May 18 election results
Registered voters ? 50,997
Ballots cast ? 19,763
Turnout ? 38.75 percent
Local races
County Commissioner Position 3
Republican Primary
Cliff Wooten ? 4,861 50.7 percent
Catherine Skiens ? 3,461 36.1 percent
Democrat Primary
Michael W. Martin ? 3,771 44.1 percent
Bill Tacy ? 2,132 24.93 percent
November general election ? Incumbent Cliff Wooten faces Michael W. Martin.
County Commissioner Position 2
Incumbent Roger Nyquist unopposed in primary and November general election.
House District 17
Republican Primary
Jeff Kropf ? 4,770 87 percent Sarah Novy-Arcune ? 465 8.5 percent
November general election ? Incumbent Jeff Kropf is unopposed.
House District 11
Incumbent Democrat Phil Barnhart and Republican Michael Spasaro were unopposed in the primary. They will face each other in the November general election.
Senate District 9
Incumbent Roger Beyer unopposed in primary and November general election.
Fourth Congressional District
Republican Jim Feldkamp and incumbent Democrat Peter A. DeFazio were unopposed in primaries. They will face each other in the November general election.
Linn County non-partisan positions
The following races were uncontested:
– Carol R. Bispham, Circuit Court Judge District 23 Position 1.
– Jason Carlile, district attorney.
– Charles W. Gibbs, county surveyor.
– Mark J. Noakes, county assessor.
How Linn County voted in statewide races:
Secretary of State
Democrat Primary
Bill Bradbury ? 6,620 77.42 percent
Paul Damian Wells ?1,229 14.37 percent
Republican Primary
Fred Granum ? 2,244 23.40 percent
Betsy Close ? 6,576 68.59 percent
State Treasurer
Democrat Randall Edwards and Republican Jeff Caton were unopposed in the primary. They will face each other in the November general election.
Attorney General
Incumbent Democrat Hardy Meyers and Republican Paul Connolly were unopposed in the primary. They will face each other in the November general election.
How Linn County voted in national races
U.S. Senate
Democrat Primary
Incumbent Ron Wyden ran unopposed. He will face Republican Al King in the November general election.
Republican Primary
Pavel Goberman ? 343 3.58 percent
Al King ? 2,333 24.33 percent
Bruce Broussard ? 1,428 14.89 percent
E. Bowerman ? 559 5.83 percent
Philip Petrie ? 457 4.77 percent
Thomas Lee Abshier ? 1,718 17.92 percent
U.S. President
Republican Primary
President Bush ran unopposed in the primary.
Democrat Primary
Lyndon H. Larouche Jr. ? 286 3.34 percent
John F. Kerry ? 6,255 73.15
Dennis J. Kucinich ? 1,097 12.83