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Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

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State Office Name Party Rating
Bruce Hunter 79%
Donald Shoultz 79%
IA State Senate - 25 Herman Quirmbach Democratic 75%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 71%
Pam Jochum 71%
Vicki Lensing 71%
Mary Mascher 71%
IA State House - 39 Rick Olson Democratic 64%
IA State House - 49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell Democratic 64%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler Democratic 64%
Joseph Bolkcom 63%
Romaine Foege 57%
Rich Taylor 57%
Todd Taylor 57%
Deborah Berry 50%
Michael Connolly 50%
Jeff Danielson 50%
Wayne Ford 50%
Jack Hatch 50%
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby Democratic 50%
Steve Kettering 50%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn Democratic 50%
Roger Wendt 50%
Mark Zieman 50%
Ray Zirkelbach 50%
Polly Bukta 43%
Mark Davitt 43%
Marcella Frevert 43%
Rob Hogg 43%
IA State House - 75 Bob Kressig Democratic 43%
Helen Miller 43%
Pat Murphy 43%
Jo Oldson 43%
Donovan Olson 43%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen Democratic 43%
Dawn Pettengill 43%
Nathan Reichert 43%
Thomas Schueller 43%
Mark Smith 43%
John Whitaker 43%
Wesley Whitead 43%
Philip Wise 43%
Jeff Angelo 37%
Daryl Beall 37%
Jerry Behn 37%
Dennis Black 37%
Nancy Boettger 37%
IA Supervisor - 1 Robert John Brunkhorst Republican 37%
Dick Dearden 37%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. Democratic 37%
Robert Dvorsky 37%
Michael Gronstal 37%
Jim Hahn 37%
Tom Hancock 37%
Wally Horn 37%
Hubert Houser 37%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 37%
David Johnson 37%
John Kibbie 37%
Keith Kreiman 37%
Jeffrey Lamberti 37%
Charles Larson, Jr. 37%
Mary Lundby 37%
Larry McKibben 37%
Paul McKinley 37%
David Miller 37%
Dave Mulder 37%
John Putney 37%
Amanda Ragan 37%
Thomas Rielly 37%
Brian Schoenjahn 37%
Joe Seng 37%
James Seymour 37%
Doug Shull 37%
Roger Stewart 37%
Margaret Tinsman 37%
Pat Ward 37%
Steven Warnstadt 37%
Ron Wieck 37%
Frank Wood 37%
Brad Zaun 37%
Dennis Cohoon 36%
Mary Gaskill 36%
Geri Huser 36%
Kurt Swaim 36%
Roger Thomas 36%
Richard Anderson 29%
Paul Bell 29%
Swati Dandekar 29%
George Eichhorn 29%
Jeffrey Elgin 29%
Charles Gipp 29%
Polly Granzow 29%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Lisa Heddens Democratic 29%
G. Willard Jenkins 29%
Jim Lykam 29%
Mike May 29%
Kevin McCarthy 29%
Michael Reasoner 29%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 29%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bruce Hunter 79%
Donald Shoultz 79%
IA State Senate - 25 Herman Quirmbach D 75%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 71%
Pam Jochum 71%
Vicki Lensing 71%
Mary Mascher 71%
IA State House - 39 Rick Olson D 64%
IA State House - 49 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell D 64%
IA State Senate - 49 Cindy Winckler D 64%
Joseph Bolkcom 63%
Romaine Foege 57%
Rich Taylor 57%
Todd Taylor 57%
Deborah Berry 50%
Michael Connolly 50%
Jeff Danielson 50%
Wayne Ford 50%
Jack Hatch 50%
IA State House - 86 Dave Jacoby D 50%
Steve Kettering 50%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Mark Kuhn D 50%
Roger Wendt 50%
Mark Zieman 50%
Ray Zirkelbach 50%
Polly Bukta 43%
Mark Davitt 43%
Marcella Frevert 43%
Rob Hogg 43%
IA State House - 75 Bob Kressig D 43%
Helen Miller 43%
Pat Murphy 43%
Jo Oldson 43%
Donovan Olson 43%
IA State Senate - 18 Janet Petersen D 43%
Dawn Pettengill 43%
Nathan Reichert 43%
Thomas Schueller 43%
Mark Smith 43%
John Whitaker 43%
Wesley Whitead 43%
Philip Wise 43%
Jeff Angelo 37%
Daryl Beall 37%
Jerry Behn 37%
Dennis Black 37%
Nancy Boettger 37%
IA Supervisor - 1 Robert John Brunkhorst R 37%
Dick Dearden 37%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. D 37%
Robert Dvorsky 37%
Michael Gronstal 37%
Jim Hahn 37%
Tom Hancock 37%
Wally Horn 37%
Hubert Houser 37%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 37%
David Johnson 37%
John Kibbie 37%
Keith Kreiman 37%
Jeffrey Lamberti 37%
Charles Larson, Jr. 37%
Mary Lundby 37%
Larry McKibben 37%
Paul McKinley 37%
David Miller 37%
Dave Mulder 37%
John Putney 37%
Amanda Ragan 37%
Thomas Rielly 37%
Brian Schoenjahn 37%
Joe Seng 37%
James Seymour 37%
Doug Shull 37%
Roger Stewart 37%
Margaret Tinsman 37%
Pat Ward 37%
Steven Warnstadt 37%
Ron Wieck 37%
Frank Wood 37%
Brad Zaun 37%
Dennis Cohoon 36%
Mary Gaskill 36%
Geri Huser 36%
Kurt Swaim 36%
Roger Thomas 36%
Richard Anderson 29%
Paul Bell 29%
Swati Dandekar 29%
George Eichhorn 29%
Jeffrey Elgin 29%
Charles Gipp 29%
Polly Granzow 29%
IA Supervisor - At-Large Lisa Heddens D 29%
G. Willard Jenkins 29%
Jim Lykam 29%
Mike May 29%
Kevin McCarthy 29%
Michael Reasoner 29%
Paul Shomshor, Jr. 29%
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