Senate District 3
Registration: D 9410, R 16356, N 13160, total 38958, R +6946
Incumbent: Bill Anderson, R-Pierson; holdover seat
Anderson
won easily in 2010 when Ron Weick retired after being overthrown as
Senate GOP leader after one session. The new seat keeps south Sioux
City, but then wraps around the rest of the city to pick up most of
Plymouth County. As a result the seat gets a little more Republican.
House District 5
Registration: D 4134, R 9277, N 6954, total 20381, R +5143
Incumbent: Chuck Soderberg, R-Le Mars, unopposed
A
Democrat lost three to one in 2008, the last time Soderberg saw an
opponent. Soderberg loses more than 2000 Republicans in the new map, but
the seat is still solid red.
July 19 Campaign Finance Report: Soderberg for House
House District 6
Registration: D 5276, R 7079, N 6206, total 18577, R +1803
Incumbent: Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City, unopposed
House
freshman Jorgensen faced one of the highest profile primaries from
young conservative activist Matthew Ung, but won 56-44%. Ung seems like
to run for something again. Democrats made a game effort when the former
Chris Rants seat was open last cycle, but let it go this time.
Jorgensen gains a few rural townships and along with them a few hundred
Republicans.
July 19 Campaign Finance Report: Jorgensen for Iowa House
Senate District 3, House District 5 & 6: District of the Day 1 - 4/27/2011 | District of the Day 2 - 3/16/2012
The worst.
Showing posts with label Iowa House District 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa House District 6. Show all posts
Friday, August 17, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday's Clip Show
If individual mandate gets overturned? Time to go back and get single payer like we should have.
But we gotta win some elections first.
What else we got here:
Multiple reports on yesterday's Joe Seng nomination petition hearing, and the Iowa City council is sure to take offense:
In Sioux City, the Woodbury GOP chair is backing tea partyish primary challenger Matthew Ung over freshman incumbent Ron Jorgensen in House District 6.
If political scientists wrote the news it would look like this:
And as Newt Gingrich lays off staff but vows to go on to the convention, Jeff Greenfield offers the best assessment yet:
Now go away or Obama shall taunt you a second time.
But we gotta win some elections first.
What else we got here:
Part of this drama involves a handful of signatures collected at a bar called the Fibbin’ Fisherman Lounge in Corydon. The Ottumwa veterinarian who was in the establishment to get those signatures for Seng has said he had to buy “many rounds of drinks” to get people to sign those petitions.Team Seng's case seems to be, yeah we screwed up but put me on the ballot anyway.
“On a strict interpretation of that (election) statute we would fail. We don’t think that statute should be strict interpretation,” (attorney) Wonio said.Decision expected today.
At the same time, Obama's job approval rating fell to 48 percent. This isn't really news, though. Studies have shown that the biggest factor in a president's rating is economic performance. Connecting the minute blip in the polls with Obama's reluctance to emote or alleged failure to send enough boom to the Gulf is, frankly, absurd.
Democrats have also slipped in their standing among "independent voters." That phrase, by the way, is meaningless. Voters may self-identify as "independent" but in almost all cases they lean toward one party.
Gingrich's view of his current position reminds me of neither Harding nor Willkie. Instead, he evokes the Black Knight of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" fame. As his limbs are progressively hacked off, the knight declares "'tis but a scratch!" Then: "a flesh wound!" And finally: "Alright, we'll call it a draw."This analogy makes Mitt King Arthur, and the Democrats these guys:
Now go away or Obama shall taunt you a second time.
Friday, March 16, 2012
District Of The Day Reboot: Iowa Senate District 3, Iowa House District 5 & 6
Senate District 3
Registration: D 10429, R 16740, N 15045, total 42245, R +6311
Incumbent: Bill Anderson, R-Pierson; holdover seat
This seat opened up in 2010 when Ron Weick retired after being overthrown as Senate GOP leader after just one session. Adding to the indignity, Weick's chosen successor was pushed out of the race by ex-King/Grassley staffer Bill Anderson, who went on to a relatively easy general election win in old district 27.
