Local races uncontested in primary

    GRUNDY CENTER — With no contested county races on the ballot, local Democrats and Republicans had only to share their opinions on several contested state races in last Tuesday’s primary election.
    The state’s most contentious primary was one-sided in Grundy County, with Joni Ernst earning 66.7 percent of the local vote on her way to earning the statewide nomination. Sam Clovis was the second choice of Grundy County voters, though with just 13.8 percent support, while Mark Jacobs had just 13.1 percent support in third place. Statewide, Ernst finished with 56.1 percent of the vote while Clovis had 18 percent and Jacobs 16.8 percent.
    Ernst will face Congressman Bruce Braley in the Nov. 4 general election. Braley, who ran unopposed on the Democratic ballot, received support from every Grundy County Democrat who voted in the race. Statewide, Braley received more than 99 percent of votes cast.
 

For more of this story see the June 12 Grundy Register.