Senate District 47
Registration: D 11607, R 14331, N 15918, total 41891, R +2724
Incumbent: Roby Smith, R-Davenport; holdover seat
Two
consecutive incumbents have been knocked off in primaries here. In
2006, longtime moderate Maggie Tinsman lost to newcomer Dave Hartsuch,
who then BARELY won the general over Phyllis Thede. Hartsuch lost a
landslide to Bruce Braley in the 2008 congressional race, then lost his
2010 primary. The winner was Roby Smith, who had lost a 2006 House race
one district to the west.
Democrats were optimistic enough that
they, too, had a primary. Phyllis Thede's husband David was favored, but
lost a bit of an upset to Richard Clewell. In retrospect, Democratic
hopes to win this seat probably vanished when Hartsuch lost the primary,
as Smith handily won the general with 59%.
The lines change
little. Bettendorf (along with the enclaved cities of Riverdale and
Panorama Park) remains whole and remains the anchor. of the seat The
district gains about 800 Republicans.
House District 93
Registration: D 6383, R 6239, N 7496, total 20139, D +144
Incumbent: Phyllis Thede, D-Bettendorf
Thede
came back after her narrow Senate loss to beat Jamie Van Fossen (the
son) 56-44% in 2008. Republicans made a serious comeback effort in 2010
with former Davenport city council member Carla Batchelor, but Thede
held on by 233 votes.
Given that margin, the line changes are
significant, as Thede loses more than half of what had been an 1145
Democratic registration edge. But she drew a weak Republican opponent in
Mark Nelson, last seen on a ballot as the 2006 Libertarian nominee for
lieutenant governor.
July 19 Campaign Finance Report: Thede for Iowa, Mark Nelson For Iowa Thede has $4,940.69 in the bank, not a lot for an incumbent. Nelson ha $2,740.61.
House District 94
Registration: D 5224, R 8092, N 8422, total 21752, R +2868
Incumbent: Linda Miller, R-Bettendorf
Miller
knocked off moderate Joe Hutter in the same 2006 primary where Hartsuch
teabagged Tinsman to death. She beat Hutter (as an independent) again
in the general with no Democrat running.
Miller had no opposition in 2008 or 2010, but this cycle draws her first ever Democratic opponent: attorney Maria Bribriesco.
This
is still basically the Bettendorf district, though a slightly bigger
piece gets carved out; at 33,217 population, Bettendorf is just a little
too big for The District Draws Itself. Miller picks up the northwest
part of Davenport from Thede, and Pleasant Valley Township east of the
city limits. This gives her a slightly stronger GOP registration edge.
July 19 Campaign Finance Report: Concerned Citizens for Miller, Maria Bribriesco for Iowa Miller leads Bribriesco in cash on hand, $32,471.14 to $8,133.12.
Senate District 47, House District 93 & 94: District of the Day 1 - 6/28/2011 | District of the Day 2 - 3/17/2012
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
District Of The Day Reboot: Iowa Senate District 47, Iowa House District 93 & 94
Senate District 47
Registration: D 13692, R 16280, N 19609, total 49623, R +2588
Incumbent: Roby Smith, R-Davenport; holdover seat
In Bettendorf and east Davenport, the Republican primary has been the big deal, as two consecutive incumbents have been knocked off in this district. In 2006, longtime moderate Maggie Tinsman lost to newcomer Dave Hartsuch, who then BARELY won the general over Phyllis Thede. Hartsuch quickly established himself as the Senate's leading hard-right crazy, and lost a landslide to Bruce Braley in the 2008 congressional race. (He was pointedly excluded from John McCain's October `08 visit to the QC.)
In 2010 it was Hartsuch who lost his primary, thus giving him the David Levy No-prize as the only Republican incumbent who sought re-election and failed, as no GOP incumbents lost in the general. (Democrats did, however, pick up one OPEN House seat, Dan Muhlbauer in Carroll.)
The winner was Roby Smith, who had lost a 2006 House race one district to the west. The primary with Hartsuch was more a matter of emphasis than actual policy differences; Hartsuch was about social issues while Smith was about Business.
Democrats were optimistic enough that they, too, had a primary. Phyllis Thede's husband David was favored, but lost a bit of an upset to Richard Clewell. In retrospect, Democratic hopes to win this seat probably vanished when Hartsuch lost the primary, as Smith handily won the general with 59%.
