Tama County is preparing for one of its most active elections in recent memory.
With four county offices up for election in November, Tama County voters are guaranteed to see at least three new faces in office once the election proceedings conclude later this year.
Long-time District 1 ...
The state legislative election picture became clearer following the Friday, March 18, filing deadline for candidates to appear on the ballot for the June primary elections for both Republicans and Democrats.
Legislation enacted in 2019 also changed the filing period for independent and other ...
AGE: 47
PROFESSION: Business owner Anderson Collision, Erhardt Motorsports
EDUCATION: North Tama High School, Hawkeye Community College, AMI continuing education in business and finance
FAMILY: Wife Carmen, Son Ethan, Daughter Emily
What motivated you to run for school board/city ...
AGE: 64
PROFESSION: Retired after 20 years as City Clerk
EDUCATION: College Graduate-Accounting
FAMILY: Wife Diane, Children Ben and Lucy
What motivated you to run for school board/city council/mayor? My desire to stay involved in the city since my retirement.
What qualities and behaviors ...
AGE: 63 years young
PROFESSION: Computer scientist
EDUCATION: North Tama High School Class of 1976; Iowa State University, B.S. Computer Science
FAMILY: I came back to Traer to care for my parents - Marvin and Florence Seda. My father is now deceased.
What motivated you to run for school ...
The deadline to file as a candidate for area city and school board elections passed last week Thursday for the upcoming November 2 election and several new candidates have thrown their hat into the ring along with many of the area’s incumbents.
The North Tama School Board has four seats up ...
Republicans in Tama County have swept all state and local contests in Tuesday’s 2020 General Election.
In the upset of the night, William Faircloth (R-Toledo) overtook three-term incumbent Kendall Jordan (D-Toledo) in a race for the Tama County District 2 Supervisor seat. Unofficial vote ...
DES MOINES – Thousands of students cast ballots in Secretary of State’s Paul Pate’s Iowa Youth Straw Poll today. They voted for their preferred candidates in the U.S. Presidential race, along with Iowa’s U.S. Senate and U.S. House races.
As of 5:15 p.m., with more than 27,000 votes ...
Iowa Senate District 36
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE
Name: Dave Degner
Party: Democrat
Age: 43
Residence: Clutier
Hometown: Traer
Profession: Truck driver/driver instructor
Education: North Tama HS (’96), BA in Political Science and Intl. Affairs, University of Northern Iowa (’20) ...
Iowa Senate District 36
ABOUT THE CANDIDATE
Name: Jeff Edler
Party: Republican
Age: 44
Residence: Rural State Center
Hometown: Rural Melbourne
Profession: Farmer
Education: BS Iowa State University (Ag Studies)
Family: Stephanie (wife) Wyatt, Whitney, Sienna, Elizabeth, Aubrey, Sawyer ...