Concerning all of the major statewide and congressional races, Benton County voters concurred with those from other counties. That is to say, that if those races had depended totally on Benton County voters, there would be no changes from who won on Tuesday.

Only the percentages would have varied; generally the voters of the county favored Republican candidates slightly more than the rest of the state.

Below is a list of the candidates and their Benton County and statewide totals and percentages:

U.S Senator Joni Ernst

Iowa: 584133 (52.2 %)

Benton County: 5,875 (57.47 %)

Congressman Rod Blum

District 1: 145,383 (51.2 %)

Benton County: 5,971 (58.96 %)

 

Gov. Terry Branstad/Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds

Iowa: 661,704 (59 %)

Benton County: 6,374 (62.06 %)

 

Secretary of State Paul Pate

Iowa: 525,237 (48.5 %)

Benton County: 5,301 (52.70 %)

 

Auditor of State Mary Mosiman

Iowa: 599,440 (56.9 %)

Benton County: 6,016 (62.15 %)

 

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald

Iowa: 571,446 (52.8 %)

Benton County: 5,060 (51.55 %)

 

Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey

Iowa: 670,548 (62.3 %)

Benton County: 6,806 (68.70 %)

 

Attorney General Tom Miller

Iowa: 610,606 (56.1 %)

Benton County: 5,386 (53.71 %)

 

Iowa House District 75 Rep. Dawn Pettengill

District results: 7,852 (67.0 %)

Benton County: 6,790 (67.31 %)

For county-by-county results, visit the Iowa Secretary of State's election results page HERE.

For a complete precinct-by-precinct report listing how many votes each candidate received in each area of the county, click HERE.