TWO LONG TIME CO-WORKERS WILL FACE OFF IN NOVEMBER TO BECOME THE NEXT SHERIFF OF WOODBURY COUNTY.
DAVE DREW DEFEATED FELLOW DEPUTIES JIM BAUERLY AND GREG LOGAN TO WIN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
DREW CREDITED SIOUX CITY'S FORMER POLICE CHIEF FOR HELPING HIM TO VICTORY:
ANOTHER CURRENT WOODBURY DEPUTY, DOUG BOETGER, WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN THE NIGHT'S CLOSEST RACE....TOPPING FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN AND POLICE OFFICER MARTY POTTEBAUM BY 55 VOTES:
DREW AND BOETGER COMBINED HAVE OVER 50 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.
IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE FOR THE NOMINATION FOR COUNTY AUDITOR, CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT DOUG BATCHELLER WON HANDILY WITH 51 PER CENT OF THE VOTE, DEFEATING MARK JENSEN AND CHRIS PIERCE.
HE'LL FACE INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT PAT GILL IN NOVEMBER:
BATCHELLER AND THE WINNER OF THE THIRD DISTRICT GOP COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S RACE, DICK SALEM, SAID NAME RECOGNITION HELPED THEM WIN.
SALEM SAYS HIS STAND ON SEVERAL ISSUES ALSO HELPED HIM REEL IN OVER 50 PER CENT OF THE VOTES IN HIS RACE AGAINST GREG TRUCKE AND ELDON ELIASON:
SALEM WILL FACE DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT MARK MONSON IN NOVEMBER.
U.S. REPR DIST 4 (R) ----------------------------- STEVE KING 4865
STATE REPR DIST 5 (R) ----------------------------- CHUCK SODERBERG 357
STATE REPR DIST 6 (R) ----------------------------- RON JORGENSEN 1276 ----------------------------- MATTHEW A UNG 1014
STATE REPR DIST 13 (R) ----------------------------- JEREMY TAYLOR 1111
STATE REPR DIST 14 (R) ----------------------------- GREG GRUPP 833
STATE REPR DIST 17 (R) ----------------------------- MATT W WINDSCHITL 258
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 1 (R) ----------------------------- MIKE HOBART 1482 ----------------------------- LINDA HOLUB 3670
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 3 (R) ----------------------------- ELDON C ELIASON 452 ----------------------------- DICK SALEM 2746 ----------------------------- GREG TRUCKE 1773
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 5 (R) ----------------------------- BRIAN ASHLEY 2280 ----------------------------- JUDY DARWIN 2027
COUNTY AUDITOR & RECORDER (R) ----------------------------- DOUGLAS K BATCHELLER 2499 ----------------------------- MARK JENSEN 1491 ----------------------------- CHRIS PIERCE 900
COUNTY SHERIFF (R) ----------------------------- JAMES M BAUERLY 1958 ----------------------------- DAVID DREW 2953 ----------------------------- GREGORY LOGAN 425
U.S. REPR DIST 4 (D) ----------------------------- CHRISTIE VILSACK 1464
STATE REPR DIST 13 (D) ----------------------------- CHRIS HALL 441
STATE REPR DIST 14 (D) ----------------------------- DAVID DAWSON 392
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 1 (D) ----------------------------- JACLYN SMITH 1412
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 3 (D) ----------------------------- MARK MONSON 1365
COUNTY SUPERVISOR DIST 5 (D) ----------------------------- LARRY D CLAUSEN 1337
COUNTY AUDITOR & RECORDER (D) ----------------------------- PAT GILL 1506
