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IOWA
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complete directory of Iowa candidates for Governor, State Cabinet,
United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle
... state political parties ... the official state election office
... and state news sources.

CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): March 19, 2010
Filing Deadline (Others): August 13, 2010
Primary: June 8, 2010
This
page was last updated on January 26, 2010

STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Chet
Culver (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Jonathan Narcisse (D/Independent)
- Ex-Des Moines School Board Member, Ex-Newspaper Publisher &
Ex- Polk County Democratic Co-Chair
Terry Branstad
(R) - Ex-Governor, Des Moines University President, Ex-Lt.
Governor & Ex-State Rep.
Chris Rants (R) - State
Rep. & Ex-State House Speaker
Rod Roberts (R) -
State Rep., Pastor & Iowa Churches of Christ Executive Director
Bob Vander Plaats (R)
- Businessman, Author, Ex-High School Principal, '02 Candidate
& '06 Lt. Gov. Nominee
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
(Note:
Governor & Lt. Governor candidates run on tickets in the General
Election.)
Patty
Judge (D)*
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Mike
Mauro (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
George Eichhorn (R)
- Ex-State Rep., Attorney & '08 US Sen. Candidate
Matt Schultz (R) -
Council Bluffs City Councilman & Attorney
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Tom Miller (D)*

STATE
AUDITOR:
Dave Vaudt (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
STATE
TREASURER:
Mike Fitzgerald (D)*
Dave Jamison (R) - Story
County Treasurer, GOP Activist & USMC Veteran
SECRETARY
OF AGRICULTURE:
Bill
Northey (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Francis Thicke
(D) - Dairy Farmer, Ex-State EPA Commissioner & Ex-USDA
Program Leader
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY:
State House (
Republican Caucus
- Democratic Caucus
)
State Senate
( Republican
Caucus - Democratic
Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
Chuck
Grassley (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Bill Salier (R) - Farmer, US Marine Corps Veteran, Conservative
Activist & '02 Candidate
Roxanne Conlin (D)
- Ex-US Attorney & '82 Gov. Nominee
Tom Fiegen (D)
- Ex-State Sen., Attorney & College Professor
Bob Krause (D) - Ex-State
Rep., Ex-Waterloo School Board Member, Retired State Employee
& Army Veteran
Sal Mohamed (D)
- Engineer & Frequent Candidate

Tom
Harkin (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2014.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Bruce
Braley (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Rod Blum (R) - Software
Company Executive & Ex-Dubuque County GOP Chair
Jim Budde
(R) - Retired Farmer, Ex-Factory Worker & Veteran
District
2:
Dave
Loebsack (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
(R) - Ophthalmologist, Ex-State Medical Society President
& '08 Nominee
Steve Rathje (R) - Businessman,
Gun Rights Activist & '08 US Sen. Candidate
Christopher Reed (R)
- Businessman, Navy Veteran & '08 US Sen. Candidate
Gary Sicard (Libertarian)
- Computer Engineer

District
3:
Leonard Boswell (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Pat Bertroche (R)
- Psychiatrist
Bob Brownell (R) - Polk County Supervisor
Troy Cook (R) - Insurance Broker
Dave Funk (R) -
Attorney, Aviation Security Consultant, Ex-Airline Pilot &
National Guard Veteran
Jim Gibbons (R)
- Financial Advisor & Ex-University Wrestling Coach
Michael Mahaffey (R) - Ex-State GOP Chair & '96 Nominee
Mark Rees (R)
- