By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
Despite the nationwide and statewide successful campaigns of many Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 midterm election, voters in Guthrie County strongly favored Republicans. Unofficial Guthrie County results are shown below:
Federal and State Contests
US Senate
Ashley Hinson 3,083
Josh Turek 1,853
Thomas Laehn 259
US Representative District 3
Zach Nunn 3,432
Sarah Trone Garriott 1,751
Governor
Zach Lahn 2,982
Rob Sand 2,293
Secretary of State
Paul Pate 3,621
Ryan Peterman 1,565
Auditor of State
Chris Cournoyer 3,361
Taylor Wettach 1,768
Treasurer of State
Roby Smith 3,324
John Norwood 1,782
Secretary of Agriculture
Mike Naig 3,598
Chris Jones 1,591
Attorney General
Brenna Bird 3,319
Nate Willems 1,867
State Rep. District 47
Carter Nordman 3,444
Chris New 1,689
Constitutional Amendment 1
Yes 3,247
No 1,587
Races within Guthrie County
The key term for the races entirely within Guthrie County was “unopposed,” as there was only one contest in which more candidates registered than the number of seats to fill.
Phil Brown, Maggie Armstrong and Steve Smith each ran unopposed for their district to serve on the Board of Supervisors. Also running unopposed for county seats were Brenda Campbell (Treasurer), Tristen Richards (Recorder) and Charles Abel (Attorney).
Townships
Baker Township: William Frels and Nic Chance ran unopposed for trustee, as did Kelli Lemke for clerk.
Bear Grove Township: Jentry Hise and Heath Blomquist ran unopposed for trustee, as did Leora Laughery for clerk.
Beaver Township: Dan Christensen ran unopposed for trustee, as did Janet Dickson for clerk.
Grant Township: Darin Peterson ran unopposed for trustee, as did Gary Mueller for clerk.
Jackson Township: Rick Long received 86 votes, to 59 for Trudi Tam in the race for trustee. Cindy Lyons ran unopposed for clerk.
Richland Township: No candidates filed. There were 37 write-in votes for trustee and 22 for clerk.
Seely Township: Caroline Kness and Joe Arrasmith ran unopposed for trustee, as did Cathy Sheeder for clerk.
Union Township: Bret Hodges and David Royer ran unopposed for trustee, as did Sheyrl Clark for clerk.
Valley Township: Ron Carper and Marcia Koeppe ran unopposed for trustee, as did Arlene Harwood for clerk.
Hospital Trustees
Sheyrl Clark, Doris Terwilliger, Michael Underwood and Dana Tews ran unopposed.
Soil and Water Conservation District
Jamie Patrick, Alan Wedemeyer and Adam Ebert ran unopposed.
County Agricultural Extension Council
Rylee Jacobe, Carrie Dideriksen, Abigail Frels, William Messinger and Rachel Downing ran unopposed.
Diamondhead Sanitary District Trustee
No candidates filed. There were 84 write-in votes.
South Panorama Sanitary District Trustee
Rick Knowlton ran unopposed.
Judicial
John Sandy, Julie Schumacher, Sharon Soorholtz Greer, Nicholas Bailey, Thomas Murphy, Michael Jacobsen, Mark Schlenker and Steven Guiter received more YES votes than NO votes to be retained as judges.
Note: All election results are considered unofficial until canvassed. Guthrie County’s unofficial results will be canvassed and potentially approved as official during the regular meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 10.
According to county data, a total of 5,312 ballots were cast from a total registered voter list of 8,099, for a 65.6% turnout. See the full unofficial results of Guthrie County votes for federal, state, county and judicial contests on the Guthrie County website. The full unofficial results from all of Iowa’s 2026 midterm elections are summarized on the KCCI website.