The lines change little. Bettendorf (along with the enclaved cities of Riverdale and Panorama Park) remains whole and remains the anchor. In Davenport, the lines remain Brady (Highway 61) for the most part. Pleasant Valley Township is added to the east of Bettendorf. the district gains about 800 Republicans, which could be useful for the party if Smith gets primaried from the right...
Campaign finance reports: Smith for Senate
House District 93
Registration: D 7678, R 7322, N 9613, total 24639, D +356
Incumbent: Phyllis Thede, D-Bettendorf
David Thede's 2010 Senate primary loss precluded the chance that Iowa would see its first husband and wife legislative team since the Republican Hesters (Senator Jack and Representative Joan) left office in 1994. As noted, Phyllis had run for the Senate seat in 2006, falling just 436 votes short of Hartsuch. In 2008 she set her sights on the House and finished off another two-legislator family, the Van Fossens. Jim, the dad, had lost to Elesha Gayman in 2006. Phyllis beat Jamie Van Fossen, the son, 56-44.
Republicans made a serious comeback effort in 2010 with former Davenport city council member Carla Batchelor, but Thede held on by 233 votes. Given that margin, the line changes are significant, as Thede loses more than half of what had been an 1145 Democratic registration edge. Thede's district shifts east, losing part of downtown Davenport and everything north of 53rd Street, and picking up a bigger piece of west Bettendorf.
This year, Davenport tea partier Mark Nelson has the Republican line on the ballot. Nelson was the 2006 Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor.
Campaign finance reports: Thede for Iowa Families
House District 94
Registration: D 6014, R 8958, N 9996, total 24984, R +2944
Incumbent: Linda Miller, R-Bettendorf
The Republican primary doesn't always settle things in Bettendorf. After Linda Miller knocked off moderate Joe Hutter in the same 2006 primary where Hartsuch teabagged Tinsman to death, Hutter continued his re-election bid as an independent. Democrats didn't have a horse in that race, which Miller won easily. She had no opposition in 2008 or 2010.
But this year Miller gets her first ever Democratic opponent: attorney Maria Bribriesco.
This is still basically the Bettendorf district, though a slightly bigger piece gets carved out; at 33,217 population, Bettendorf is just a little too big for The District Draws Itself. Miller picks up the northwest part of Davenport from Thede, and Pleasant Valley Township east of the city limits. This gives her a slightly stronger GOP registration edge.
Campaign finance reports: Concerned Citizens for Miller
Original post 6/28/2011 Statewide Map: Front | Back (with City Insets) | Old Senate, House
Registration: D 13692, R 16280, N 19609, total 49623, R +2588
Incumbent: Roby Smith, R-Davenport; holdover seat
In Bettendorf and east Davenport, the Republican primary has been the big deal, as two consecutive incumbents have been knocked off in this district. In 2006, longtime moderate Maggie Tinsman lost to newcomer Dave Hartsuch, who then BARELY won the general over Phyllis Thede. Hartsuch quickly established himself as the Senate's leading hard-right crazy, and lost a landslide to Bruce Braley in the 2008 congressional race. (He was pointedly excluded from John McCain's October `08 visit to the QC.)
In 2010 it was Hartsuch who lost his primary, thus giving him the David Levy No-prize as the only Republican incumbent who sought re-election and failed, as no GOP incumbents lost in the general. (Democrats did, however, pick up one OPEN House seat, Dan Muhlbauer in Carroll.)
The winner was Roby Smith, who had lost a 2006 House race one district to the west. The primary with Hartsuch was more a matter of emphasis than actual policy differences; Hartsuch was about social issues while Smith was about Business.
Democrats were optimistic enough that they, too, had a primary. Phyllis Thede's husband David was favored, but lost a bit of an upset to Richard Clewell. In retrospect, Democratic hopes to win this seat probably vanished when Hartsuch lost the primary, as Smith handily won the general with 59%.
The lines change little. Bettendorf (along with the enclaved cities of Riverdale and Panorama Park) remains whole and remains the anchor. In Davenport, the lines remain Brady (Highway 61) for the most part. Pleasant Valley Township is added to the east of Bettendorf. the district gains about 800 Republicans, which could be useful for the party if Smith gets primaried from the right...
