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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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IA | State House - 80 | Art Staed | Democratic | 89% |
Joseph Bolkcom | 86% | |||
Tod Bowman | 86% | |||
Chris Brase | 86% | |||
Thomas Courtney | 86% | |||
Jeff Danielson | 86% | |||
Dick Dearden | 86% | |||
IA | State Senate - 31 | Bill Dotzler, Jr. | Democratic | 86% |
Robert Dvorsky | 86% | |||
Michael Gronstal | 86% | |||
Rita Hart | 86% | |||
Rob Hogg | 86% | |||
Wally Horn | 86% | |||
IA | State Senate - 36 | Pam Jochum | Democratic | 86% |
Liz Mathis | 86% | |||
IA | Supervisor - 1 | Matthew McCoy | Democratic | 86% |
IA | State Senate - 18 | Janet Petersen | Democratic | 86% |
IA | State Senate - 25 | Herman Quirmbach | Democratic | 86% |
Amanda Ragan | 86% | |||
Brian Schoenjahn | 86% | |||
Joe Seng | 86% | |||
Steve Sodders | 86% | |||
Rich Taylor | 86% | |||
Mary Jo Wilhelm | 86% | |||
Marti Anderson | 78% | |||
IA | State House - 33 | Ruth Ann Gaines | Democratic | 78% |
Mary Gaskill | 78% | |||
Lisa Heddens | 78% | |||
Bruce Hunter | 78% | |||
IA | State House - 72 | Charles Isenhart | Democratic | 78% |
Anesa Kajtazovic | 78% | |||
Jerry Kearns | 78% | |||
Mary Mascher | 78% | |||
Pat Murphy | 78% | |||
Jo Oldson | 78% | |||
IA | Council Member - At-Large | Tyler Olson | Democratic | 78% |
Scott Ourth | 78% | |||
Kirsten Running-Marquardt | 78% | |||
Mark Smith | 78% | |||
IA | State House - 59 | Sharon Steckman | Democratic | 78% |
Phyllis Thede | 78% | |||
IA | State House - 49 | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democratic | 78% |
IA | State House - 34 | Ako Abdul-Samad | Democratic | 67% |
Robert Bacon | 67% | |||
Chip Baltimore | 67% | |||
Clel Baudler | 67% | |||
Bruce Bearinger | 67% | |||
Mark Brandenburg | 67% | |||
Dennis Cohoon | 67% | |||
IA | State Senate - 8 | Mark Costello | Republican | 67% |
Peter Cownie | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 51 | Dave Deyoe | Republican | 67% |
Cecil Dolecheck | 67% | |||
Jack Drake | 67% | |||
Nancy Dunkel | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 53 | Dean Fisher | Republican | 67% |
IA | State House - 44 | John Forbes | Democratic | 67% |
Greg Forristall | 67% | |||
Tedd Gassman | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 57 | Patrick Grassley | Republican | 67% |
IA | State House - 22 | Stan Gustafson | Republican | 67% |
Chris Hagenow | 67% | |||
Chris Hall | 67% | |||
Curt Hanson | 67% | |||
Mary Ann Hanusa | 67% | |||
Greg Heartsill | 67% | |||
David Heaton | 67% | |||
Lee Hein | 67% | |||
Jake Highfill | 67% | |||
Daniel Huseman | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 86 | Dave Jacoby | Democratic | 67% |
Ron Jorgensen | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 82 | Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | 67% |
Dan Kelley | 67% | |||
Jarad Klein | 67% | |||
Kevin Koester | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 75 | Bob Kressig | Democratic | 67% |
John Landon | 67% | |||
Vicki Lensing | 67% | |||
IA | State Senate - 48 | Mark Lofgren | Republican | 67% |
Daniel Lundby | 67% | |||
Jim Lykam | 67% | |||
David Maxwell | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 29 | Brian Meyer | Democratic | 67% |
Linda Miller | 67% | |||
IA | State House - 39 | Rick Olson | Democratic | 67% |
Steven Olson | 67% | |||
Kraig Paulsen | 67% | |||
Dawn Pettengill | 67% | |||
Todd Prichard | 67% | |||
Henry Rayhons | 67% | |||
Joe Riding | 67% | |||
Walt Rogers | 67% | |||
Patti Ruff | 67% | |||
IA | State Senate - 29 | Sandy Salmon | Republican | 67% |
IA | State Senate - 6 | Jason Schultz | Republican | 67% |
Tom Shaw | 67% | |||
Larry Sheets | 67% | |||
Jeff Smith | 67% | |||
Chuck Soderberg | 67% |