(Le Mars) — In the primary election held on Tuesday, the winners in Plymouth County were Gary Horton for the County Supervisor position, Steve King for the Iowa 4th District
Congressional seat, and former Lt. Governor and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty
Judge. Gary Horton of Akron was able to defeat Dan Smith of Merrill with 1131
votes to Smith’s total 724. Horton will now be listed on the general election
ballot in November, but will not have any listed challenger. Steve King was able
to secure Plymouth County by defeating Republican State Senator challenger Rick
Bertrand by a 1136 to 827 margin. Few people from Plymouth County voted in the
Democratic primary, however, former Lt. Governor and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Patty Judge perhaps was able to capitalize on her name recognition. She was able
to defeat State Senator Rob Hogg by more than a two to one margin. Judge garnered
a total of 85 votes to Hogg’s 35. Third place finisher Bob Krause secured 28
votes, and Tom Fiegen was limited to single digits of seven total votes. A total
of 2,163 people voted in Plymouth County which represented only a 12.1 percent
voter turnout. In the non-contested races, Republican State House Representative
Chuck Holz had 1593 votes, Sheriff Mike Van Otterloo had 1,743 votes, County
Auditor Stacy Feldman had 1,613 votes and County Supervisor Mark Loutsch had 1,570
votes. U-S Senator Chuck Grassley gained 1,665 votes in Plymouth County.
Precincts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Absentee Total Votes
Fiegen 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
Hogg 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 3 1 3 8 1 7 35
Judge 6 0 1 6 10 5 10 2 6 9 6 5 4 15 85
Krause 3 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 5 28
Bertrand 117 15 21 79 40 25 46 50 58 49 79 94 44 112 827
King 176 20 36 83 68 48 75 69 74 63 105 139 49 131 1136
Horton 283 24 29 79 52 65 41 46 53 63 102 97 44 153 1131
Smith 29 8 27 79 37 7 79 42 61 31 74 128 43 79 724
