Tag: iowa
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Iowa State Senate special election called
A new state legislative special election has been added to our list. The special election is for the District 1 seat in the Iowa State Senate on Dec. 14, 2021. There is no primary, and the filing deadline is on Nov. 19.
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Iowa, Massachusetts enact new district maps
Iowa enacted new congressional and state legislative maps, and Massachusetts enacted new state legislative maps, on Nov. 4. Nationwide, legislative redistricting has been completed for 444 of 1,972 state Senate seats (22.5%) and 1,243 of 5,411 state House seats (23.0%). In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed new congressional and state legislative maps into law…
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Challenger defeats two-term incumbent for Des Moines city council seat
On Nov. 2, Indira Dixon Sheumaker defeated Councilman Bill Gray and Marcus Coenen in the general election for the Ward 1 position on the Des Moines, Iowa, City Council. Dixon Sheumaker received 46.4 of the vote while Gray received 36.3% and Coenen received 16.8%. Gray was first elected to the council in 2014. According to WHO13,…
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Voters flip Iowa House seat to Republican in Oct. 12 special election
A special general election was held for Iowa House of Representatives District 29 on Oct. 12. Jon Dunwell (R) won the special election with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Steve Mullan (D). The special election was called after Wesley Breckenridge (D) resigned to take a job with the Iowa Law Enforcement Agency on Sept. 10.…
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Candidates set for Iowa House 29 special election
Candidates interested in running in the special election for Iowa House of Representatives District 29 had until Sept. 28 to file. The general election is scheduled for Oct. 12. The Democratic candidate is Steve Mullan, and the Republican candidate is Jon Dunwell. The special election was called after Wesley Breckenridge (D) resigned to take a…
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Special election for vacant Iowa House seat called for October
A special election has been called to fill the vacant Iowa House of Representatives seat in District 29. The seat became vacant on Sept. 10 when former state Rep. Wesley Breckenridge (D) resigned to take a job with the Iowa Law Enforcement Agency. The special election is scheduled for Oct. 12. The candidate filing deadline…
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Redistricting Roundup: Ohio Redistricting Commission approves state legislative redistricting maps by party-line vote
Here’s a summary of the week’s noteworthy redistricting news from Iowa and Ohio, and authorities in seven states released draft congressional or legislative maps: Ohio: The Ohio Redistricting Commission approved new state legislative district maps by a 5-2 party-line vote on Sept. 9. If the Commission files those maps with the secretary of state, they…
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Kirsten Engel, Wesley Breckenridge resign from state legislatures
Two Democrats, Kirsten Engel and Wesley Breckenridge, resigned from their state legislatures on Sept. 8 and 10, respectively. Senator Engel represented Arizona Senate District 10 from Jan. 11, 2021, to Sept. 8, 2021, while Rep. Breckenridge represented Iowa House District 29 from 2017 to 2021. Engel resigned to focus on her 2022 campaign for Arizona’s…
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Special election to be held in Iowa state House district on Sept. 14
A special election is being held on Sept. 14 to fill a vacant seat in District 37 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Andrea Phillips (D) and Mike Bousselot (R) are running in the special election. Both candidates were selected to run in the special election by their respective political parties in conventions. The winner…
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Redistricting Roundup: Colorado redistricting commission releases new proposed congressional maps
Here’s a summary of the week’s noteworthy redistricting news from Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, and Texas. Colorado: The Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission staff released a proposed congressional district map on Sept. 3. This is the first proposed map the commission released since the U.S. Census Bureau distributed block-level data from the 2020 census to states on…