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Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

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State Office Name Party Rating
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby Democratic 67%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen Democratic 78%
IA State Senate - 25 Herman Quirmbach Democratic 70%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. Democratic 70%
IA State Senate - 36 Pam Jochum Democratic 67%
IA State Senate - 40 Todd Taylor Democratic 78%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler Democratic 89%
IA Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor) Rod Roberts Republican 44%
IA Mayor - At-Large Bill Schickel Republican 33%
IA Supervisor - 1 Matthew McCoy Democratic 70%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn Democratic 56%
IA Supervisor Doug Shull 30%
Dwayne Alons 33%
Jeff Angelo 20%
Rich Arnold 33%
Clel Baudler 33%
Daryl Beall 70%
Jerry Behn 20%
Paul Bell 67%
Deborah Berry 78%
Dennis Black 50%
Carmine Boal 33%
Nancy Boettger 20%
Joseph Bolkcom 70%
Robert John Brunkhorst 20%
Polly Bukta 78%
Danny Carroll 33%
Royd Chambers 33%
Dennis Cohoon 67%
Michael Connolly 60%
Thomas Courtney 70%
Swati Dandekar 56%
Mark Davitt 67%
Betty De Boef 22%
Dick Dearden 70%
Bill Dix 33%
Cecil Dolecheck 44%
Jack Drake 33%
Robert Dvorsky 80%
George Eichhorn 33%
Jeffrey Elgin 33%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 89%
Romaine Foege 67%
Wayne Ford 78%
Eugene Fraise 50%
Mary Lou Freeman 33%
Marcella Frevert 56%
E. Thurman Gaskill 20%
Mary Gaskill 67%
Charles Gipp 33%
Polly Granzow 56%
Sandy Greiner 33%
Michael Gronstal 70%
Jack Hatch 80%
David Heaton 44%
Lisa Heddens 89%
Clarence Hoffman 33%
Rob Hogg 56%
Lance Horbach 33%
Wally Horn 50%
Hubert Houser 20%
Bruce Hunter 89%
Daniel Huseman 33%
Geri Huser 67%
Joe Hutter 44%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 20%
Libby Jacobs 44%
G. Willard Jenkins 44%
David Johnson 20%
Gerald Jones 33%
Steve Kettering 20%
John Kibbie 40%
Keith Kreiman 60%
James Kurtenbach 33%
David Lalk 33%
Jeffrey Lamberti 20%
Charles Larson, Jr. 0%
Vicki Lensing 89%
Steven Lukan 33%
Mary Lundby 40%
Jim Lykam 67%
O. Gene Maddox 33%
Mary Mascher 89%
Kevin McCarthy 56%
Larry McKibben 20%
Paul McKinley 20%
Dolores Mertz 33%
David Miller 20%
Helen Miller 67%
Pat Murphy 56%
Jo Oldson 78%
Donovan Olson 89%
Steven Olson 33%
Kraig Paulsen 33%
John Putney 20%
Brian Quirk 44%
Scott Raecker 33%
Amanda Ragan 60%
Christopher Rants 33%
Daniel Rasmussen 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby D 67%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen D 78%
IA State Senate - 25 Herman Quirmbach D 70%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. D 70%
IA State Senate - 36 Pam Jochum D 67%
IA State Senate - 40 Todd Taylor D 78%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler D 89%
IA Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor) Rod Roberts R 44%
IA Mayor - At-Large Bill Schickel R 33%
IA Supervisor - 1 Matthew McCoy D 70%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn D 56%
IA Supervisor Doug Shull 30%
Dwayne Alons 33%
Jeff Angelo 20%
Rich Arnold 33%
Clel Baudler 33%
Daryl Beall 70%
Jerry Behn 20%
Paul Bell 67%
Deborah Berry 78%
Dennis Black 50%
Carmine Boal 33%
Nancy Boettger 20%
Joseph Bolkcom 70%
Robert John Brunkhorst 20%
Polly Bukta 78%
Danny Carroll 33%
Royd Chambers 33%
Dennis Cohoon 67%
Michael Connolly 60%
Thomas Courtney 70%
Swati Dandekar 56%
Mark Davitt 67%
Betty De Boef 22%
Dick Dearden 70%
Bill Dix 33%
Cecil Dolecheck 44%
Jack Drake 33%
Robert Dvorsky 80%
George Eichhorn 33%
Jeffrey Elgin 33%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 89%
Romaine Foege 67%
Wayne Ford 78%
Eugene Fraise 50%
Mary Lou Freeman 33%
Marcella Frevert 56%
E. Thurman Gaskill 20%
Mary Gaskill 67%
Charles Gipp 33%
Polly Granzow 56%
Sandy Greiner 33%
Michael Gronstal 70%
Jack Hatch 80%
David Heaton 44%
Lisa Heddens 89%
Clarence Hoffman 33%
Rob Hogg 56%
Lance Horbach 33%
Wally Horn 50%
Hubert Houser 20%
Bruce Hunter 89%
Daniel Huseman 33%
Geri Huser 67%
Joe Hutter 44%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 20%
Libby Jacobs 44%
G. Willard Jenkins 44%
David Johnson 20%
Gerald Jones 33%
Steve Kettering 20%
John Kibbie 40%
Keith Kreiman 60%
James Kurtenbach 33%
David Lalk 33%
Jeffrey Lamberti 20%
Charles Larson, Jr. 0%
Vicki Lensing 89%
Steven Lukan 33%
Mary Lundby 40%
Jim Lykam 67%
O. Gene Maddox 33%
Mary Mascher 89%
Kevin McCarthy 56%
Larry McKibben 20%
Paul McKinley 20%
Dolores Mertz 33%
David Miller 20%
Helen Miller 67%
Pat Murphy 56%
Jo Oldson 78%
Donovan Olson 89%
Steven Olson 33%
Kraig Paulsen 33%
John Putney 20%
Brian Quirk 44%
Scott Raecker 33%
Amanda Ragan 60%
Christopher Rants 33%
Daniel Rasmussen 33%
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