News 2026 Benton County Election Results Hantz and Schoettmer win Primary

Benton County watched as the unofficial results for the two most contested races rolled in on Tuesday night. The total votes cast came in at 3,947, with Republicans at 2,811, and Democratic votes at 1,136

In the race for Benton County Supervisor, a seat held by Tracy Seeman, there were two additional candidates vying for the seat on the Republican ticket, Tim Bird of Shellsburg and Bethany Hantz of Atkins.

With a nail biting night of watching the results, Hantz came out with a win with Bird following in second place and Seeman in third. 

The results were as follows:

County Supervisor - Republican

Bethany Hantz 996

Tim Bird 840

Tracy Seeman 736

The office of Benton County Treasurer was another hotly contested race on the Republican side between incumbent Melissa Shoettmer and Joy Weiditz. Schoettmer will remain on the ballot in November. 

County Treasurer - Republican

Melinda Schoettmer 1,458

Joy Wieditz 1,140

Uncontested County races are below.

County Recorder - Republican

Lexa S. Speidel 2,449

County Recorder - Democratic

Allison Hicks 867

County Attorney - Republican

Ray Lough 2,268

The results for Benton County in the remaining races can be seen below. 

United States Senator - Republican

Jim Carlin 468

Ashley Hinson 2,266

United States Senator - Democratic

Josh Turek 667

Zach Wahls 448

United States Representative District 2 - Republican

Charlie McClintock 1,400

Joe Mitchell 1,067

United States Representative District 2 - Democratic

Kathy Dolter 190

Lindsay James 535

Clint Twedt-Ball 340

Governor - Republican

Eddie Andrews 65

Randy Feenstra 853

Zach Lahn 1,420

Brad Sherman 155

Adam Steen 211

Governor - Democratic

Rob Sand 1,099

Secretary of State - Republican

Paul D. Pate 2,416

Secretary of State - Democratic

Ryan Peterman 1,002

Auditor of State - Republican

Chris Cournoyer 1.048

Abigail Maas 1,279

Auditor of State - Democratic

Taylor Wettach 1,004

Treasurer of State - Republican

Roby Smith 2,231

Treasurer of State - Democratic

John Norwood 1,001

Secretary of Agriculture - Republican

Mike Naig 2,339

Secretary of Agriculture - Democratic

Chris Jones 1,006

Attorney General - Republican

Brenna Bird 2,312

Attorney General - Democratic

Nate Willems 1,005

State Representative District 84 - Republican

Thomas Gerhold 2,241

State Representative District 84 - Democratic

Polly Denison 980

State Representative District 76 - Republican

Derek Wulf 107

State Representative District 76 - Democratic

Calvin Horn 21