Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business - Iowa

2009-2010 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Dwayne Alons 100%
Richard Anderson 50%
Staci Appel 0%
Rich Arnold 83%
McKinley Bailey 17%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Merlin Bartz 80%
Clel Baudler 80%
Daryl Beall 0%
IA Supervisor - 1 John Beard 0%
Paul Bell 0%
Deborah Berry 0%
Dennis Black 0%
Nancy Boettger 100%
Joseph Bolkcom 0%
Polly Bukta 0%
Kerry Burt 0%
Dennis Cohoon 0%
Thomas Courtney 0%
Peter Cownie 83%
Swati Dandekar 20%
Jeff Danielson 0%
Betty De Boef 100%
Dick Dearden 0%
Cecil Dolecheck 100%
Jack Drake 83%
Robert Dvorsky 0%
Gene Ficken 0%
Wayne Ford 0%
Greg Forristall 80%
Eugene Fraise 0%
Marcella Frevert 0%
Mary Gaskill 0%
Elesha Gayman 0%
Michael Gronstal 0%
Chris Hagenow 83%
Jim Hahn 80%
David Hartsuch 100%
Jack Hatch 0%
David Heaton 50%
Bill Heckroth 0%
Lisa Heddens 0%
Erik Helland 83%
Rob Hogg 0%
Lance Horbach 83%
Wally Horn 0%
Hubert Houser 60%
Bruce Hunter 0%
Daniel Huseman 83%
Geri Huser 20%
David Johnson 80%
Tim Kapucian 60%
Jeff Kaufmann 50%
Jerry Kearns 0%
Doris Kelley 33%
Steve Kettering 100%
John Kibbie 0%
Kevin Koester 67%
Keith Kreiman 0%
Vicki Lensing 0%
Steven Lukan 83%
Jim Lykam 0%
Larry Marek 33%
Mary Mascher 0%
IA State Board of Education Mike May 80%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
Paul McKinley 100%
Dolores Mertz 17%
Helen Miller 0%
Linda Miller 80%
Pat Murphy 0%
Larry Noble 80%
Jo Oldson 0%
Rich Olive 20%
Donovan Olson 0%
Steven Olson 80%
Eric Palmer 0%
Kraig Paulsen 100%
Dawn Pettengill 100%
Brian Quirk 17%
Scott Raecker 80%
Amanda Ragan 0%
Christopher Rants 60%
Henry Rayhons 80%
Michael Reasoner 0%
Nathan Reichert 0%
Thomas Rielly 20%
Tom Sands 83%
Brian Schoenjahn 0%
Thomas Schueller 0%
Renee Schulte 83%
Joe Seng 0%
James Seymour 80%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 0%
Mark Smith 0%
Steve Sodders 0%
Chuck Soderberg 80%
Kent Sorenson 67%
Roger Stewart 0%
Doug Struyk 50%
Kurt Swaim 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Dwayne Alons 100%
Richard Anderson 50%
Staci Appel 0%
Rich Arnold 83%
McKinley Bailey 17%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Merlin Bartz 80%
Clel Baudler 80%
Daryl Beall 0%
IA Supervisor - 1 John Beard 0%
Paul Bell 0%
Deborah Berry 0%
Dennis Black 0%
Nancy Boettger 100%
Joseph Bolkcom 0%
Polly Bukta 0%
Kerry Burt 0%
Dennis Cohoon 0%
Thomas Courtney 0%
Peter Cownie 83%
Swati Dandekar 20%
Jeff Danielson 0%
Betty De Boef 100%
Dick Dearden 0%
Cecil Dolecheck 100%
Jack Drake 83%
Robert Dvorsky 0%
Gene Ficken 0%
Wayne Ford 0%
Greg Forristall 80%
Eugene Fraise 0%
Marcella Frevert 0%
Mary Gaskill 0%
Elesha Gayman 0%
Michael Gronstal 0%
Chris Hagenow 83%
Jim Hahn 80%
David Hartsuch 100%
Jack Hatch 0%
David Heaton 50%
Bill Heckroth 0%
Lisa Heddens 0%
Erik Helland 83%
Rob Hogg 0%
Lance Horbach 83%
Wally Horn 0%
Hubert Houser 60%
Bruce Hunter 0%
Daniel Huseman 83%
Geri Huser 20%
David Johnson 80%
Tim Kapucian 60%
Jeff Kaufmann 50%
Jerry Kearns 0%
Doris Kelley 33%
Steve Kettering 100%
John Kibbie 0%
Kevin Koester 67%
Keith Kreiman 0%
Vicki Lensing 0%
Steven Lukan 83%
Jim Lykam 0%
Larry Marek 33%
Mary Mascher 0%
IA State Board of Education Mike May 80%
Kevin McCarthy 20%
Paul McKinley 100%
Dolores Mertz 17%
Helen Miller 0%
Linda Miller 80%
Pat Murphy 0%
Larry Noble 80%
Jo Oldson 0%
Rich Olive 20%
Donovan Olson 0%
Steven Olson 80%
Eric Palmer 0%
Kraig Paulsen 100%
Dawn Pettengill 100%
Brian Quirk 17%
Scott Raecker 80%
Amanda Ragan 0%
Christopher Rants 60%
Henry Rayhons 80%
Michael Reasoner 0%
Nathan Reichert 0%
Thomas Rielly 20%
Tom Sands 83%
Brian Schoenjahn 0%
Thomas Schueller 0%
Renee Schulte 83%
Joe Seng 0%
James Seymour 80%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 0%
Mark Smith 0%
Steve Sodders 0%
Chuck Soderberg 80%
Kent Sorenson 67%
Roger Stewart 0%
Doug Struyk 50%
Kurt Swaim 0%
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