In Iowa House District 79, Republican Dustin Hite defeated Democrat Samantha Keith and Libertarian Nicholas Ryan, grabbing the seat held by retiring Representative Guy Vander Linden, including Pella and most of Mahaska County.

District 79:
REP Dustin D. Hite
72.95%
9,173

DEM Samantha Keith
23.63%
2,972

LIB Nicholas Ryan
3.38%
425

Total
12,575

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors have elected Steve Parker and incumbent Steven Wanders to represent them, over challengers Paul DeGeest and Scott Van Wardhuizen. Parker and Wanders are both against the development of a Regional Airport in Mahaska County.

REP Steve Parker 26.92% 3,892
REP Steven Wanders 29.39% 4,249
DEM Paul R. DeGeest 23.77% 3,437
Scott J. Van Veldhuizen 19.69% 2,847

Nationally, Republicans are projected to grow their majority by a handful of spots in the U.S. Senate, while Democrats will flip somewhere around 30 seats to earn a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

KNIA/KRLS was on the air with live election coverage for over two hours, as Dr. Bob Leonard, was joined by Central College Professors Andrew Green and Randy Renstrom, Republican Marion County Attorney Ed Bull, and Democrat Denis Johanson for political analysis. Live updates were also broadcast from the Marion County Courthouse as results came in.