The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2002 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
1990 Census: 2,776,831(1.12% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 2,931,923(1.04% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 1,763,827
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 2,157,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 9 PM CST (0300 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year term, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Tom Vilsack
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Democrat  Senator Tom Harkin
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (Congressman Greg Ganske - pending)
2001 May 24: Reports indicate Representative Ganske (of Des Moines) will seek election to the US Senate in 2002.
Class 3Republican  Senator Charles Grassley
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 4 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Jim Leach
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Jim Nussle
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateDemocrat  (Dave Nagle - pending)
Announced 27 November 2001
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Leonard L. Boswell
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Candidates: (10 July 2001) Stan Thompson.
CD 4Republican  Congressman Greg Ganske
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
2001 May 24: Reports indicate Representative Ganske (of Des Moines) will seek election to the US Senate in 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (Stan Thompson - pending)
2001 May 24: Reports state that Mr. Thompson, a Des Moines attorney and member of the Republican Party of Iowa Central Committee, has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission.
CD 5Republican  Congressman Tom Latham
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Iowa has 99 counties and 5 congressional districts: all 99 counties are "undivided- that is, they are all wholly within a given congressional district.

  • CD # 1: Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott
  • CD # 2: Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Grundy, Howard, Iowa, Jackson, Mitchell, Tama, Winneshiek and Worth
  • CD # 3: Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jasper, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Lucas, Mahoska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Page, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington and Wayne
  • CD # 4: Adair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Polk, Pottawatamie and Shelby
  • CD # 5: Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster, Winnebago, Woodbury and Wright