Tuesday's Primary Election Results From Ames

There were no contested races for Ames Democrats or Ames Republicans in Tuesday's primary elections, which probably contributed to the low voter turnout of less than 2 percent.

As expected here's who will face off in November:

Ames Democrat Christie Vilsack and Steve King of Kiron, have already been campaigning against each other in their race for Iowa's new U.S. Congressional District 4. King has represented western Iowa as the congressman for the 5^th District for the past decade, but Vilsack is determined to knock him out in Iowa's new 4^th district and make history by becoming the first woman to represent Iowa in U.S. Congress.

Incumbent Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat, will face Republican Dane Nealson for the district 45 seat in the in Iowa House of Representatives.

Incumbent Democrat Lisa Heddens will face Republican Stephen Quist for Iowa District 46.

Democrats Wayne Clinton Story County Board of Supervisors and Paul Fitzgerald Story County Sheriff appear to face no official challengers, though there were some write ins on the Republican ballots.

Democrat Lucy Martin Story County Auditor will be challenged by Ty Radford Stewart for her job.

The lack of contested races in both the Republican and Democratic primaries led to low voter turnout Tuesday. By 3 p.m. less than 1 percent of registered voters had cast a ballot according to reports from the Story County Auditor. In all just 1.6 percent of voters registered in Ames had participated in the primaries.

All results are unofficial until the canvass scheduled for 3 p.m. June 12. in the Board Public Meeting Room in the Story County Administration Building.

The unofficial returns for all Story County elections are attached to this story.