Dallas County voters in Tuesday balloting overwhelmingly approved what will now be a countywide one-cent local option sales tax (LOST).
Every city in the county approved the measure, including the contiguous voting block of Clive, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines, where the measure garnered a 61 percent approval vote. The penny sales tax even squeaked by with an approval margin of 51 percent among tax-averse voters in the unincorporated portion of Dallas County.
The measure passed among the cities with a 73 percent approval margin or higher, with 96 percent of Dexter voters approving and 94 percent of Dawson voters. In Perry the Yes vote drew 79 percent.
Results for mayoral, city council and LOST voting are given in the following table:
| City Election Precinct: | Mayor/Council | Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) |
| Adel | Mayor: Jim Peters Council: Jodi L. Selby, Rob Christensen |
Not on ballot |
| Bouton | Mayor:Write-in Candidate Council: Write-in Candidate, Bob Slaughter, Camilla McCain, Arlene Greiner, Linda Neville |
Yes: 79 percent No: 21 percent |
| Dallas Center | Mayor: Michael Kidd Council: David W. Bagby, Curtis Pion |
Yes: 73 percent No: 27 percent |
| Dawson | Mayor: Breanna Morman Ciouncil: Greg Lewis, Maris Masengill, Clarence Morman, Robin L. Wolfe, Tera Michelle Smith |
Yes: 94 percent No: 6 percent |
| DeSoto | Mayor: Darold Butch Ostrander Council: Pam Bach, Terri Golightly, Russell Baker |
Yes: 78 percent No: 22 percent |
| Dexter | Write-in Candidate, Timothy Morehouse, Adrienne Howard | Yes: 96 percent No: 4 percent |
| Granger | Mayor: Tony L. James Council: Rob Saak, John Schutt |
Yes: 75 percent No: 25 percent |
| Linden | Mayor: Write-in Candidate Council: Pamela Basquin, Wendy Lemke |
Yes: 88 percent No: 12 percent |
| Minburn | Mayor: Travis Connick Council: Write-in Candidate |
Yes: 82 percent No: 18 percent |
| Perry | Mayor: John Andorf Council: Vicki Klein, Dr. Randy McCaulley |
Yes: 79 percent No: 21 percent |
| Redfield | Mayor: Dustin Lantz Council: Pamela J. Danielson, Heather Godwin-Pote |
Yes: 86 percent No: 14 percent |
| Van Meter | Council: Joe Herman, Adam Coyle, Steven Meyer | Yes: 77 percent No: 23 percent |
| Waukee | Council: Anna Bergman, Charlie Bottenberg, Courtney Clarke | Yes: No: |
| Woodward | Council: Ashvin J. Patel, James A. Gough, Mary Bustad | Yes: 78 percent No: 22 percent |
| Unincorporated Dallas County | Yes: 51 percent No: 49 percent |
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| Contiguous Cities: Clive, Urbandale, Waukee, West Des Moines | Yes: 61 percent No: 39 percent |
In the race for the at-large seat on the Perry City Council, Vicki Klein narrowly won with 36 percent of the votes to Elizabeth Hix’s 35 percent. Harlan Den Beste took 17 percent and Ron Leber 11 percent.
“I’m please and happy and have gratitude to people who got out and voted today,” Klein said Tuesday night. “With four people running you know it’s close, but I worked hard, and I’m looking forward to my new adventure.”
In other city elections, 26-year-incumbent Adel mayor Jim Peters fended off a challenge from 19-year-old political newcomer Carter Nordman, capturing 52 percent of the votes to Nordman’s 48 percent.
The mayoral contest, at times bitter, saw voter discontent over Adel’s growing pains effectively steered into support for Nordman by his backers, led by Rep. Ralph Watts (R-Adel).
Adel voters also brought two newcomers to its city council vacancies. Jodi L. Selby captured 37 percent of the vote, and Rob Christensen took 27 percent, outdistancing Bryce Allan Smith, the choice of retiring council member Jon McAvoy, at 21 percent and incumbent Rebecca Hillmer, who received 14 percent of the votes cast.
Woodward voters turned incumbent councilperson Craig DeHoet out of office after two terms. The three at-large seats on the Woodward City Council were won by Ashvin J. Patel with 26 percent of the votes cast, James A. Gough with 24 percent and Mary Bustad with 18 percent.
DeHoet placed fourth at 12 percent, with candidates Frank T. Weatherbee, Andrew Wernli and Dolores Crane winning a combined 20 percent of the vote.
In Dallas Center, Mayor Michael Kidd was re-elected with 69 percent of the vote. Challenger Julie Becker garnered 31 percent. Council incumbents David Bagby and Curtis Pion also won re-election, with challenger Robert B. Haxton turned away at the polls.
