Burlington, IA- Burlington City Councilman Matt Rinker has won the Republican nomination for the Iowa House of Representatives District 99. The Hawk Eye reports that Rinker received 54% of the vote in Des Moines County, defeating fellow Republican and local restaurant owner TJ Widbin for the nomination. Rinker will now move on to the November general election ballot to face incumbent Democrat Dennis Cohoon, who ran unopposed in the primary. The District 99 election was the only contested local race in the primary election.