IOWA CITY

Jon Green, a former Lone Tree Mayor, was one of four Johnson County Supervisors who won reelection in the Nov. 3 election, and Sue Dvorsky, a former Iowa Democratic Party Chair from Coralville, will be the new person on the board at the start of the new year.

Both Green and Dvorsky won two-year terms that will end in December 2028.

“Thanks to the voters of the newly configured 2nd district for returning me to office for two years,” Green, a rural Lone Tree resident who has been Chair of the Board of Supervisors the last two years, told The News.

Green, a Democrat, totaled 10,726 votes in District 2, defeating Phil Hemingway, a Republican from eastern Johnson County, by more than 5,000 votes.

Dvorsky defeated Jennie Wunderlich, a Republican from rural Kalona, for the open District 3 seat that includes the rural southwest portion of the county near Kalona.

“I’m grateful to the voters in District 3,” Dvorsky told The News, “and I thank Jennie Wunderlich for engaging in this process with me. She’s an exceptional leader and I hope she stays involved in county business.”

Dvorsky totaled 10,789 votes; Wunderlich had 4,230.

Also winning reelection were Lisa Green-Douglass in District 1, which includes North Liberty and northern parts of the county, and V Fixmer-Oraiz and Mandi Remington in Iowa City’s two districts.

A state change in three counties, including Johnson County, resulted in at-large supervisor seats being split into five geographic districts. Instead of voting for multiple at-large seats, Johnson County voters could only select a supervisor for the district in which they reside. It was a change that was not welcomed by the county’s all-Democratic board and is still being challenged.

The District 4 election, won by Fixmer-Oraiz, is for a two-year term ending in 2028. The District 1 and 5 elections, won by Green-Douglass and Remington, respectively, are for four-year terms ending in 2030. Three Supervisor seats (held by Green, Dvorsky and Fixmer-Oraiz) will go back up for four-year term elections in November 2028.

While Dvorsky will represent a large district that includes the growing cities of Coralville and Tiffin, she campaigned in the rural areas of the county and is planning to stay dialed in with those communities once her term begins Jan. 1, 2027.

“I’m looking forward to listening and learning from residents in all corners of this district,” Dvorsky said, “from Sharon Center and Joetown and Frytown, to Coralville and Tiffin. Now we have a seat at the Board table, and I hope to represent us well.”

Although her term doesn’t begin until January, Dvorsky was in attendance at the Board’s work session the morning after the election.

“I’m honored. I’m scared. I’m excited,” Dvorsky told the Board.

Also winning reelection were County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith, County Treasurer Scott Finlayson and County Recorder Kim Painter. All are Democrats and ran unopposed.

Two days after the election, the county’s auditor’s office discovered an unopened box of 2,000 absentee ballots in a secure storage room. Those ballots were counted and included in the final count of 36,138 absentee ballots that was completed Sunday, according to County Auditor Julie Persons.

The 2,000 ballots did not change any outcomes.

“My office has reviewed the situation and identified how the ballots were overlooked,” Persons said in a statement. “At no time was the chain of custody broken on these ballots. They remained secure in the ballot storage room. We are updating absentee ballot counting procedures to ensure this does not happen again.”

BY THE NUMBERS

District 1: Lisa Green-Douglass (D), 10,199 votes; Greg Erceg (R), 5,751; write-ins, 10.

District 2: Jon Green (D), 10,726; Phil Hemingway, 5,644; write-ins, 29.

District 3: Sue Dvorsky (D), 10,789; Jennie Wunderlich (R), 4,230; write-ins, 37.

District 4: V Fixmer-Oraiz (D), 11,825; Wanda Foster (R), 2,025; write-ins, 132.

District 5: Mandi Remington (D), 9,848; Donna Dane (R), 2,451; write-ins, 27.

County Attorney: Rachel Zimmermann Smith (D), 60,145; write-ins, 972.

County Treasurer: Scott Finlayson (D), 60,368; write-ins, 905.

County Recorder: Kim Painter (D), 60,948; write-ins, 853.

Fremont Township Trustee: Joel Schillerstrom, 146; write-ins, 9; Trustee to fill vacancy, Daniel Buser, 155; Township Clerk, Lois Dodson, 171.

Sharon Township Trustee: Bob Grout, 257; write-ins, 3; Township Clerk, Becky Ihrig, 246.

Washington Township Trustee: Anthony Frederick, 306; write-ins, 2; Township Clerk, Gabrielle Frederick, 315.

Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioners: Corey Johnson, 28,463; Alexander Schmidt, 26,280.