Cedar Rapids Gazette: In a northeast Iowa legislative race where only nine votes unofficially separate winner from loser, a trove of 31 mail-in ballots will not be counted because they don’t have postmarks, election officials said Tuesday. In Iowa House District 55, which includes parts of Winneshiek, Fayette and Clayton counties, incumbent Republican state Rep. Michael Bergan leads Democratic challenger Kayla Koether by the tiny margin. The ultimate outcome will not change the party in control of the Iowa House, where Republicans maintained the upper hand in last Tuesday’s elections.