Published: November 07, 2008 03:47 pm            

Election results

Marion County Elections Results

(Unofficial)



County Supervisor At Large (two open seats)

Jim Kingery - 8400 votes (29.03%)

Sam Nichols - 8109 votes (28.03%)

Jerry Weldon - 7153 votes (24.72%)

Paul Kockler - 5248 votes (18.14%)



County Sheriff

Ron Goemaat - 9969 votes (60.60%)

Tim Cox - 6451 votes (39.22%)



County Auditor

Jake Grandia - 13181 votes (99.63%)



State Representative Dist. 71

Jim Van Engelenhoven - 8720 votes (62.18%)

Pat Van Zante - 5280 votes (37.73%)



State Representative Dist. 72

Richard Arnold - 1151 votes (51.04%)

James Demichelis, Jr. - 1103 votes (48.91%)



State Senator Dist. 36

Paul McKinley - 10045 votes (62.25%)

Deb Ballalatak - 6078 votes (37.67%)



U.S. Representative Dist. 3

Leonard Boswell - 8275 votes (49.90%)

Kim Schmett - 8077 votes (48.71%)



U.S. Senator

Tom Harkin - 8589 votes (51.28%)

Christopher Reed - 8149 votes (48.66%)



U.S. President/Vice President

McCain/Palin - 9232 votes (54.33%)

Obama/Biden - 7408 votes (43.60%)







Local ‘winners’ make comments following election

Ron Goemaat – Thanks the voters of Marion County for their support and thank my wife, Barbara, and family. Thanks to campaign treasurer Dody DeVries and Co-chair Kisha Jahner and everyone else who helped with signs and parades. There’s a lot of work ahead and a lot of areas to focus on.



Sam Nichols – Thanks to the residents of Marion County for being gracious to re-elect him to another four year term (this is his second). “I’ll continue to work on our road system and carefully manage our revenue and resources.”



Jim Kingery – “I’m tickled to death. I had a great support team.” As employee of the road department, plans to improve the county roads.



Jim Van Engelenhoven – “It feels good whenever people turn out.” Will work with Democrats and looks for the budget to be a big issue. Will prioritize to meet the needs of Iowans. Thanks to the voters



Paul McKinley – “The Republicans exceeded expectations in the Senate.” Believes the Democrats ran on Republican principles like cutting taxes. Applauded opponent for stepping up to run and for running a good campaign and thanks for the support of the voters.

        

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