Wednesday, November 03, 2010

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
THE NEW CHINA CAFE OPENED TODAY IN THE STRIP MALL
ON THE STREET TO THE
FAREWAY STORE AND ACROSS
FROM CASEY'S. BEHIND TO
THE LEFT IS McDONALDS AND
BEHIND TO THE RIGHT, IS THE SUPER 8 MOTEL. IT IS A FAST- FOOD PLACE, WHERE JUST LIKE
AT McDONALDS, YOU LOOK UP TO A MENU BOARD WITH
DIFFERENT DISHES AND CHOOSE
WHAT YOU WANT. THEN, EAT-IN OR CARRY-OUT. THERE ARE 8 BOOTHS.
GO IN THE FRONT DOOR AND TURN RIGHT. TURN LEFT FOR
ANOTHER POTENTIAL BUSINESS.
DENNIS VOY
HERE'S THE TEAM WITH THE WINNING THEME AT THE HALLOWEEN TRIVIA CONTEST AT MICHEL HALL IN MAQUOKETA. TEAM PROGRESS THROUGH SCIENCE: DAVID
AND ROBERTA ROSHEIM....
ZACK AND BILL McCLINTOCK....
DARWIN AND LINDA POLK....FRED AND NANCY STARK....SARA ANHALT, BEN SHEARER.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO.
DENNIS VOY
HOLD EVERYTHING!

THE TWO CLOSE RACES HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY (WITH DUBUQUE AND CLINTON COUNTY BALLOTS INCLUDED) ARE STILL QUESTIONABLE!

THE STATE AUDITOR'S TOTAL DOES NOT MATCH THE LOCAL TOTAL!
PLUS, BALLOTS POSTMARKED BY MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT MAY STILL COME IN AND CHANGE THINGS MORE.

WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE THREE SUPERVISOR BOARDS (OF EACH COUNTY) DO THEIR MANDATED CANVASS OF THE
VOTES.

M. JOELLE DEPPE, JACKSON COUNTY AUDITOR, TOLD KMAQ
NEWS THAT A WINNER IN THE TWO RACES CAN NOT AT THIS
TIME CAN NOT BE DECLARED.

ON KMAQ NEWS AT 12:15 (ALSO AT THAT TIME HERE ON OUR WEB SITE) WE MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

DENNIS VOY

A QUICK REPORT ON THE ELECTION YESTERDAY!

FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD (R) WON OVER GOVERNOR CULVER.

SEN. GRASSLEY (R) EASILY WON AGAIN OVER ROXANN CONLIN.

CONG. BRALEY (D) WON, BUT BY ONLY A SMALL MARGIN.

TOD BOWMAN, MAQUOKETA, (D) WON BY 25 VOTES FOR IOWA SENATE TO REPLACE RETIRING DEMOCRAT ROGER STEWART. BOWMAN CARRIED JACKSON COUNTY BUT
ANDREW NAEVE CARRIED CLINTON AND DUBUQUE COUNTY PRECINCTS.

ST. REP. TOM SCHUELLER, MAQUOKETA, (D) LOST (BY 224 VOTES). WINNER BRIAN MOORE, ZWINGLE FARMER AND NEWCOMER TO POLITICS. AGAIN. SCHUELLER
CARRIED JACKSON COUNTY BUT MOORE DID BETTER IN CLINTON AND
DUBUQUE COUNTIES.

THE BIGGEST SURPRISE IS THAT SCHUELLER LOST.

AND THE TWO RACES (SENATE AND ST. REP) WERE AS CLOSE AS I CAN EVER RECALL HERE IN JACKSON COUNTY.

WILL A RE-COUNT BE CALLED-FOR IN THE SENATE RACE? SINCE THE OUTCOME
IS SO CLOSE, THAT COULD HAPPEN.,

DENNIS VOY