22 contested races out of a possible 36
Yesterday, I spent most of the day scanning and posting the candidate nomination petitions submitted by the 17 cities in Linn County. Many candidates only submitted a one page nomination petition, but others, e.g., Cedar Rapids city council candidates, submitted a bundle of nomination papers. To view the contact information supplied by the candidates and their nomination petitions, go to the
Auditor's web site.
Every city except for Bertram, Center Point, and Central City has a contested race. I think contested races are healthy for democracy and for our cities. --Joel @ 12:19pm