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(Des Moines, IA) -- Des Moines City Councilman Mike Simonson has won re-election to his at-large council seat, according to unofficial results from Polk County.
Simonson defeated Endi Montalvo-Martinez by a little more than 12-hundred votes on Tuesday night.
In the race for the Ward 1 seat, Rob Barron defeated two candidates to become the first Latino to serve on the Des Moines City Council.
The former member of the Des Moines school board will represent the city's Northwest neighborhoods.
The seat opened up after current member Chris Coleman opted not to run for re-election this year.