The old seat included the southern end of Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff as half the district, then went northeast to Cherokee County (the old Dan Huseman house seat). Anderson's new seat keeps south Sioux City, but then wraps around the rest of the city to pick up most of Plymouth County. As a result the seat gets a little more Republican. Anderson, who hasn't made many waves yet, holds over till 2014.
Friends of Bill Anderson finance reports
House District 5
Registration: D 4487, R 9324, N 7725, total 21552, R +4837
Incumbent: Chuck Soderberg, R-Le Mars
Soderberg, 53, first went to the house in 2004 from old district 3 when Ralph Klemme retired, with a solid primary win and no general election opponent. Soderberg got a 2008 challenge by self-starter Democrat T.J. Templeton, who wasted a little on-line money and lost by more than three to one. No one bothered in 2010, and no Democrats is bothering yet in 2012.
Soderberg loses southern Sioux County, and Orange City, to Dwayne Alons, and instead gets rural parts of north and west Woodbury. He loses more than 2000 Republicans as a result, but the seat is still solid red.
Charles Soderberg for House finance reports
House District 6
Registration: D 5942, R 7416, N 7320, total 20693, R +1474
Incumbent: Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City - primary challenge
This was the Chris Rants seat till he left, with a brief run for governor, in 2010. Jorgensen took over old district 54, defeating `08 Rants opponent Carlos Venable-Ridley with relative ease. Jorgensen keeps roughly the same south chunk of Sioux City (the line moves a few blocks south in places) and gains a few rural townships and along with them a few hundred Republicans.
Primary challenger Matthew Ung of Sioux City is young, teapartyish, and writes letters to the editor in bulk. Unlikely... but should something weird happen, the seat is within reach for a Democrat. There isn't one yet.
Ronald Jorgensen for Iowa House finance reports
Original post 4/27/2011 Statewide Map: Front | Back (with City Insets) | Old Senate, House
Registration: D 10429, R 16740, N 15045, total 42245, R +6311
Incumbent: Bill Anderson, R-Pierson; holdover seat
This seat opened up in 2010 when Ron Weick retired after being overthrown as Senate GOP leader after just one session. Adding to the indignity, Weick's chosen successor was pushed out of the race by ex-King/Grassley staffer Bill Anderson, who went on to a relatively easy general election win in old district 27.
The old seat included the southern end of Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff as half the district, then went northeast to Cherokee County (the old Dan Huseman house seat). Anderson's new seat keeps south Sioux City, but then wraps around the rest of the city to pick up most of Plymouth County. As a result the seat gets a little more Republican. Anderson, who hasn't made many waves yet, holds over till 2014.
Friends of Bill Anderson finance reports
House District 5
Registration: D 4487, R 9324, N 7725, total 21552, R +4837
Incumbent: Chuck Soderberg, R-Le Mars
Soderberg, 53, first went to the house in 2004 from old district 3 when Ralph Klemme retired, with a solid primary win and no general election opponent. Soderberg got a 2008 challenge by self-starter Democrat T.J. Templeton, who wasted a little on-line money and lost by more than three to one. No one bothered in 2010, and no Democrats is bothering yet in 2012.
Soderberg loses southern Sioux County, and Orange City, to Dwayne Alons, and instead gets rural parts of north and west Woodbury. He loses more than 2000 Republicans as a result, but the seat is still solid red.
Charles Soderberg for House finance reports
House District 6
Registration: D 5942, R 7416, N 7320, total 20693, R +1474
Incumbent: Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City - primary challenge
This was the Chris Rants seat till he left, with a brief run for governor, in 2010. Jorgensen took over old district 54, defeating `08 Rants opponent Carlos Venable-Ridley with relative ease. Jorgensen keeps roughly the same south chunk of Sioux City (the line moves a few blocks south in places) and gains a few rural townships and along with them a few hundred Republicans.
