If early/absentee voting in Greene County is predictive of election results, Terrace Hill will have a Democrat resident for the next four years.
More than one-fourth. 26.6 percent, of registered voters in the county voted before Election Day.
Those early/absentee voters leaned strong to the Democratic ticket of Rob Sand and Dave Muhlbauer, giving them 935 votes (57.8 percent) to Republicans Zach Lahn and Derek Wulf’s 680 votes (42 percent)
In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Josh Turek received 701 votes (44.5 percent) while Republican Ashley Hinson received 649 votes (41.1 percent). Greene County attorney Thomas Laehn, a Libertarian, received 226 votes (14.3 percent).
Early voters favored Republican Zach Nunn for U.S. House, He received 805 votes (51.4 percent) to Democrat Sarah Trone Garriot’s 755 votes (48.2 percent).
Down ballot races were close among early/absentee voters, with Republicans edging past Democrats by narrow margins. For auditor of state, Republican Chris Cournoyer received 769 votes while Democrat Taylor Wettach received 751 votes. For treasurer of state, Republican Roby Smith received 756 votes while Democrat John Norwood received 753 votes. For attorney general, Republican Brenna Bird received 785 votes to Nate Willems’ 770 votes.
The race for secretary of agriculture was the race with the widest margin, with Republican Mike Naig receiving 924 votes and Democrat Chris Jones receiving 638 votes.
In the race for Iowa House District 47, incumbent Republican Carter Nordman received 803 votes (52.35 percent) and Democrat Chris New received 731 votes (47.65 percent).
The early/absentee voter election summary is the first report provided by county auditor Billie Jo Hoskins. This summary will become invalid when votes are tallied by precinct, as early/absentee votes will be reapportioned to the precinct where each voter lives.
