BENTON suggestions to action08 at gmail dot com   updated December 12, 2007
The Campaigns in Benton County
Benton County
County Seat: Vinton
More Cities and Towns: Atkins, Belle Plaine, Blairstown, Garrison, Keystone, Luzerne, Mount Auburn, Newhall, Norway, Shellsburg, Urbana, Van Horne, Walford, Watkins.

Media >
The Vinton Eagle
Cedar Valley Daily Times
Belle Plaine Union/South Benton Star-Press
 
 
 

 
 
Black Hawk| Buchanan
Tama
Benton
 Linn
Poweshiek
Iowa
 Johnson
POPULATION ESTIMATES (Census Bureau)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
26,962
26,944
26,780
26,368
26,159
25,729
25,345

VOTER REGISTRATION (Nov. 1, 2007 Active)
Total (Active) Republican Democratic Non-Partisan
16,453 4,434 (26.95%) 4,685 (28.48%) 7,334 (44.58%)
0.86% of 1,912,197 active registered voters statewide.

19 precincts of 1,784 precincts statewide

Representation
Benton County Elected Officials
County Officials
Democrats
Auditor Jill Marlow 
County Attorney David Thompson   Edwards
State Senators 
State Representatives		 Republicans
Recorder Lexa Speidel 
Sheriff Randall Forsyth 
Supervisor Ron Buch 
Supervisor Jason Sanders
Supervisor Dave Vermedahl 
Treasurer Kelly Rae Geater 
State Senators
20-John Putney of Gladbrook (Tama County).
State Representatives
39-Dawn Pettengill of Mount Auburn (Benton County). 
...switched from Democratic to Republican May 1, 2007

Local Party Leadership
Democrats
Chairman - Ronald Donald of Van Horne.  Obama
319-228-8148   rdonald@netins.net 		 Republicans
Co-Chair: Loras Schulte of Norway.
319.227.6300   loras007@southslope.net 
Co-Chair: Karl Korff of Blairstown.
319-454-6104

The Campaigns in Benton County
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION
23 of 2,500 (0.92%)		 % of REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STATEWIDE
0.74% (4,434 of 600,572)

CLINTON
Field Office: 405 1st Ave, Vinton, IA 52349  319-472-3217
Endorsed by the Vinton Eagle  (12/05/07)
 

DODD
Larry Schmidt - Treasurer, Benton County Democrats; Executive Board, Hawkeye Labor Council
 

EDWARDS
County Chair: Rosemary Schwartz, former Benton County Democratic Party Central Committee Chair, Vinton  (6/12/07)
Rural County Chair: Betty Ann Butz, Norway  (4/20/07)
also endorsed by David Thompson, Benton County Attorney  (11/29/07 county officials)
 

OBAMA
County Leadership Team: (9/27/07) 
Shelley Parbs, Center Point
Tammie Barnes, Garrison
Noelle Song, Vinton
James Stevenson, Vinton
Helen Grunewald, Blairstown 
and
Ron Donald, Benton County Democratic Committee Chair, Van Horne  (12/12/07)
GIULIANI
County Chair: Ann Jorgensen  (6/11/07)
Copyright © 2007  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action