Primary challenger Matthew Ung of Sioux City is young, teapartyish, and writes letters to the editor in bulk. Unlikely... but should something weird happen, the seat is within reach for a Democrat. There isn't one yet.
Ronald Jorgensen for Iowa House finance reports
Original post 4/27/2011 Statewide Map: Front | Back (with City Insets) | Old Senate, House
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Day 9 of Filing
The Republican 1st Congressional District primary is now official, as Rod Blum joins Ben Lange on the ballot.
That tops today's list of filing, but my local readers will be more interested in Dick Schwab. The Solon school board member filed in House District 73. He'll have a Democratic primary with former West Branch city council member David Johnson; the winner faces GOP incumbent Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton in a Democratic-leaning district.
We have two News To Me Republican primary challenges, in what's starting to look like a trend. Matthew Ung of Sioux City House District 6, held by fellow Republican Ron Jorgensen. He's young, he's teapartyish, he writes letters to the editor in bulk... he's Some Dude.
James Demichelis, Jr. of Chariton ran a a Democrat against Rich Arnold in 2008. This year he filed as a Republican and is challenging freshman Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola in House District 27. S - O - M - _, D - U - D - _ , can I buy an E.
In another GOP primary challenge, Kevin Wolfswinkel of Sibley is challenging Rep. Jeff Smith, R-Okoboji, in House District 1. Both filed today; Wolfswinkel seems to be running to the right.
Larry McKibben is officially on the comeback trail. The Marshalltown Republican filed today in Senate District 36. He'll have a primary with two-time unsuccessful House candidate Jane Jech. The winner will face McKibben's successor, Democrat Steve Sodders.
In the two year race for Senate District 49, Dorothy O'Brien of Clinton joins Rita Hart on the Democratic primary ballot. Winner faces 2010 near-winner Andrew Naeve.
Burlington veteran Brad Bourn filed on the Republican line in Senate District 44. His challenge to Democratic incumbent Tom Courtney is steeper than Snake Alley.
Altoona city council member Joe Riding filed in open House District 30. He announced well before GOP incumbent Kim Pearson announced her retirement after one term.
Marshalltown Republican Allen Burt filed in House 71 against Democratic incumbent Mark Smith.
Sioux City freshman Democrat Chris Hall filed in House District 13. He'll face Republican freshman Jeremy Taylor in the only two incumbent matchup on the House side in November.
Significant non-filing news today:
Sac and Fox tribal executive Christina Blackcloud-Garcia announced in open Tama County based House District 72, where Republican Lance Horbach is retiring.
In open Senate District 42, Fort Madison mayor Steve Ireland is dropping out of the Democratic primary. This leaves three Democrats in the running for Gene Fraise's open seat: Bob Morawitz and Donna Amandus, both of Fort Madison, and Rich Taylor of Mount Pleasant. Winner faces Republican Larry Kruse in a good Democratic seat.
And in open Senate District 6, where Republican Steve Kettering is retiring, Carroll's Douglas Burns reports:
Routine incumbent filings on Day 9:
Gary Worthan, R-Storm Lake, in House District 11
Greg Forristall, R-Macedonia, in House District 22
Brian Quirk, D-New Hampton, in House District 52
Tyler Olson, D-Cedar Rapids, in House District 65
Todd Taylor, D-Cedar Rapids, in House District 70
Mary Wolfe, D-Clinton in House District 98
That tops today's list of filing, but my local readers will be more interested in Dick Schwab. The Solon school board member filed in House District 73. He'll have a Democratic primary with former West Branch city council member David Johnson; the winner faces GOP incumbent Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton in a Democratic-leaning district.
We have two News To Me Republican primary challenges, in what's starting to look like a trend. Matthew Ung of Sioux City House District 6, held by fellow Republican Ron Jorgensen. He's young, he's teapartyish, he writes letters to the editor in bulk... he's Some Dude.
