The Green Papers: Iowa 2003 Off Year Election
 
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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
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with Governor.
  Democrat Sally Pederson
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006
  Democrat 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
  Democrat 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
  Democrat 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 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
  Democrat Patty Judge
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2 Democrat 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 Grassley
• First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
108th House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2002, 2004. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republicans (4 Undetermined);
1 Democrat (1 Undetermined)
CD 1 Republican Congressman Jim Nussle
• First elected: 1990
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 2 Republican Congressman Jim Leach
• First elected: 1976
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 3 Democrat Congressman Leonard L. Boswell
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 4 Republican Congressman Tom Latham
• First elected: 1994
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
CD 5 Republican Congressman Steve King
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
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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