Breanna Oxley will not seek recount in Linn County supervisor race

CEDAR RAPIDS — Democrat Kirsten Running-Marquardt of Cedar Rapids and Republican Mark Banowetz of Ely will be vying for the District 1 Linn County supervisor seat in the Nov. 8 general election.

Democrat Breanna Oxley, who finished 32 votes behind Running-Marquardt in the June 7 primary, told The Gazette she will not be requesting a recount in that contest.

“After careful consideration and reviewing the canvass (of ballots), we have decided not to seek a recount,” Oxley said.

Running-Marquardt won the close, three-way Democratic primary for the seat, with 1,807 votes to Oxley’s 1,775 votes. Former Supervisor James Houser was third, with 1,048 votes.

The winner of the November election will succeed Supervisor Stacey Walker, a Democrat, who did not seek re-election.

The newly redrawn District 1 covers southern Cedar Rapids and Linn County, including Ely and Fairfax.

Running-Marquardt, 44, has represented House District 69 for 13 years in the Statehouse.

Banowetz, 64, is a business owner in Ely and a former City Council member there.

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