Local Elections

District 1 is one of five Cedar Rapids City Council seats up for election this fall. The window for candidates to file to run for office opens Aug. 25 and closes Sept. 18.

New law requires three Democratic-leaning Iowa counties — Johnson, Black Hawk, Story — to elect supervisors by district, not at-large

Swisher voters approved a 1 percent local-option sales tax in a special election Tuesday.Voters approved the sales tax by 75 percent. The tax needed 50 percent approval to pass.

Oliver Weilein won the Iowa City Council special election Tuesday with 60 percent of the votes cast, according to unofficial results.

In-person early voting for the special election to fill a vacancy on the Iowa City Council is available at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office.

Voters approved the 1 percent tax in 2014 that will expire in June

In-person early voting starts Thursday to fill vacant District C in the March 4 general election.

Oliver Weilein won the Iowa City Council special election primary Tuesday with 69 percent of the votes cast in District C. Ross Nusser finished second with 27 percent of the vote.

Remaining candidates address questions about how they would approach state, federal policies that affect Iowa City residents.

A panel of contest court judges ruled 2-1 Monday that a narrowly-passed $15 million bond issue at Highland schools would stand, even though Ainsworth precinct officials mistakenly gave ballots to 96 voters who were not school district residents, and should not have been allowed to vote on the matter.

Only residents of Iowa City’s District C are eligible to vote in the primary on Feb. 4, but all city residents can vote in the general election, which will be March 4. District C includes downtown Iowa City and north-central Iowa City.

The Iowa City Council’s District C seat is vacant after Andrew Dunn’s resignation took effect Jan. 1. Three people have filed to run for the office.