So, what happened in your city or town today?
In my corner of the world one of the winning candidates for city council spent $38 on his re-election bid. He saved yard signs from the last campaign:
The Windsor Heights race was a poor man’s competition of who could spend the least amount. Peterson won at $38. “I saved all my stuff from last time and reused it.” Next was Markley at $65, who forewent the yard signs and stuck to fliers and door knocking. Carlson came in third at $330, and Butz – coincidentally – came out the winner, barely squeezing by the campaign disclosure threshold of $750. She filed papers Monday. They were not on the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board Web site Tuesday.
The other incumbent running decided not to do yard signs. Looks like that was a mistake–the two candidates with the most yard signs won by a pretty healthy margin.
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Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty
It was a big day in Johnson county.
Two new members, Matt Hayek and Mike Wright, will give the Iowa City council a firmly liberal majority for the first time in years. IC also defeated a 21 or older age limit for bars, and passed a charter revision to strengthen the police review board.
In Coralville, challenger Mitch Gross beat Schnake to join the city council, and incumbent Weihe barely hang on to his seat. Meanwhile, North Liberty elected three newcomers to the council, while rejecting controversial incumbent James Moody. Moody is also the 1st vice-chair of the Johnson County Democratic Cenral Committee.
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