James Demichelis, Jr. of Chariton ran a a Democrat against Rich Arnold in 2008. This year he filed as a Republican and is challenging freshman Rep. Joel Fry, R-Osceola in House District 27. S - O - M - _, D - U - D - _ , can I buy an E.
In another GOP primary challenge, Kevin Wolfswinkel of Sibley is challenging Rep. Jeff Smith, R-Okoboji, in House District 1. Both filed today; Wolfswinkel seems to be running to the right.
Larry McKibben is officially on the comeback trail. The Marshalltown Republican filed today in Senate District 36. He'll have a primary with two-time unsuccessful House candidate Jane Jech. The winner will face McKibben's successor, Democrat Steve Sodders.
In the two year race for Senate District 49, Dorothy O'Brien of Clinton joins Rita Hart on the Democratic primary ballot. Winner faces 2010 near-winner Andrew Naeve.
Burlington veteran Brad Bourn filed on the Republican line in Senate District 44. His challenge to Democratic incumbent Tom Courtney is steeper than Snake Alley.
Altoona city council member Joe Riding filed in open House District 30. He announced well before GOP incumbent Kim Pearson announced her retirement after one term.
Marshalltown Republican Allen Burt filed in House 71 against Democratic incumbent Mark Smith.
Sioux City freshman Democrat Chris Hall filed in House District 13. He'll face Republican freshman Jeremy Taylor in the only two incumbent matchup on the House side in November.
Significant non-filing news today:
Sac and Fox tribal executive Christina Blackcloud-Garcia announced in open Tama County based House District 72, where Republican Lance Horbach is retiring.
In open Senate District 42, Fort Madison mayor Steve Ireland is dropping out of the Democratic primary. This leaves three Democrats in the running for Gene Fraise's open seat: Bob Morawitz and Donna Amandus, both of Fort Madison, and Rich Taylor of Mount Pleasant. Winner faces Republican Larry Kruse in a good Democratic seat.
And in open Senate District 6, where Republican Steve Kettering is retiring, Carroll's Douglas Burns reports:
Carroll Democrat Mary Bruner, a candidate for the new Iowa Senate District 6, is getting positive press in the northern part of the newly drawn political territory on a crucial issue: dredging in Storm Lake.Significantly, Burns also says: "Carroll County Republicans, working with Gov. Terry Branstad and other party leaders, have sought to recruit candidates from Carroll County but have been turned down by at least two well-known Carroll residents who would have been strong contenders." The combination of a solid candidate, family ties -- was I just saying I hope Gronstal has a path to 26 that doesn't run through Oskaloosa? -- and Republican recruitment failure puts this seemingly unlikely western Iowa turf on the possible pickup list.
For years, The Storm Lake Times has aggressively advocated for improvements to the lake.
The newspaper in its Feb. 29 issue credited Bruner — who is a cousin of State Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs — with “interceding” on behalf of Storm Lake to secure $1.5 million in dredging funds for next year.
In other words, The Times, in one of its top front-page stories, is giving Bruner credit for doing Senate work before she’s even elected, a political boon for the Carroll banker in Buena Vista County.
Routine incumbent filings on Day 9:
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
District of the Day: Senate District 3, House District 5 and 6
District of the Day: Senate District 3, House District 5 and 6
The last time a Democrat was seen in Le Mars: Senator Obama gets some Blue Bunny.
Senate District 3
Registration: D 9848, R 15,607, N 13,790, total 39,274, R+ 5759
Incumbent: Bill Anderson, R-Pierson
It's a common theme in legislative politics: people who lose leadership fights tend to retire soon after. Sioux City Republican Ron Weick was Senate minority leader for one session in 2008, but got overthrown soon after the election by Paul McKinley.
Adding to the indignity, when Weick retired in 2010, his chosen successor was pushed out of the race by ex-King/Grassley staffer Bill Anderson, who went on to a relatively easy general election win in old district 27.
