A large voter turnout was recorded in the mid-term general election on November 3 at 58.87% with 2,251 ballots cast. Taylor County had 720 early voters for this election. out of 3,824 registered voters.
Iowa voters set a record in the mid-term general election with 1,380,528 residents casting ballots.
Paul Pate, Iowa Secretary of State, said this election was the largest mid-term in three decades here in Iowa for voter turnout at 63.34%. This was slightly lower than the turnout in 1990 of 63.47%. The Democrats recorded major victories in Iowa and across the nation. Three of the four congressional districts in Iowa will be represented by a Democrat in January, a shift from the current all Republican federal delegation.
For Federal and Taylor County totals, pick up a copy of the November 11 issue of the Bedford Times-Press.