Interesting Election Returns

The special election for the Johnson County Supervisor seat previously held by Sally Stutsman seems to have  had a surprise ending for many with the election of Republican Jim Etheredge. Despite Democrats holding a sizable registration margin in the county, low voter turnout allowed the Republican's victory.

2013 Supervisor's Special Election
U-Heights Active Voters 917

Precinct	Total Voters	Dahms		Etheredge		Write-Ins
UH Univ. Heights	64	34	53%	30	47%	0

Voter turnout yesterday was 7% which was slightly higher than the county as a whole.

What makes the election interesting locally is how the turnout from University Heights mirrors East and near West Iowa City. We were one of only 3 precincts NOT in Iowa City that Dahms carried with a majority:

• CV03 Hygienic Lab
• CV07 Northridge
• UH Univ. Heights

SO Solon was a perfectly split 42/42 tie

Besides those above, the only precincts carried by Dahms west of the Iowa River were:

• IC02 Horn
• IC04 Lincoln

Farther west Iowa City plus the rest of Coralville,  all of North Liberty, and the township precincts were carried by Etheredge. Those include our nearest neighbors to the west:

• 07 West
• 08 Weber
• 09 Hall of Fame  

For comparison, here are the Presidential Precinct results:

2012 Presidential Election
Active Voters 917

Precinct	Total	Romney-Ryan		Obama-Biden		Stein-Honkala		Johnson-Gray		Litzel-Litzel		Write-
		(R)		(D)		(G)		(Libt)		(NP)		Ins
UH Univ. Heights	774	233	30%	531	69%	2	0%	4	1%	1	0%	2

Our voter turnout was 84%, slightly higher than the county as a whole. Our early/absentee voting was 517 which was 58.1% of our total vote, once again slightly higher than the county as a whole.