Campaign finance reports: Smith for Senate
House District 93
Registration: D 7678, R 7322, N 9613, total 24639, D +356
Incumbent: Phyllis Thede, D-Bettendorf
David Thede's 2010 Senate primary loss precluded the chance that Iowa would see its first husband and wife legislative team since the Republican Hesters (Senator Jack and Representative Joan) left office in 1994. As noted, Phyllis had run for the Senate seat in 2006, falling just 436 votes short of Hartsuch. In 2008 she set her sights on the House and finished off another two-legislator family, the Van Fossens. Jim, the dad, had lost to Elesha Gayman in 2006. Phyllis beat Jamie Van Fossen, the son, 56-44.
Republicans made a serious comeback effort in 2010 with former Davenport city council member Carla Batchelor, but Thede held on by 233 votes. Given that margin, the line changes are significant, as Thede loses more than half of what had been an 1145 Democratic registration edge. Thede's district shifts east, losing part of downtown Davenport and everything north of 53rd Street, and picking up a bigger piece of west Bettendorf.
This year, Davenport tea partier Mark Nelson has the Republican line on the ballot. Nelson was the 2006 Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor.
Campaign finance reports: Thede for Iowa Families
House District 94
Registration: D 6014, R 8958, N 9996, total 24984, R +2944
Incumbent: Linda Miller, R-Bettendorf
The Republican primary doesn't always settle things in Bettendorf. After Linda Miller knocked off moderate Joe Hutter in the same 2006 primary where Hartsuch teabagged Tinsman to death, Hutter continued his re-election bid as an independent. Democrats didn't have a horse in that race, which Miller won easily. She had no opposition in 2008 or 2010.
But this year Miller gets her first ever Democratic opponent: attorney Maria Bribriesco.
This is still basically the Bettendorf district, though a slightly bigger piece gets carved out; at 33,217 population, Bettendorf is just a little too big for The District Draws Itself. Miller picks up the northwest part of Davenport from Thede, and Pleasant Valley Township east of the city limits. This gives her a slightly stronger GOP registration edge.
Campaign finance reports: Concerned Citizens for Miller
Original post 6/28/2011 Statewide Map: Front | Back (with City Insets) | Old Senate, House
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Day 2 of Filing
The festival of filing continued today at the Secretary of State's office, with a few more names that I'd somehow missed:
Davenport tea partier Mark Nelson, who was the 2006 Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor. He's now on the ballot as a Republican in House District 93, a swing seat held by two term Democrat Phyllis Thede.
In another new-to-me filing, Imogene farmer Mark Costello filed in empty House District 23 in the state's southwest corner.
Republican Dean Fisher of Garwin is the first name to surface in Tama-based House District 72, where GOP incumbent Lance Horbach announced his retirement before the map even came out.
Larry Sheets of Moulton filed in House District 80, centered in Monroe County with no incumbent. Democrat Joe Judge is running here.
Bloomfield's James Johnson, last spotted on Team Bachmann, is on the ballot for House 82, now held by Fairfield Democrat Curt Hanson.
Two Republicans who lost 2010 primaries are making another try. Waterloo Republican Lyn Tackett in House District 61 lost to former mayor John Rooff, who in turn lost to Anesa Kajtazovic in November. Home schooler Sandy Salmon filed in Bremer based no-incumbent House 63, where Dems have recruited former senator Bill Heckroth.
In stuff I already expected:
Knoxville Democrat Dick Schrad filed in open Senate District 14, the seat ex-Republican leader Paul McKinley is vacating.
Clive minister Jeff Mullen filed today to challenge GOP incumbent* Pat Ward in Senate District 22. * = Ward moved into the seat to avoid a pair-up with Democrat Matt McCoy. About half of the district was her turf in the old map.
The first of FOUR expected Democrats in Senate District 42, Rich Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, has filed. That's the seat where longtime Democratic incumbent Gene Fraise is retiring.
Dan Zumbach of Ryan is the first Republican in for empty Senate District 48. This seat is also home to failed Battle of Marion Senate candidate Cindy Golding -- will she follow through here? UPDATE: Guess not: at last week's Linn Co GOP meeting Golding announced she was NOT running and backed Zumbach (thanks: Don McDowell) Dems are running Lisbon Rep. Nate Willems.
In House District 8, which had THREE incimbents on Map Day, we have a primary challenger, as minister Bob Dishman files. Dishman's looking to knock off the Republican left in the district, Henry Rayhons.
Tea party-ish Jim Carley filed in Altoona-based House District 30, where conservative crusader Kim Pearson is stepping down after just one term.
