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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Renee Schulte | A | |||
James Seymour | A | |||
Paul Shomshor, Jr. | A | |||
Doug Smith | B | |||
Mark Smith | C+ | |||
Steve Sodders | B | |||
Chuck Soderberg | A | |||
Kent Sorenson | A | |||
Scott Strosahl | B | |||
Doug Struyk | A | |||
Joseph Sturgis | F | |||
Steve Svejda | A | |||
Kurt Swaim | A | |||
Rich Taylor | B | |||
Roger Thomas | A+ | |||
Dave Tjepkes | A+ | |||
Scott Tornquist | C | |||
Jodi Tymeson | A+ | |||
Linda Upmeyer | A | |||
James Van Engelenhoven | A+ | |||
James Van Fossen | A+ | |||
Adam Vandall | B | |||
Nick Wagner | A | |||
Ralph Watts | A+ | |||
Rebecca Wearmouth | A | |||
Roger Wendt | C | |||
Andrew Wenthe | F | |||
John Whitaker | C+ | |||
Darren White | D | |||
Wesley Whitead | D | |||
Tami Wiencek | A | |||
Gary Worthan | A | |||
Mark Zieman | A | |||
Ray Zirkelbach | C | |||
IA | State House - 34 | Ako Abdul-Samad | Democratic | F |
IA | Supervisor - At-Large | Mark Kuhn | Democratic | D |
IA | State House - 39 | Rick Olson | Democratic | C+ |
IA | State Senate - 18 | Janet Petersen | Democratic | C- |
IA | State Senate - 40 | Todd Taylor | Democratic | D |
IA | State Senate - 49 | Cindy Winckler | Democratic | D |
IA | State House - 51 | Dave Deyoe | Republican | A |
IA | State House - 57 | Patrick Grassley | Republican | A+ |
IA | Supervisor - At-Large | Shawn Hamerlinck | Republican | A- |
IA | Governor | Kim Reynolds | Republican | A |
IA | Labor Commissioner (Department of Labor) | Rod Roberts | Republican | C |
IA | State Senate - 27 | Annette Sweeney | Republican | D |
IA | Supervisor - 2 | Jeremy Taylor | Republican | A |
IA | State House - 15 | Matt Windschitl | Republican | A+ |
IA | State Senate - 22 | Brad Zaun | Republican | A |