Robert D. Thode
Democratic Incumbent
Biography
Robert D. Thode appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Webster County Supervisor District 3, per the county auditor's certified candidate list.
Webster County, Iowa
Webster County Supervisor District 3
Webster County, Iowa
Webster County Supervisor District 3
One candidate is tracked for Webster County Supervisor District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Robert D. Thode. Candidate information follows official Webster County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
About this race
Incumbent Democrat Robert D. Thode (known locally as Bob Thode), the sitting District 3 supervisor per the county's official Board of Supervisors roster, won his party's June 2, 2026 primary outright with 598 votes (no opponent), per the county's official primary results. No Republican candidate filed. On the Republican primary ballot, write-in votes were scattered among several names with no clear leader: a generic "Write-in" line recorded 3 votes, and named write-ins included 2 votes for a person recorded as "Robert Thode" and 1 vote each for Laura Eastwood, Mark Campbell, Aaron Mchone and Keith Dencklau. This agent could not confirm from an official county document whether any of these met Iowa's statutory write-in nomination threshold (Iowa Code section 43.66) or whether a Republican nominee was certified for this seat. No Republican candidate is listed here; Webster County's certified November 3, 2026 candidate list should be checked before publishing a Republican name.
What this office does
County commissioner. The county board is the county's legislative and, in most states, executive body. Commissioners adopt the county budget and property tax rate, oversee roads, the jail, public health, planning and zoning in unincorporated areas, and appoint or confirm department heads. In counties with an elected county executive or judge, the board's role is mainly the budget and ordinances.
This race. The sitting officeholder, Robert D. Thode, is on the ballot. One name is on the ballot for this seat.