NICE, SUNNY AND 60 FOR A HIGH.

THE IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE IS DECLARING BRIAN MOORE, (R) FROM
ZWINGLE, AS THE WINNER IN THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RACE, DEFEATING
INCUMBANT TOM SCHUELLER.(D) OF MAQUOKETA. THE STATE'S OFFICIAL COUNT GIVES 5,473 VOTE S FOR MOORE AND 5,324 FOR SCHUELLER, MAKING IT A 149 VOTE DIFFERENCE.

AND, THE STATE SAYS TOD BOWMAN (D) HAS EDGED HIS OPPONENT ANDREW NAEVE (R) BY 38 VOTES. THE STATE SHOWS 9,960 FOR BOWMAN AND 9,922 FOR NAEVE.

JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR M. JOELLE DEPPE SAID THERE ARE STILL POSSIBLE ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS TO COUNT WHICH COULD EFFECT THE CLOSE MARGINS. PROVISIONAL BALLOTS ARE THOSE WHICH MAY BE CHALLENGED DUE TO VOTER REGISTRATION OR OTHER ISSUES. DEPPE SAID THERE HAD BEEN NO CALLS TO HER OFFICE FOR A RECOUNT THIS MORNING.

THE JACKSON COUNTY SUPERVISORS ARE SCHEDULED TO CANVAS THE VOTE
NEXT TUESDAY TO MAKE THE TOTALS OFFICIAL. BOTH DUBUQUE AND CLINTON
COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE TO CANVAS THE VOTE TOO, AS WELL AS THE STATE BECAUSE IT IS A STATE OFFICE.

BOTH RACES WERE CLOSE AND FOR THAT REASON, THE OUTCOME COULD CHANGE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, MOORE AND BOWMAN ARE THE WINNERS.

ALL THE CANDIDATE'S RADIO AND TV SPOTS ARE DONE, THE NEWSPAPER ADS
HAVE ENDED AND THE YARD SIGNS ARE DISAPPEARING. ANOTHER ELECTION
IS OVER! LET'S HOPE THAT YESTERDAY'S ELECTION MAKES FOR A BETTER COUNTY,
STATE AND NATION IN 2011!

DENNIS VOY