12:29 AM: Mauro likely to lose re-election bid
It appears that Democratic Secretary of State Michael Mauro will lose his bid for re-election.
Mauro, former Polk County auditor, trails Republican Matt Schultz of Council Bluffs by more than 25,600 votes, 49.7 to 47.1 percent, with 93.5 percent of the precincts counted
Mauro would join Culver in being the only two statewide incumbents to be ousted, not counting the three Iowa Supeme Court justices.
Republican State Auditor David Vaudt, Democratic State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller and Republican Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey all won their bids for re-election.
-- By Lynn Campbell
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