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What's on the ballot in Tete Des Morts Township, Jackson County
Iowa General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · Polls open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. Residents of a city inside the township may not vote on township offices — check your sample ballot.
Tete Des Morts Township races (1)
Tete Des Morts Township Clerk
- N/RLarry Herrig
Statewide races (every Iowa ballot)
United States Senator
- BAshley Hinson(R)
- DJosh Turek(D)
- CThomas Laehn(Lib)
Jackson County races (7)
Jackson County Treasurer
- N/RBeth Gerlach(R)
Jackson County Recorder
- N/RJennifer Phillips Jones(R)
Jackson County Attorney
- N/RJohn L. Kies(R)
Jackson County Hospital Trustees
- N/RKevin L Burns
- N/RMatthew C. Osterhaus
- N/RWilliam Schwenker
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner
- N/RTerri McCulley
- N/RWilliam Bevan
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner (to fill vacancy)
- N/RMichelle Turner
Jackson County Agricultural Extension Council
- N/RJebidiah Miller
- N/RKaren L. Till
- N/RKathy Kunde
- N/RBrandt Moore
- N/RJohn C Stender
May be on your ballot (2)
Supervisor seats elected by district. Check your county auditor's sample ballot.
Jackson County Board of Supervisors, District 2
- N/RJoe Kettmann(R)
Jackson County Board of Supervisors, District 3
- N/RDonald L. Schwenker(R)
Measures (4)
Amendment 1: Requirements for Certain State Tax Law Changes
Official ballot language
Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted? Provides that any bill to increase the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the legislature for passage. Further, the two-thirds majority vote requirement applies to the passage of a bill to establish a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state. The requirement excludes taxes imposed at the option of a local government. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. The Constitution of the State of Iowa is amended by adding the following new section to new Article XIII: Passage of a bill that increases the individual income tax rate or the corporate income tax rate, or the rate of any other type of tax based upon income or legal and special reserves, shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. This requirement does not apply to taxes imposed at the option of a local government. Passage of a bill that establishes a new tax on any type of income or legal and special reserves imposed by the state shall require the affirmative votes of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the general assembly. A lawsuit challenging the proper enactment of a bill under this section must be filed no later than one year following the enactment. If such a lawsuit is not filed within the one-year limit, the bill shall be considered properly enacted under this section. Each bill to which this section applies must include a separate provision describing the requirements for enactment prescribed by this section. The general assembly shall enact laws to implement this section.
Public Measure LI (City of Bellevue GO Bond — swimming pool)
Official ballot language
Shall the City of Bellevue, in Jackson County, State of Iowa, enter into a loan agreement and issue general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $3,000,000 for the purpose of paying the cost, to that extent, of undertaking the construction, furnishing & equipping a new municipal swimming pool, including a splash pad?
Public Measure LJ (Easton Valley Community School District GO Bond)
Official ballot language
Shall the Board of Directors of the Easton Valley Community School District, in the Counties of Clinton and Jackson, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue general obligation bonds in an amount not exceeding $7,500,000 for the purposes of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, constructing, and improving the School District's school buildings to include a new gymnasium and new locker room facilities that include a FEMA-rated storm shelter, performing arts upgrades to the existing gym, ADA updates, and other related building, site and land improvements?
Public Measure NC (Kirkwood Community College GO Bond)
Official ballot language
Shall Kirkwood Community College (Merged Area X) in the Counties of Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Poweshiek, Tama, and Washington, be authorized to renovate, improve, erect, and equip facilities to modernize learning spaces with an emphasis on health sciences, industrial technologies, agricultural sciences, and business and information technology, contract indebtedness therefor, and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not exceeding $88,000,000 for those purposes?
Local measures appear only for voters in that school district, city or county.
Judges up for retention (11)
Court of Appeals Judge John M. Sandy · Court of Appeals Judge Julie A. Schumacher · Court of Appeals Judge Sharon Soorholtz Greer · District Court Judge Joel William Barrows? (District 7) · District Court Judge Henry William Latham II? (District 7) · District Court Judge Mark Ray Lawson? (District 7) · District Court Judge Jeffrey McDaniel? (District 7) · District Court Judge Patrick A. McElyea? (District 7) · District Court Judge Elizabeth O'Donnell? (District 7) · District Court Judge Tamra J. Roberts? (District 7) · District Associate Judge Cheryl E. Traum? (District 7)
Voting in Tete Des Morts Township
- Election DayTuesday, November 3, 2026 · polls open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. If you're in line by 8 p.m., you can vote.
- Where to voteLook up your polling place with the Iowa Secretary of State.
- Register at the pollsIowa allows Election Day registration with ID and proof of residence.
- Absentee ballotsMust reach your county auditor before polls close — a postmark is not enough.
- IDIowa requires ID to vote. Full checklist →
Other townships in Jackson County
Bellevue Township · Brandon Township · Butler Township · Farmers Creek Township · Iowa Township · Jackson Township · Maquoketa Township · Monmouth Township · Otter Creek Township · Perry Township · Prairie Springs Township · Richland Township · South Fork Township · Van Buren Township · Washington Township