No Recount in State Senate District 5

The Ames Tribune is reporting there won't be a recount in State Senate District 5.

There won't be a recount in the race for the State Senate District 5 seat. Republican candidate Jim Kurtenbach, of Nevada, announced Monday night he won't contest the results of last week's election won by Democrat Rich Olive, of Story City.

That makes Rich Olive the newest Democrat in the State Senate. The seat was formelly held by Republican Stew Iverson and is a big pickup for the Democrats, who now own a 30-20 advantage in the State Senate.

Over the summer, I attended a fundraiser for Rich Olive with John Edwards. Here is what I wrote about Olive...

Rich Olive is running for the seat that Stew Iverson held. Olive gave a good speech and 2 things stuck out. He spoke about our education being more than a k-12 system and said that community colleges and our state universities need to be included in the discussion. He also said that renewable energy is more than just ethanol and biodiesel and we need to explore all technologies. Olive is right on both topics.