Wright County went red

In this much-anticipated election, Wright County residents made their voices heard, with a total of 6,075 ballots cast.

In the presidential race, votes for Donald Trump were 3,790. Votes for Hillary Clinton were 1,890. In addition, 329 voters, just over 5 percent of total presidential votes, went third party.

For the US Senate race, incumbent Charles Grassley received 4,197 votes; Patty Judge, 1,545. Charles Aldrich received 167, Jim Hennager received 39, Michael Luick-Thrams received 12; there were 4 write-in votes.

In the race for US Representative for District 4, incumbent Steve King received 3,707 votes;  Kim Weaver, 2,094. There were 3 write-in votes.

For State Senator for District 4, Dennis Guth received 3,766 votes, and Susan Bangert 2, 023 votes. There were 4 write-in votes.

For State Representative for District 8, Terry C. Baxter received 3,692 votes, and Nancy Paule Huisinga 2,059 votes. There were 3 write-in votes.

County Supervisors Rick Rasmussen and Karl Helgevold were both re-elected with 4,776 votes and 4,650 votes respectively. Write-ins for the supervisors, unopposed on the ballot, were 70 against Rasmussen and 77 against Helgevold.

County Auditor Betty Ellis was re-elected with 4,880 votes against 38 write-in votes. Sheriff Jason Schluttenhofer was also re-elected, with 5,011 votes against 37 write-in votes—making him the person with the highest number of total votes in Wright County.

These unofficial results will be made official when the Wright County Board of Supervisors canvasses votes next week.