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Thicke Wins Mock Election

by Francis Thicke

I visited the Johnson County Fair on Thursday night and visited a booth holding a mock election of the November ballot.  The election results are in.

The results were good for Democrats, perhaps to be expected in Johnson county. I was particularly pleased to see that I had beaten the Republican incumbent, Bill Northey, with 61% of the vote for me and 31% for him. I am especially pleased with the election outcome because it was held at the county fair, a place frequented by farmers.

Here are the mock election results from the Eastern Iowa News Now:

Democrats sweep Johnson County mock election
Posted July 30, 2010 12:52 pm by James Q. Lynch/SourceMedia Group News
Democratic candidates swept voting in a mock election at the Johnson County Fair, but the top-of-the ticket candidates didn’t fare as well as the others.

Gov. Chet Culver scored 58 percent to former Gov. Terry Branstad’s 31 percent in the mock election conducted by the County Auditor’s Office. Roxanne Conlin topped Sen. Chuck Grassley 54 percent to 39 percent. A total of 496 people voted. Six years ago, Grassley received 51 percent of the votes.

However, down-ballot Democrats had more impressive margins. Attorney General Tom Miller took 70 percent of the vote to challenger Brenna Findley’s 30 percent. Incumbents Rep. Dave Loebsack and Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald also were over 60 percent as were Democratic challengers Jon Murphy and Francis Thicke.

Here are the complete results through July 29:
US Senate
Roxanne Conlin, D, 54%
Chuck Grassley, R, 39%
John Heiderscheit, Libertarian, 15 3%
Jim Hennager, Peace Party 4%

2nd District
Dave Loebsack, D, 63%
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R, 31%
Gary Sicard, Libertarian, 3%
Jon Tack, Constitution Party, 3%

Governor
Chet Culver, D, 58%
Terry Branstad, R, 31%
Wendy Barth, Green, 6%
Eric Cooper, Libertarian, 2%
Rick Phillips, Constitution, 2%
Jonathan Narcisse, no party, 1%

Secretary of State
Michael Mauro, D, 59%
Matt Schultz, R, 33%
Jake Porter, Libertarian, 8%

Auditor
Jon Murphy, D, 64%
David A. Vaudt, R, 36%

Treasurer
Michael Fitzgerald, D, 67%
David Jamison, R, 33%

Secretary of Agriculture
Francis Thicke, D, 61%
Bill Northey, R, 39%

Attorney General
Tom Miller, D, 70%
Brenna Findley, R, 30%

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