Genrich Wins District One Seat in Kossuth County, North Union Bond Proposal Fails in Tuesday’s Elections

Voters made their choices in Tuesday’s midterm elections with several county and state races decided and two school bond issues going down to defeat.

In Kossuth County, Republican Mike Genrich won the District One Board of Supervisors seat with 791 votes.  Independent Lara Cram received 384 votes and Democrat lany Mitchell had 315.

In state races, Republican Dave Rowley won re-election to Iowa House District Five, while Republican Lynn Evans defeated Democrat Mike Frantz in the Senate District Three race.

Meanwhile, voters rejected school bond proposals at North Union and Spirit Lake.  North Union’s $12 million proposal failed, with 862 voting no and 466 voting yes.  Spirit Lake’s $69.9 million bond issue also failed with about 61% voting against it.