Davenport city council member Bill Edmonds (R) filed to challenge Democrat Jim Lykam in House District 93.
Routine incumbent filing was led by Senate GOP leader Jerry Behn in Senate District 24. In not-so-routine incumbent filing, Sioux City freshman Republican Jeremy Taylor filed for House District 13. He's expected to face first-term Democrat Chris Hall in the only two-incumbent House general election matchup.
Other incumbents who stopped by:
Republican Randy Feenstra has the reddest seat in the Senate, District 2; went completely unopposed for his first term, both general AND primary, in 2008.
Half-term GOP Sen. Joni Ernst won a January 2011 special to replace Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. Now on significantly changed but still solidly red turf, she filed for a first full term in Senate District 12.
Fellow GOP Senator Tim Kapucian is also on significantly changed turf in Senate District 38, except his seat got a lot more Democratic.
Safe northwest Republican Chuck Soderberg is in for another term in House District 5
Stand your ground: Missouri Valley's Matt Windschitl constitutionally filed for a fourth term in House District 17
Osceola freshman Joel Fry for a second term in House District 27
Peter Cownie of West Des Moines in House District 42
First term Republican Bob Hager filed in Allamakee-Clayton based House 56.
Two freshman House Republicans avoid redistricting pair-ups. Guy Vander Linden filed in Pella-Oskaloosa House 79, where Jim Van Engelenhoeven retired. Lee Hein of Monticello moved back into his district, House 96; his house was in House 58 where Brian Moore is staying and running.
Dubuque's Pat Murphy, who as then-Speaker got a close call in 2010, is looking for another term in House 99.
Davenport tea partier Mark Nelson, who was the 2006 Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor. He's now on the ballot as a Republican in House District 93, a swing seat held by two term Democrat Phyllis Thede.
In another new-to-me filing, Imogene farmer Mark Costello filed in empty House District 23 in the state's southwest corner.
Republican Dean Fisher of Garwin is the first name to surface in Tama-based House District 72, where GOP incumbent Lance Horbach announced his retirement before the map even came out.
Larry Sheets of Moulton filed in House District 80, centered in Monroe County with no incumbent. Democrat Joe Judge is running here.
Bloomfield's James Johnson, last spotted on Team Bachmann, is on the ballot for House 82, now held by Fairfield Democrat Curt Hanson.
Two Republicans who lost 2010 primaries are making another try. Waterloo Republican Lyn Tackett in House District 61 lost to former mayor John Rooff, who in turn lost to Anesa Kajtazovic in November. Home schooler Sandy Salmon filed in Bremer based no-incumbent House 63, where Dems have recruited former senator Bill Heckroth.
In stuff I already expected:
Knoxville Democrat Dick Schrad filed in open Senate District 14, the seat ex-Republican leader Paul McKinley is vacating.
Clive minister Jeff Mullen filed today to challenge GOP incumbent* Pat Ward in Senate District 22. * = Ward moved into the seat to avoid a pair-up with Democrat Matt McCoy. About half of the district was her turf in the old map.
The first of FOUR expected Democrats in Senate District 42, Rich Taylor of Mt. Pleasant, has filed. That's the seat where longtime Democratic incumbent Gene Fraise is retiring.
Dan Zumbach of Ryan is the first Republican in for empty Senate District 48. This seat is also home to failed Battle of Marion Senate candidate Cindy Golding -- will she follow through here? UPDATE: Guess not: at last week's Linn Co GOP meeting Golding announced she was NOT running and backed Zumbach (thanks: Don McDowell) Dems are running Lisbon Rep. Nate Willems.
In House District 8, which had THREE incimbents on Map Day, we have a primary challenger, as minister Bob Dishman files. Dishman's looking to knock off the Republican left in the district, Henry Rayhons.
Tea party-ish Jim Carley filed in Altoona-based House District 30, where conservative crusader Kim Pearson is stepping down after just one term.
Davenport city council member Bill Edmonds (R) filed to challenge Democrat Jim Lykam in House District 93.
Routine incumbent filing was led by Senate GOP leader Jerry Behn in Senate District 24. In not-so-routine incumbent filing, Sioux City freshman Republican Jeremy Taylor filed for House District 13. He's expected to face first-term Democrat Chris Hall in the only two-incumbent House general election matchup.
Other incumbents who stopped by:
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