Wooden Crushes May In Primary Election For County Attorney

Defense attorney Sam Wooden defeated incumbent Dubuque County attorney C.J. May III in the primary election Tuesday. Wooden got 5,521 votes, or 79.5%, compared to May with1,380, or 19.9%, to secure the Democratic nomination in the November 8th election. In the general election, Wooden will face attorney Scott Nelson, who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination and received 3,333 votes, as well as ousted Assistant County Attorney Richard Kirkendall, who is running unaffiliated with any party. Due to not being affiliated with either the Republican or Democratic parties, Kirkendall was not on ballots Tuesday.