madelyn johnson

university of iowa ll news reporter @thedailyiowan

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The votes are in and Christina Bohannan just secured Iowa’s first congressional district’s Democratic nomination for U.S House of Representatives. @TheDailyIowan

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I am at The Green House, a cocktail bar in Iowa City where Travis Terrell is holding his watch party. Terrell is running for the democratic nomination in Iowa’s first congressional district. Polls are officially closed and attendees are awaiting results. @TheDailyIowan

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First election coverage done! @AnnaOlson2006 @madelynpjohnson

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@gracebartlett0 @AnnaOlson2006 what a night!

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The votes are in, Jennifer Horn-Frasier beat out Dan Stevenson for a third place finish in the Iowa City school board elections. The other two open seats were taken by incumbents Ruthina Malone and Jayne Finch. @TheDailyIowan

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With 41,518 votes cast, as of 9:31 PM, Horn-Frasier and her loved ones are gathered around her computer, refreshing for the results.

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At Jennifer Horn-Frasier’s election night watch party, waiting for results to come in.

Jennifer if surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones. She is currently in third, beating Dan Stevenson by 221 votes as of 9:09 PM.

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Ahead of election results, Horn-Frasier is feeling nervous but hopeful.

“The beautiful suprise [of my campaign for school board] has been the opportunity to feel more connected to my community,” Horn-Frasier said.

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40% of the election results are in, as of 9:11 PM @TheDailyIowan

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Ending my exit poll shift at Mercer Park Recreation Center. Ballot total as of 7 PM is 440. attending Jennifer Horn-Frasier’s election night watch party tonight, so stay tuned for more updates!

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I’m here at Mercer Park Recreation Center covering exit polling. It is currently 5:13 PM and there is a steady stream of people coming in and out of the building. @TheDailyIowan

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As of 7 PM, 440 people have cast their ballots at Mercer Park Recreation Center.

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Joseph and Dawn Willgang are residents of Iowa City. Dawn said that she voted for Bruce Teague, saying that she wanted him to stay on city council.

“We think he’s done a great job as mayor, and representing Iowa City,” Dawn said.

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As of 6:17 PM, 426 ballots have been cast at Mercer Park Recreation Center in Iowa City.

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Judith Wightman is a staff nurse at the University of Iowa hospital, and said she was excited to cast her vote for a good friend of hers, school board candidate Jennifer Horn-Frasier.

“I’ve never seen someone that I know on the ballot, so that is super cool,” Wightman said.

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Betty Garces is a research coordinator for the University of Iowa. Garces has a young child at home who recently started school in the ICCSD.

“Because we are not white there have been some issues that have come up, particularly in terms of discrimination,” Garces said.

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Mercer Park is still seeing a steady amount of people coming in to vote, with many saying they are stopping by on their way home from work.

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Iowa City Resident Evelyn Fry cast her vote around 5:10 PM. She has concerns relating to school board issues.

“I was slightly concerned with some of the expenditures that the school board has authorized,” Fry said.

Fry adds that she is trying to elect new board members.

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As of 5:20 PM, 372 ballots have been cast at Mercer Park Recreation Center.

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I just arrived at West High School, one of the polling places for the Iowa City City Council and School Board elections. It is about 8 a.m., not a lot of voters yet but it should pick up.