Rating Group: Iowa National Federation of Independent Business

2007-2008 Positions on Pro-Small Business Policy

Issues: Business and Consumers
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
IA State House-3 Daniel Huseman R 80
IA State House-4 Dwayne Alons R 100
IA State House-5 Chuck Soderberg R 100
IA State House-8 Henry Rayhons R 90
IA State House-9 Helen Miller D 40
IA State House-11 Gary Worthan R 100
IA State House-17 Matt Windschitl R 100
IA State House-19 Ralph Watts R 100
IA State House-20 Clel Baudler R 78
IA State House-21 Jack Drake R 80
IA State House-22 Greg Forristall R 80
IA State House-24 Cecil Dolecheck R 80
IA State House-31 Rick Olson D 40
IA State House-33 Kevin McCarthy D 40
IA State House-34 Bruce Hunter D 30
IA State House-35 Ako Abdul-Samad D 22
IA State House-41 Jo Oldson D 30
IA State House-45 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell D 30
IA State House-46 Lisa Heddens D 30
IA State House-49 Dave Deyoe R 80
IA State House-50 Patrick Grassley R 90
IA State House-54 Linda Upmeyer R 90
IA State House-55 Roger Thomas D 40
IA State House-59 Bob Kressig D 40
IA State House-62 Deborah Berry D 40
IA State House-65 Tyler Olson D 44
IA State House-66 Art Staed D 50
IA State House-67 Kraig Paulsen R 90
IA State House-70 Todd Taylor D 40
IA State House-71 Mark Smith D 40
IA State House-74 Dave Jacoby D 40
IA State House-75 Dawn Pettengill R 80
IA State House-81 Mary Gaskill D 40
IA State House-84 David Heaton R 75
IA State House-85 Vicki Lensing D 40
IA State House-86 Mary Mascher D 40
IA State House-87 Dennis Cohoon D 40
IA State House-88 Tom Sands R 100
IA State House-89 Jim Lykam D 40
IA State House-90 Cindy Winckler D 30
IA State House-92 Frank Wood D 50
IA State House-94 Linda Miller R 80
IA State House-97 Steven Olson R 90
IA State House-99 Pat Murphy D 40
IA State Senate-1 David Johnson R 88
IA State Senate-5 Daryl Beall D 38
IA State Senate-8 Michael Gronstal D 38
IA State Senate-9 Nancy Boettger R 88
IA State Senate-11 Hubert Houser R 75
IA State Senate-15 Dennis Black D 38
IA State Senate-16 Dick Dearden D 50
IA State Senate-17 Jack Hatch D 38
IA State Senate-18 Janet Petersen D 30
IA State Senate-20 Brad Zaun R 100
IA State Senate-21 Matthew McCoy D 38
IA State Senate-23 Herman Quirmbach D 38
IA State Senate-24 Jerry Behn R 100
IA State Senate-27 Amanda Ragan D 38
IA State Senate-30 Jeff Danielson D 38
IA State Senate-31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. D 38
IA State Senate-32 Brian Schoenjahn D 38
IA State Senate-33 Robert Hogg D 38
IA State Senate-35 Wally Horn D 50
IA State Senate-37 Robert Dvorsky D 38
IA State Senate-39 Sandy Greiner R 100
IA State Senate-43 Joe Bolkcom D 38
IA State Senate-44 Thomas Courtney D 38
IA State Senate-45 Joe Seng D 38
IA State Senate-50 Pam Jochum D 30
IA Commissioner of Public Safety Larry Noble Other 88
Richard Anderson Other 90
Jeff Angelo Other 71
Staci Appel Other 38
Rich Arnold Other 80
McKinley Bailey Other 40
Paul Bell Other 40
Carmine Boal Other 100
Polly Bukta Other 40
Royd Chambers Other 90
Dan Clute Other 90
Michael Connolly Other 38
Swati Dandekar Other 50
Mark Davitt Other 40
Betty De Boef Other 100
Romaine Foege Other 30
Wayne Ford Other 30
Eugene Fraise Other 38
Marcella Frevert Other 30
E. Thurman Gaskill Other 63
Elesha Gayman Other 50
Charles Gipp Other 89
Polly Granzow Other 78
Jim Hahn Other 100
Tom Hancock Other 50
David Hartsuch Other 100
Bill Heckroth Other 50
Clarence Hoffman Other 67
Lance Horbach Other 100
Geri Huser Other 33
Libby Jacobs Other 78
Jeff Kaufmann Other 80
Doris Kelley Other 40
Steve Kettering Other 100
John Kibbie Other 38
Keith Kreiman Other 38
Mark Kuhn Other 40
Steven Lukan Other 90
Mary Lundby Other 63
Mike May Other 90
Larry McKibben Other 88
Paul McKinley Other 100
Dolores Mertz Other 60
Dave Mulder Other 71
Rich Olive Other 50
Donovan Olson Other 30
Eric Palmer Other 40
John Putney Other 88
Brian Quirk Other 60
Scott Raecker Other 80
Christopher Rants Other 90
Daniel Rasmussen Other 100
Michael Reasoner Other 40
Nathan Reichert Other 40
Thomas Rielly Other 63
Rod Roberts Other 90
Bill Schickel Other 78
Becky Schmitz Other 38
Thomas Schueller Other 30
James Seymour Other 63
Paul Shomshor, Jr. Other 40
Roger Stewart Other 38
Doug Struyk Other 80
Kurt Swaim Other 40
Rich Taylor Other 40
Dave Tjepkes Other 80
Walt Tomenga Other 70
Jodi Tymeson Other 100
James Van Engelenhoven Other 100
James Van Fossen Other 100
Pat Ward Other 71
Steven Warnstadt Other 38
Roger Wendt Other 30
Andrew Wenthe Other 40
John Whitaker Other 40
Wesley Whitead Other 30
Ron Wieck Other 88
Tami Wiencek Other 70
Philip Wise Other 40
Mark Zieman Other 100

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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