June 3, 1986 Primary and Public Measure Election

Registered Voters 51,258
Total Voters 8,186
Turnout 15.97%
Early Voters 346
% of votes cast early 4.23%

Democratic Party

Total Voters: 6300

United States Senator
John Roehrick 4362 (88%)
Juan Cortez 585 (12%)

US Representative, 3rd District
David R. Nagle 2907 (51%)
Lowell Norland 2236 (39%)
Anne Meskimen 525 (9%)

Governor of Iowa
Lowell Junkins 3229 (55%)
Bob Anderson 2157 (37%)
George R. Kinney 419 (7%)
Clinton E. Berryhill 101 (2%)

Lieutenant Governor
Arthur A. Small 3982 (70%)
Jo Ann Zimmerman 1270 (22%)
Hurley Hall 466 (8%)

Secretary of State
Elaine Baxter 2395 (57%)
Dan Gray 1478 (35%)
Michael Tramontina 356 (8%)

Treasurer of State
Michael Fitzgerald 4286 (100%)

Secretary of Agriculture
Dale Cochran 1903 (41%)
Gary Lamb 1280 (28%)
Theresa Sullivan 1074 (23%)
Ralph Kremer 391 (8%)

Attorney General
Tom Miller 4845 (100%)

State Senator, 23rd District
Jean Lloyd-Jones 3607 (100%)

State Senator, 27th District
Richard J. Varn 1437 (100%)

State Representative, 45th District
Minnette Doderer 3607 (100%)

State Representative, 46th District
Mary Neuhauser 1220 (100%)

State Representative, 54th District
Robert Dvorsky 1002 (62%)
Tyler Johnston 611 (38%)

County Treasurer
Cletus Redlinger 4801 (100%)

County Recorder
John O'Neill 4827 (100%)

County Attorney
J. Patrick White 4780 (100%)

County Board of Supervisors
(2 to be nominated)
Robert Burns 2867 (46%)
Harold Donnelly 2617 (42%)
Charles Duffy 2346 (37%)
David L. Clark 1500 (24%)
James E. Murphy 1267 (20%)

Republican Party

Total Voters: 1476

United States Senator
Charles Grassley 1311 (100%)

US Representative, 3rd District
John McIntee 1154 (100%)

Governor of Iowa
Terry Branstad 1198 (100%)

Lieutenant Governor
Joan Lipsky 726 (58%)
David Readinger 376 (30%)
Dean Arbuckle 142 (11%)

Secretary of State
Dawn Roberts 1100 (100%)

Auditor of State
Richard Johnson 1117 (100%)

Secretary of Agriculture
Thatcher Johnson 491 (48%)
Mark Leonard 310 (30%)
John Soorholtz 223 (22%)

State Senator, 23rd District
Michael McDonald 751 (100%)

State Senator, 27th District
Michael R. Jay 169 (63%)
Peggy Pinder 100 (37%)

County Board of Supervisors
(two to be nominated)
David A. Cozine 1129

Nonpartisan Ballot Issues

No Party Voters: 410

Voters in the cities of Iowa City and Coralville affiliated with no party received a ballot with public measures only. State law has since changed, and elections on public measures may no longer be conducted with primary elections.

Both questions were bond issues (60% yes required).

Iowa City: Mercer Park Swimming Pool bond

Shall the City of Iowa City, Iowa issue its bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount of $3,725,000 for the purpose of repairing and reconstructing the City Park swimming pool and acquiring, constructing and equipping a new indoor swimming pool in Mercer Park?

Yes 3947 (79%)
No 1041 (21%)

Coralville: Recreation Center bond

Shall the City of Coralville, Iowa, issue its general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount of $1,525,000.00, for the purpose of reconstruction and repair of the Municipal Recreation Building and the building and equipping of an addition thereto, including an indoor swimming pool and an additional recreation area (under a joint venture agreement between the City and the Iowa City Community School District)?

Yes 705 (80%)
No 179 (20%)