During the May 15 election, Rachel Kittson-MaQatish won the most votes for Linn County Circuit Court judge, position one.
With 44.92 percent of the vote, 9,915 votes, she will face Teri L. Plagmann, who received 30.04 percent of the vote (6,631 votes) in the November general election. Rebecca Winters received 14.13 percent of the vote (3,120) and Jennifer S. Hisey won 10.33 percent of the vote (2,280).
For county commissioner position 1, Gary Sullivan ran unopposed for the Independent Party nomination. Stephanie Newton won the Democratic nomination with 5,337 votes (73.01 percent). Opponent Larry J. Johnson withdrew from the race just prior to the election and drew 1,821 votes (24.91 percent).
Republican incumbent John Lindsey ran unopposed to secure his party’s nomination. The three candidates will face each other in the November general election.
The four-year Linn County Law Enforcement Levy, which provides the majority of funding for the Sheriff’s Office and portions of the budgets for the District Attorney’s Office and the Juvenile Department, passed 18,991 (70.05 percent) to 8,119 (29.95 percent). The tax rate remained at 2.83 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.