More Races On November Ballot in Southeast Iowa

Keokuk, IA – Voters in Southeast Iowa will have to make 2 more choices come November. Lee County Treasurer, Mary Koehler, will appear on the ballot as a nominated-by-petition candidate, after losing in the June Democratic primary. This sets up a rematch with Janet Strunk, who won the party's nomination with about 50% of the vote in a 3-way race. In Des Moines County, Chairman Ed Blow will appear on the ballot as a nominated-by-petition candidate as he tries to keep his seat on the Board of Supervisors. He will face SCC Trustee, Jeff Heland, who was selected during the Des Moines County Democratic Party's special convention this summer. The convention was needed because no candidate broke the 35% threshold in June. The deadline to be nominated-by-petition for county office was Wednesday.