Sheriff Carpenter had no opponent. Slockett's 31,554 vote margin of victory is also a record. The highest vote total for any Iowa City candidate, with or without opposition, was 6,380 for Councilor Karen Kubby in 1991 . The close 2000 presidential election proved that every vote counts. Johnson County has seen several close local elections in the past two decades.
Ties are quite common for township offices, especially if no candidates file.
The largest vote total in a tied election in recent years was in the 1995 election for Mayor of Hills . Russell Bailey and Cathy Fitzmaurice each won 65 votes. Fitzmaurice was chosen mayor by lot, the method for resolving ties under Iowa law. The closest large election in Johnson County in recent years was the 1999 race for Iowa City Council member at large which was decided by two votes. Primary Voter registration statistics are updated weekly.