Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Republicans triumph locally, statewide in Tuesday's election
Voters fill a table at the Hartley Community Center on Tuesday. Turnout in O'Brien County was 77.52 percent.
Any notion of a bipartisan election result in Iowa was resoundingly squashed on Tuesday by a wave of Republican victories at the state and federal levels.
Despite at least one recent poll predicting a neck-and-neck race, former president Donald Trump cruised to victory over Democrat Kamala Harris, 56 percent to 43 percent. Locally, Trump won O'Brien County 5,995-1,427 and Clay County 6,044-2,366.
It was more of the same for Republicans in Iowa's four congressional races. Incumbent Fourth District Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) coasted to victory over Democrat Ryan Melton with 67.3 percent percen...
