The Green Papers: Iowa 2005 Off Year Elections
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:2,931,923 (1.04% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):2,165,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,841,346
Capital:Des Moines
 

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Iowa State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2   Democratic   Senator Tom Harkin
First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996; 2002
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3   Republican   Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley
First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors

    Democratic   Governor Tom Vilsack
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
  Candidate Democratic     (pending)
Possible candidate: State Representative Ed Fallon
  Candidate Republican     (pending)
Possible candidate: Congressman Jim Nussle (CD 1); Bob Vander Plaats

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

    Democratic   Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republican (1 Open, 3 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

CD 1   Republican   Congressman Jim Nussle
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2006
  Candidate Republican     (pending)
Possible candidates: State Representative Bill Dix of Shell Rock; former Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa Brian Kennedy; Davenport restaurateur Mike Whalen

CD 2   Republican   Congressman James A. "Jim" Leach
First elected: 1976
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3   Democratic   Congressman Leonard L. Boswell
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4   Republican   Congressman Tom Latham
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 5   Republican   Congressman Steve King
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democratic   Secretary of State Chester "Chet" Culver
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democratic   Attorney General Tom Miller
First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1982, 1986; elected again: 1994, 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democratic   Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald
First elected: 1982; re-elected: 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Republican   Auditor Dave Vaudt
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

    Democratic   Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Patty Judge
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
  Candidate Republican     (pending)
Possible candidates: Bill Northey

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

  Constitution
  Democratic
  Green
  Libertarian
  Not readily classifiable
  Republican

2002-2010 Congressional Districts  2002-2010 CDs

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

 


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