Kayla Koether files with Iowa Legislature to contest House District 55 results

Democratic candidate Kayla Koether has officially filed to contest the election results in Iowa House District 55.

Her action follows a ruling by Polk County Judge Scott Beattie dismissing a lawsuit she had filed on the grounds that the state legislature, not the courts, had jurisdiction over the issue.

A news release says, "Although the Koether campaign argued that the courts have jurisdiction to rule on the writ of mandamus originally filed, the campaign will follow the steps laid out by this ruling."

In the filing with the state legislature, Koether names the people who cast ballots that arrived after Election Day at the Winneshiek County Courthouse, but were certified by the US Postal Service as having been mailed before Election Day.