Barker holds on to District 51 Iowa House seat
Incumbent Republican Brett Barker has held onto his District 51 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives. In Tuesday’s election, Barker earned 8,617 votes, or 55 percent, of 15,549 total ballots and Democrat Teresa Perin drew 6,901 votes, or 44 percent. There were 31 write-ins. District 51 covers the northwest, southwest and northeast quadrants of Marshall County — including communities of Green Mountain, Albion, Liscomb, St. Anthony, Clemons, Rhodes, Melbourne and State Center — along with a large swath of Story County outside of Ames. Within Marshall County, Barker earned 2,334, or 62 percent and…
