Weber victorious in Osceola County sheriff's race

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SIBLEY, Iowa — After winning his third election, Osceola County Sheriff Douglas Weber is pleased with the amount of support he got from citizens of the county.

Weber emerged victorious Tuesday after a primary election against fellow Republican opponent Matt Block, who announced his candidacy in March.

“I received a lot of words of encouragement, some from people I didn’t even expect to hear it from,” Weber said Tuesday night. “I had overwhelming public support and felt pretty good about (the campaign).”

This is Weber’s third campaign, and probably the toughest, he acknowledged. He ran unopposed the first time he sought office, and his opponent didn’t mount a serious campaign when Weber sought re-election.

“This opponent had a campaign, and that made it harder,” Weber said. “I’m glad it is over with.”

The primary election in Iowa Tuesday whittled down the number of candidates. In northwest Iowa, it was mostly about Republicans. There were races between state representatives, county supervisors and sheriffs.

Dickinson County: 16 of 16 precincts

U.S. Representative District 4 – R, Steve King, 2,074

U.S. Representative District 4 – DFL, Christie Vilsack, 161

State Representative District 1 – R, Jeff Smith1,414, Kevin Wolfswinkel, 587

State Representative District 2 – R, Josh Davenport, 205, Megan Hess, 204, 24/25 precincts

State Representative District 2 – DFL, Steve Bomgaars, 67, 24/25 precincts

County Supervisor District 3 – DFL, David Gottsche, 41

County Supervisor District 5 – R, Pam Jordan, 343

County Auditor – DFL, Nancy Reiman, 145

County Sheriff – R, Greg Baloun, 2,045, Gary Owen, 526

Lyon County: 8 of 9 precincts reporting

U.S. Representative District 4 – R, Steve King, 1,868

U.S. Representative District 4 – DFL, Christie Vilsack, 65

State Representative Dis-trict 1 – R, Jeff Smith, 789, Kevin Wolfswinkel, 1,258

County Supervisor District 2 – R, Merle Koedam, 364, Tomothy Kroger, 117

County Supervisor District 3 – R, Mike Modder, 344

County Auditor – R, Glenn Anderson, 418, Jen Smit 1,788

County Sheriff – R, Rick Bos, 1,049, Stewart Vander Stoep, 1,193

O’Brien County: 10 of 10 precincts

U.S. Representative District 4 – R, Steve King, 1,595

U.S. Representative District 4 – DFL, Christie Vilsack, 149

State Senator District 2 – R, Randy Feenstra, 1,531

State Senator District 3 – R, Dan Huseman, 1,500

County Supervisor District 1 – R, James DeBoom, 946, Michael Negus, 684

County Supervisor District 2 – R, Clara Black, 367, John Haack, 613, Wes Schnack, 137, John Steensma, 650

County Supervisor District 2 – DFL, Greg Fritzsche, 128

County Supervisor District 3 – R, Rob Hegenbarth, 166, Nancy McDowell, 1,384, Edmond Stephens, 182

County Supervisor District 3 – DFL, Dennis Brouwer, 82, Duane Kooistra, 75

County Supervisor District 4 – R, Tom Farnsworth, 929, Richard Haack, 575, Gerry Seivert, 275

County Supervisor District 5 – R, Dan Friedrichsen, 607, Micah Powers, 516, John Putnam, 97, Richard Van Beek, 412

County Supervisor District 5 – DFL, Darwin Dau, 1434

County Auditor – R, Barbara Rohwer, 1,653

County Sheriff – R, Michael Anderson, 1,651

Osceola County: 9 of 9 precincts

U.S. Representative District 4 – R, Steve King, 1,335

U.S. Representative District 4 – DFL, Christie Vilsack, 45

State Representative District 1 – R, Jeff Smith, 884, Kevin Wolfswinkel, 684

County Supervisor District 1 – R, Rochelle Buchman, 92, Doug Hensch, 85

County Supervisor District 2 – R, Roger Sixta, 145, Jayson VandeHoef, 219

County Supervisor District 3 – R, Michael Schulte, 333

County Supervisor District 4 – R, Phil Bootsma, 163, William Imhoff, 136

County Supervisor District 5 – R, Ed Jones, 118, Joseph McElroy, 24, Merlin Sandersfeld, 134

County Auditor – R, Barbara Echter, 1,420

County Sheriff – R, Matthew Block, 656, Douglas Weber, 938

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