Longtime County Auditor Veeder Not Running For Re-Election; Elections Manager Showalter Tosses Hat In

Longtime Black Hawk County Auditor Grant Veeder has announced that he will not be running for re-election in the fall of 2024.  He will have completed his ninth 4-year term in December 2024.  Veeder says he supports Karen Showalter, the current county elections manager, as his successor. Veeder started working in the auditor’s office in 1981 as the county elections manager. He won his first term in 1988, succeeding longtime auditor Isabelle Frerichs. Showalter formally announced her candidacy for Auditor Thursday morning.