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Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business - Iowa

2005-2006 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
IA State House - 39 Rick Olson Democratic 20%
IA State House - 49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democratic 17%
IA State House - 75 Bob Kressig Democratic 33%
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby Democratic 17%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen Democratic 33%
IA State Senate - 36 Pam Jochum Democratic 50%
IA State Senate - 40 Todd Taylor Democratic 33%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler Democratic 40%
IA Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor) Rod Roberts Republican 67%
IA Mayor - At-Large Bill Schickel Republican 50%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn Democratic 33%
IA State Board of Education Mike May 67%
Dwayne Alons 83%
Richard Anderson 67%
Rich Arnold 83%
Clel Baudler 83%
Paul Bell 50%
Deborah Berry 20%
Carmine Boal 67%
Polly Bukta 40%
Danny Carroll 67%
Royd Chambers 67%
Dennis Cohoon 50%
Swati Dandekar 50%
Mark Davitt 33%
Betty De Boef 83%
Bill Dix 100%
Cecil Dolecheck 67%
Jack Drake 83%
George Eichhorn 100%
Jeffrey Elgin 67%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 50%
Romaine Foege 33%
Wayne Ford 33%
Mary Lou Freeman 67%
Marcella Frevert 50%
Mary Gaskill 33%
Charles Gipp 67%
Polly Granzow 50%
Sandy Greiner 100%
David Heaton 50%
Lisa Heddens 17%
Clarence Hoffman 67%
Rob Hogg 33%
Lance Horbach 83%
Bruce Hunter 20%
Daniel Huseman 67%
Geri Huser 67%
Joe Hutter 67%
Libby Jacobs 67%
G. Willard Jenkins 50%
Gerald Jones 50%
Jeff Kaufmann 67%
James Kurtenbach 100%
David Lalk 100%
Vicki Lensing 25%
Steven Lukan 50%
Jim Lykam 50%
O. Gene Maddox 67%
Mary Mascher 0%
Kevin McCarthy 50%
Dolores Mertz 50%
Helen Miller 33%
Pat Murphy 33%
Jo Oldson 17%
Donovan Olson 33%
Steven Olson 83%
Kraig Paulsen 100%
Dawn Pettengill 33%
Brian Quirk 50%
Scott Raecker 67%
Christopher Rants 67%
Daniel Rasmussen 100%
Henry Rayhons 67%
Michael Reasoner 50%
Nathan Reichert 50%
Tom Sands 100%
Thomas Schueller 33%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 50%
Donald Shoultz 50%
Mark Smith 33%
Chuck Soderberg 67%
Doug Struyk 50%
Kurt Swaim 50%
Rich Taylor 17%
Roger Thomas 50%
Dave Tjepkes 67%
Walt Tomenga 33%
Jodi Tymeson 83%
Linda Upmeyer 67%
James Van Engelenhoven 100%
James Van Fossen 100%
Jim Van Fossen 50%
Ralph Watts 100%
Roger Wendt 33%
John Whitaker 50%
Wesley Whitead 33%
Paul Wilderdyke 67%
Philip Wise 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
IA State House - 39 Rick Olson D 20%
IA State House - 49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell D 17%
IA State House - 75 Bob Kressig D 33%
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby D 17%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen D 33%
IA State Senate - 36 Pam Jochum D 50%
IA State Senate - 40 Todd Taylor D 33%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler D 40%
IA Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor) Rod Roberts R 67%
IA Mayor - At-Large Bill Schickel R 50%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn D 33%
IA State Board of Education Mike May 67%
Dwayne Alons 83%
Richard Anderson 67%
Rich Arnold 83%
Clel Baudler 83%
Paul Bell 50%
Deborah Berry 20%
Carmine Boal 67%
Polly Bukta 40%
Danny Carroll 67%
Royd Chambers 67%
Dennis Cohoon 50%
Swati Dandekar 50%
Mark Davitt 33%
Betty De Boef 83%
Bill Dix 100%
Cecil Dolecheck 67%
Jack Drake 83%
George Eichhorn 100%
Jeffrey Elgin 67%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 50%
Romaine Foege 33%
Wayne Ford 33%
Mary Lou Freeman 67%
Marcella Frevert 50%
Mary Gaskill 33%
Charles Gipp 67%
Polly Granzow 50%
Sandy Greiner 100%
David Heaton 50%
Lisa Heddens 17%
Clarence Hoffman 67%
Rob Hogg 33%
Lance Horbach 83%
Bruce Hunter 20%
Daniel Huseman 67%
Geri Huser 67%
Joe Hutter 67%
Libby Jacobs 67%
G. Willard Jenkins 50%
Gerald Jones 50%
Jeff Kaufmann 67%
James Kurtenbach 100%
David Lalk 100%
Vicki Lensing 25%
Steven Lukan 50%
Jim Lykam 50%
O. Gene Maddox 67%
Mary Mascher 0%
Kevin McCarthy 50%
Dolores Mertz 50%
Helen Miller 33%
Pat Murphy 33%
Jo Oldson 17%
Donovan Olson 33%
Steven Olson 83%
Kraig Paulsen 100%
Dawn Pettengill 33%
Brian Quirk 50%
Scott Raecker 67%
Christopher Rants 67%
Daniel Rasmussen 100%
Henry Rayhons 67%
Michael Reasoner 50%
Nathan Reichert 50%
Tom Sands 100%
Thomas Schueller 33%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 50%
Donald Shoultz 50%
Mark Smith 33%
Chuck Soderberg 67%
Doug Struyk 50%
Kurt Swaim 50%
Rich Taylor 17%
Roger Thomas 50%
Dave Tjepkes 67%
Walt Tomenga 33%
Jodi Tymeson 83%
Linda Upmeyer 67%
James Van Engelenhoven 100%
James Van Fossen 100%
Jim Van Fossen 50%
Ralph Watts 100%
Roger Wendt 33%
John Whitaker 50%
Wesley Whitead 33%
Paul Wilderdyke 67%
Philip Wise 50%
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