Hudson Voters Cast Ballots in General Election

Hudson voters turned out at a higher rate than Black Hawk County overall in the Nov. 3 general election, with 1,434 of the city’s 2,116 registered voters casting ballots, representing 67.77% turnout.

Countywide, 53,181 of 81,912 registered voters cast ballots, resulting in 64.92% turnout, according to official results from the Black Hawk County Auditor’s Office.

County supervisor and legislative races

Republican Jeff Frost won the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors District 1 race, receiving 7,007 votes, or 56.65%, to Democrat Will Overstreet’s 5,357 votes, or 43.31%. District 1 includes Hudson.

Democrats prevailed in the other four supervisor districts. Bill Dotzler defeated Republican Steve Simon in District 2, receiving 5,142 votes to Simon’s 4,333. Tavis Hall defeated Republican Corey Vincent Mosley in District 4, 5,133 to 2,149, while Casey Schotter defeated Republican Justin Brandt in District 5, 6,174 to 4,228. Democrat Kamyar Enshayan faced no listed opponent in District 3.

In the Black Hawk County portion of Iowa House District 76, Republican Matt Reisetter received 6,594 votes, or 52.75%, to Democrat Calvin Horn’s 5,899 votes, or 47.19%.

In House District 54, Republican Joshua Meggers received 916 votes, or 63.92%, in Black Hawk County, compared with 516 votes, or 36.01%, for Democrat Leila Ann Staton. Both legislative districts extend beyond Black Hawk County, and these figures do not represent districtwide totals.

State and federal races

Democrat Rob Sand led Republican Zach Lahn in Black Hawk County’s governor’s race, receiving 33,464 votes, or 63.33%, to Lahn’s 19,326 votes, or 36.58%.

In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Josh Turek received 30,639 votes, or 58.06%, in Black Hawk County, compared with 20,806 votes, or 39.43%, for Republican Ashley Hinson.

Democrat Lindsay James led the county’s U.S. House District 2 vote with 29,242 votes, or 56.08%, compared with 20,552 votes, or 39.42%, for Republican Joe Mitchell.

Democratic candidates also received the most votes in Black Hawk County’s races for secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture and attorney general.

How Hudson voted

Hudson’s voting results differed from the countywide totals in several major races.

In the supervisor race, Frost received 845 votes, or 61.41%, in Hudson, compared with Overstreet’s 531 votes, or 38.59%. Reisetter also led in Hudson, receiving 816 votes, or 58.08%, to Horn’s 588 votes, or 41.85%.

In the governor’s race, Sand narrowly led Lahn in Hudson, receiving 719 votes, or 50.74%, to Lahn’s 695 votes, or 49.05%, a considerably smaller margin than his countywide lead.

Hudson voters favored Hinson in the U.S. Senate race, giving her 764 votes, or 53.88%, to Turek’s 624 votes, or 44.01%. In the U.S. House District 2 race, Mitchell received 757 votes, or 54.11%, in Hudson, compared with James’ 584 votes, or 41.74%.

Hudson voters also favored Republican candidates in the races for secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture and attorney general, despite Democratic candidates leading those races countywide.

Hudson voters supported Constitutional Amendment 1, which requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature to increase certain state income tax rates or establish new state income taxes. The measure received 697 yes votes, or 58.08%, and 503 no votes, or 41.92%, in Hudson.

Countywide, the amendment received 22,986 yes votes, or 51.42%, and 21,715 no votes, or 48.58%.

Post-election audit

Black Hawk County Auditor Karen Showalter announced Nov. 6 that the county’s post-election audit found a perfect match between hand-counted ballots and voting machine results.

The county has recorded matching results in every post-election audit since 2018. Under Iowa law, one precinct in each county is randomly selected for a bipartisan hand count to verify election results.