Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa
2005 Positions
Issues:
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IA | State House-3 | Daniel Huseman | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-4 | Dwayne Alons | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-5 | Chuck Soderberg | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-8 | Henry Rayhons | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-9 | Helen Miller | D | 43% |
| IA | State House-19 | Ralph Watts | R | 14% |
| IA | State House-20 | Clel Baudler | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-21 | Jack Drake | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-24 | Cecil Dolecheck | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-31 | Rick Olson | D | 64% |
| IA | State House-33 | Kevin McCarthy | D | 29% |
| IA | State House-34 | Bruce Hunter | D | 79% |
| IA | State House-41 | Jo Oldson | D | 43% |
| IA | State House-45 | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | D | 64% |
| IA | State House-46 | Lisa Heddens | D | 29% |
| IA | State House-54 | Linda Upmeyer | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-55 | Roger Thomas | D | 36% |
| IA | State House-59 | Bob Kressig | D | 43% |
| IA | State House-62 | Deborah Berry | D | 50% |
| IA | State House-67 | Kraig Paulsen | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-70 | Todd Taylor | D | 57% |
| IA | State House-71 | Mark Smith | D | 43% |
| IA | State House-74 | Dave Jacoby | D | 50% |
| IA | State House-75 | Dawn Pettengill | R | 43% |
| IA | State House-81 | Mary Gaskill | D | 36% |
| IA | State House-84 | David Heaton | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-85 | Vicki Lensing | D | 71% |
| IA | State House-86 | Mary Mascher | D | 71% |
| IA | State House-87 | Dennis Cohoon | D | 36% |
| IA | State House-88 | Tom Sands | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-89 | Jim Lykam | D | 29% |
| IA | State House-90 | Cindy Winckler | D | 64% |
| IA | State House-92 | Frank Wood | D | 37% |
| IA | State House-97 | Steven Olson | R | 21% |
| IA | State House-99 | Pat Murphy | D | 43% |
| IA | State Senate-1 | David Johnson | R | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-5 | Daryl Beall | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-8 | Michael Gronstal | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-9 | Nancy Boettger | R | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-11 | Hubert Houser | R | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-15 | Dennis Black | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-16 | Dick Dearden | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-17 | Jack Hatch | D | 50% |
| IA | State Senate-18 | Janet Petersen | D | 43% |
| IA | State Senate-20 | Brad Zaun | R | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-21 | Matthew McCoy | D | 25% |
| IA | State Senate-23 | Herman Quirmbach | D | 75% |
| IA | State Senate-24 | Jerry Behn | R | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-25 | Bill Dix | R | 21% |
| IA | State Senate-27 | Amanda Ragan | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-30 | Jeff Danielson | D | 50% |
| IA | State Senate-31 | Bill Dotzler, Jr. | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-32 | Brian Schoenjahn | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-33 | Robert Hogg | D | 43% |
| IA | State Senate-35 | Wally Horn | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-37 | Robert Dvorsky | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-39 | Sandy Greiner | R | 21% |
| IA | State Senate-43 | Joe Bolkcom | D | 63% |
| IA | State Senate-44 | Thomas Courtney | D | 25% |
| IA | State Senate-45 | Joe Seng | D | 37% |
| IA | State Senate-50 | Pam Jochum | D | 71% |
| IA | Supervisor-At-Large | Doug Shull | R | 37% |
| Richard Anderson | Other | 29% | ||
| Jeff Angelo | Other | 37% | ||
| Rich Arnold | Other | 14% | ||
| Paul Bell | Other | 29% | ||
| Carmine Boal | Other | 21% | ||
| Robert John Brunkhorst | Other | 37% | ||
| Polly Bukta | Other | 43% | ||
| Danny Carroll | Other | 21% | ||
| Royd Chambers | Other | 21% | ||
| Michael Connolly | Other | 50% | ||
| Swati Dandekar | Other | 29% | ||
| Mark Davitt | Other | 43% | ||
| Betty De Boef | Other | 14% | ||
| George Eichhorn | Other | 29% | ||
| Jeffrey Elgin | Other | 29% | ||
| Ed Fallon, Jr. | Other | 71% | ||
| Romaine Foege | Other | 57% | ||
| Wayne Ford | Other | 50% | ||
| Eugene Fraise | Other | 25% | ||
| Mary Lou Freeman | Other | 21% | ||
| Marcella Frevert | Other | 43% | ||
| E. Thurman Gaskill | Other | 25% | ||
| Charles Gipp | Other | 29% | ||
| Polly Granzow | Other | 29% | ||
| Jim Hahn | Other | 37% | ||
| Tom Hancock | Other | 37% | ||
| Clarence Hoffman | Other | 21% | ||
| Lance Horbach | Other | 21% | ||
| Geri Huser | Other | 36% | ||
| Joe Hutter | Other | 21% | ||
| Stewart Iverson, Jr. | Other | 37% | ||
| Libby Jacobs | Other | 21% | ||
| G. Willard Jenkins | Other | 29% | ||
| Gerald Jones | Other | 21% | ||
| Jeff Kaufmann | Other | 21% | ||
| Steve Kettering | Other | 50% | ||
| John Kibbie | Other | 37% | ||
| Keith Kreiman | Other | 37% | ||
| Mark Kuhn | Other | 50% | ||
| James Kurtenbach | Other | 21% | ||
| David Lalk | Other | 14% | ||
| Jeffrey Lamberti | Other | 37% | ||
| Charles Larson, Jr. | Other | 37% | ||
| Steven Lukan | Other | 21% | ||
| Mary Lundby | Other | 37% | ||
| O. Gene Maddox | Other | 21% | ||
| Mike May | Other | 29% | ||
| Larry McKibben | Other | 37% | ||
| Paul McKinley | Other | 37% | ||
| Dolores Mertz | Other | 21% | ||
| David Miller | Other | 37% | ||
| Dave Mulder | Other | 37% | ||
| Donovan Olson | Other | 43% | ||
| John Putney | Other | 37% | ||
| Brian Quirk | Other | 21% | ||
| Scott Raecker | Other | 21% | ||
| Christopher Rants | Other | 21% | ||
| Daniel Rasmussen | Other | 14% | ||
| Michael Reasoner | Other | 29% | ||
| Nathan Reichert | Other | 43% | ||
| Thomas Rielly | Other | 37% | ||
| Rod Roberts | Other | 21% | ||
| Bill Schickel | Other | 14% | ||
| Thomas Schueller | Other | 43% | ||
| James Seymour | Other | 37% | ||
| Paul Shomshor, Jr. | Other | 29% | ||
| Donald Shoultz | Other | 79% | ||
| Roger Stewart | Other | 37% | ||
| Doug Struyk | Other | 29% | ||
| Kurt Swaim | Other | 36% | ||
| Rich Taylor | Other | 57% | ||
| Margaret Tinsman | Other | 37% | ||
| Dave Tjepkes | Other | 14% | ||
| Walt Tomenga | Other | 21% | ||
| Jodi Tymeson | Other | 21% | ||
| James Van Engelenhoven | Other | 14% | ||
| James Van Fossen | Other | 29% | ||
| Jim Van Fossen | Other | 21% | ||
| Pat Ward | Other | 37% | ||
| Steven Warnstadt | Other | 37% | ||
| Roger Wendt | Other | 50% | ||
| John Whitaker | Other | 43% | ||
| Wesley Whitead | Other | 43% | ||
| Ron Wieck | Other | 37% | ||
| Paul Wilderdyke | Other | 21% | ||
| Philip Wise | Other | 43% | ||
| Mark Zieman | Other | 50% | ||
| Ray Zirkelbach | Other | 50% |
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