The old seat included the southern end of Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff as half the district, then went northeast to Cherokee County (the old Dan Huseman house seat). Anderson's new seat keeps south Sioux City, but then wraps around the rest of the city to pick up most of Plymouth County. As a result the seat gets a little more Republican. Anderson holds over till 2014.
House District 5
Registration: D 4426, R 8975, N 7421, total 20837, R+ 4549
Incumbent: Chuck Soderberg, R-Le Mars
Soderberg, 53, first went to the house in 2004 from old district 3 when Ralph Klemme retired, with a solid primary win and no general election opponent. Soderberg got a 2008 challenge by self-starter Democrat T.J. Templeton, who wasted a little on-line money and lost by more than three to one. No one bothered in 2010.
Soderberg (seen yesterday floor-managing the nuclear power plant bill) loses southern Sioux County, and Orange City, to Dwayne Alons, and instead gets rural parts of north and west Woodbury. He loses more than 2000 Republicans as a result, but the seat is still solid red.
House District 6
Registration: D 5422, R 6632, N 6369, total 18437, R+ 1210
Incumbent: Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City
What was I saying about overthrown legislative leaders stepping down? After Kraig Paulsen ousted Christopher Rants as Republican House leader, Rants left, with a brief stab at a run for governor on the way out.
Our first district that's basically urban, this was the Rants seat till last year when Jorgensen took over old district 54, defeating `08 Rants opponent Carlos Venable-Ridley with relative ease. Jorgensen, 53, keeps roughly the same south chunk of Sioux City (the line moves a few blocks south in places) and gains a few rural townships and along with them a few hundred Republicans.
New Map | New Map (Insets) | Old Map
The last time a Democrat was seen in Le Mars: Senator Obama gets some Blue Bunny.
Senate District 3
Registration: D 9848, R 15,607, N 13,790, total 39,274, R+ 5759
Incumbent: Bill Anderson, R-Pierson
It's a common theme in legislative politics: people who lose leadership fights tend to retire soon after. Sioux City Republican Ron Weick was Senate minority leader for one session in 2008, but got overthrown soon after the election by Paul McKinley.
Adding to the indignity, when Weick retired in 2010, his chosen successor was pushed out of the race by ex-King/Grassley staffer Bill Anderson, who went on to a relatively easy general election win in old district 27.
The old seat included the southern end of Sioux City and Sergeant Bluff as half the district, then went northeast to Cherokee County (the old Dan Huseman house seat). Anderson's new seat keeps south Sioux City, but then wraps around the rest of the city to pick up most of Plymouth County. As a result the seat gets a little more Republican. Anderson holds over till 2014.
House District 5
Registration: D 4426, R 8975, N 7421, total 20837, R+ 4549
Incumbent: Chuck Soderberg, R-Le Mars
Soderberg, 53, first went to the house in 2004 from old district 3 when Ralph Klemme retired, with a solid primary win and no general election opponent. Soderberg got a 2008 challenge by self-starter Democrat T.J. Templeton, who wasted a little on-line money and lost by more than three to one. No one bothered in 2010.
Soderberg (seen yesterday floor-managing the nuclear power plant bill) loses southern Sioux County, and Orange City, to Dwayne Alons, and instead gets rural parts of north and west Woodbury. He loses more than 2000 Republicans as a result, but the seat is still solid red.
House District 6
Registration: D 5422, R 6632, N 6369, total 18437, R+ 1210
Incumbent: Ron Jorgensen, R-Sioux City
What was I saying about overthrown legislative leaders stepping down? After Kraig Paulsen ousted Christopher Rants as Republican House leader, Rants left, with a brief stab at a run for governor on the way out.
Our first district that's basically urban, this was the Rants seat till last year when Jorgensen took over old district 54, defeating `08 Rants opponent Carlos Venable-Ridley with relative ease. Jorgensen, 53, keeps roughly the same south chunk of Sioux City (the line moves a few blocks south in places) and gains a few rural townships and along with them a few hundred Republicans.
New Map | New Map (Insets) | Old Map
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