

Published 9:00 pm Saturday, June 5, 2010

Candidate Address Phone

U.S. Representative District 4

Democrat

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Bill Maske 2894 Truro Rd., Truro (641) 202-3322

Republican

Tom Latham 2218 Ironwood Court, Ames (515) 240-5223

U.S. Senate

Democrat

Roxanne Conlin 2900 Southern Hills Cir., Des Moines (515) 243-3100

Thomas L. Fiegen 307 Second Ave., Clarence (319) 438-2010

Bob Krause 501 West Adams Ave., Fairfield (319) 961-0830

Republican

Chuck Grassley 31705 Westbrook St., Cedar Falls (515) 288-5055

Iowa Governor

Democrat

Chet Culver 2300 Grand Ave., Des Moines (515) 244-5151

Republican

Terry E. Branstad 1324 274th Lane, Boone (515) 276-2266

Rod Roberts 732 San Salvador Ave. (712) 792-2718

Bob Vander Plaats 25242 332nd St., Sioux City (515) 278-5183

Secretary of State

Democrat

Michael A. Mauro 4325 SW 31st St., Des Moines (515) 285-1170

Republican

George S. Eichhorn 3533 Fenton Ave., Stratford (515) 838-2277

Chris Sanger 712 Leach Ave., Des Moines (515) 229-7153

Matt Schultz 4788 Cedarbrook Dr., Council Bluffs (712) 256-4681

Auditor of State

Democrat

None

Republican

David A. Vaudt 1715 S. 42nd St., West Des Moines (515) 457-7524

Treasurer of State

Democrat

Michael L. Fitzgerald 1850 SE Ashleaf Circle, Waukee (515) 210-7405

Republican

James A. Heavens 866 5th St. SW, Dyersville (563) 875-7996

David D. Jamison 3308 Cameron School Rd., Ames (515) 291-8683

Secretary of Agriculture

Democrat

Francis Thicke 1745 Brookville, Fairfiled (641) 919-8554

Republican

Bill Northey 2868 140th St., Spirit Lake

Attorney General

Democrat

Tom Miller 213-28th St., Des Moines (515) 280-3675

Republican

Brenne Findley 1421 State St. (515) 720-7023

State Representative District 11

Democrat

Ann Marie Fairchild 3424 Dogwood Ave., Fertile (641) 757-2383

Republican

Dennis M. Olson 278 360th St., Joice (641) 797-2343

Henry Vincent Rayhons 610 Fairway Cir., Garner (641) 923-2979

Political party candidates across Iowa will face the first round of voters of the year on Tuesday during the state primary election.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. statewide.

During the primary, candidates from each party will run against the other candidates in the same party to win the party’s nomination and ultimately have their names placed on the general election ballot.

Candidates who do not have opponents must also be voted on during the election before having their names placed on the general election ballot.

In Iowa, candidates running for county, state or federal offices have a party affiliation.

Because Iowa’s primary election is a closed primary, voters must declare a party affiliation to participate, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. This means that only voters who are registered with a party or who declare themselves to be members of the party at the time of voting may actually vote on that party’s ballot.

Voters can only receive the ballot for one party.

Candidates on the ballots have filed with the Secretary of State for state and federal offices or with county auditors for county offices.

Here is a brief description of the candidates Winnebago and Worth County voters will see on the ballot:

Winnebago County

County supervisors

Running for county supervisor in District 1 are Gloria E. Johnson and Terry Durby as Republicans. There are no Democratic candidates.

Running for county supervisor in District 3 are Stacy Willert as a Republican and Warren Willie Wubben as a Democrat.

Wubben is the incumbent.

Other county positions

For auditor, Republican Karla Niederkofler is running to fill a vacancy after the previous auditor resigned. Niederkofler was appointed after the resignation but must now be officially elected to remain in the position.

For recorder, Republican Kristin Colby has re-filed for office.

Republican Julie A. Swenson has filed for re-election for treasurer.

There were no county attorney filings, so this position will be decided based on write-in votes at the general election.

Worth County

County supervisors

Running for county supervisor in District 1 are Dennis May as a Democrat and Dave Prestholt as a Republican. May is the incumbent.

Running for county supervisor in District 3 are Jeffrey L. Creger as a Democrat and Lois Colleen Lawler as a Republican. Creger is the incumbent.

Other county positions

For county treasurer, Republican Jake Hanson, the incumbent, has re-filed for office.

For recorder, Republican Liz Kenison has filed for re-election.

For attorney, Republican Jeffrey H. Greve is seeking re-election.

No Democrats have filed in these races, and each of these candidates will be unopposed.

State offices

Governor

On the Republican primary ballot will be Terry E. Branstad, Rod Roberts and Bob VanderPlaats.

Incumbent Gov. Chet Culver is running as a Democrat.

Attorney General

Running as a Republican Breanna Findley, while Tom Miller is running as a Democrat.

Secretary of Agriculture

Incumbent Bill Northey is seeking the Republican nomination, and Francis Thicke is seeking the Democratic nomination.

Treasurer of State

On the Republican ballot will be David D. Jamison and James A. Heavens. On the Democratic ballot will be Michael L. Fitzgerald.

Auditor of State

David A. Vaudt, a Republican, is running unopposed in this race.

Secretary of State

On the Republican ballot will be George Eichhorn, Chris Sanger and Matt Schultz. On the Democratic ballot will be Michael A. Mauro.

State Representative District 11

Running as Republicans are Henry Vincent Rayhons and Dennis M. Olson, while Ann Marie Fairchild is running as a Democrat.

Rayhons is the incumbent.

Federal offices

U.S. Representative District 4

Running on the Republican ballot is Tom Latham, and running on the Democratic ballot is Bill Maske.

U.S. Senator

Running as the incumbent for this position is Chuck Grassley, a Republican.

On the Democratic ballot is Roxanne Conlin, Thomas L. Fiegen and Bob Krause.