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2004
Johnson County Fair Mock Election Results
The Auditor’s Office conducted its sixth annual mock election as part of the Johnson County Government booth
in the Exhibition Hall at the Johnson County Fair July 26-29.
Final results, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 29: 1107 total voters
President/Vice President
| John Kerry/John Edwards (Democrat) |
620 |
| George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (Republican) |
456 |
| Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (Nom. by petition) |
10 |
| Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) |
6 |
| David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) |
4 |
| Walt Brown/Mary Alice Herbert (Socialist) |
1 |
| Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) |
0 |
| Róger Calero/Arrin Hawkins (Soc. Workers) |
0 |
US Senate
| Chuck Grassley (Republican) |
493 |
| Art Small (Democrat) |
386 |
| Christy Welty (Libertarian) |
27 |
| Daryl Northrop (Green) |
23 |
| Bob Watson (Nom. by petition) |
22 |
| Edwin Fruit (Soc. Workers) |
13 |
US House
| Jim Leach (Republican) |
517 |
| Dave Franker (Democrat) |
391 |
| Kevin Litten (Libertarian) |
50 |
Board Of Supervisors (3 seats)
| Terrence Neuzil (Democrat) |
520 |
| Pat Harney (Democrat) |
519 |
| Rod Sullivan (Democrat) |
389 |
| Kevin Owens (Green) |
214 |
Sheriff
| Lonny Pulkrabek (Democrat) |
517 |
| Steve Snyder (Republican) |
434 |
All persons attending the fair, including children and guests from outside Johnson County,
were able to see and use real voting booths and machines to participate in the mock election. Participants
were asked to vote only once. Preliminary results were
announced daily during the fair.
The 2004 mock election set a new turnout record. The previous record
was 703 voters in 2002. Past
Results
How the candidates were selected
The county fair mock election did not use the actual list of candidates from
the November ballot. The filing deadlines
were August 13 for presidential and congressional candidates and August 25 for county candidates. Because the mock election
was before the filing deadline, the Auditor’s Office had to choose which candidates to include. The candidates listed
were those considered most likely to qualify.
Differences between fair ballot and November ballot
- President: Brown did not qualify; Bill Van Auken (Nominated by
petition) did qualify.
On July 28, during the fair, James Harris
(GA) and Margaret Trowe (MA) filed as the Socialist
Workers Party presidential ticket in Iowa. Both members of the official
Socialist Workers Party ticket were ineligible to serve under the U.S.
Constitution
(Calero was not a native born citizen and Hawkins
was under 35 years
old), and Harris and Trowe ran as a stand-in ticket in some states.
- US Senate: Watson did not qualify.
- Board of Supervisors: Richard Benn (Republican) announced his
candidacy after the fair.
- US Representative, Sheriff: The same candidates listed at the
fair, and no others, qualified for the November ballot.
For more information on filing for public office or any other election concerns, please contact
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