Hunter
08/25/24
The Swisher Mayor has been elected the Democratic nominee for Johnson County Auditor.
Saturday’s special county convention at Liberty High School was made necessary after the original nominee Travis Weipert resigned his position due to health issues.
Mayor Julie Persons was one of four nominees, including Johnson County elections technician Alex Stanton, University of Iowa Center for Advancement manager of data management Shannon Patrick, and Iowa DOT transportation engineer Newman Abuissa.
The Gazette reports Persons, who became the first female mayor of Swisher in January, also is the public relations chair for the Johnson County Democrats and is a senior customer care liaison for Transamerica. She received the required majority of votes to get the nomination and will be on the ballot this November.
Deputy Johnson County auditor Erin Shane is interim auditor until the end of Weipert’s term.
No Republican is currently running to oppose Persons.