The 2024 primary election in Iowa will take place on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

Ahead of the June 4 Primary Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing reporter Ruby McAllister sent questionnaires to all candidates running in contested races for the Tama County Board of Supervisors including those running for the Republican nomination in District 1, District 3, District 4, and District 5. This week, the newspaper is featuring those running for the District 5 GOP nomination: Lonika Utterback, Curt Kupka, and Steve Van De Walle – all of Chelsea.

District 5 is a large, mostly rural district covering the southern portion of the county including Meskwaki Settlement, Montour, Chelsea, Vining, and Elberon.

One candidate filed in District 4 for the Democratic primary race, Bruce Lenhart of Tama.

The winner of the June 4 Republican primary will run in the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

The office of Tama County Supervisors District 3 is a four-year term.

The new supervisor districts for Tama County. The county is moving from three to five supervisors following the Nov. 2024 election. District 1 is shown in blue; District 2 is shown in peach; District 3 is shown in green; District 4 is shown in pink; and District 5 is shown in yellow. The five new supervisors will be sworn in to office in January 2025. MAP COURTESY OF TAMA COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE

Click here for Curt Kupka’s questionnaire.

Click here for Lonika Utterback’s questionnaire.

Click here for Steve Van De Walle’s questionnaire.