Iowa 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Iowa 2005 Off Year Elections

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Iowa
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. 109^th 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
	Democratic	(pending) • Possible candidate: State Representative Ed Fallon
	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

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th 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
	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
	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

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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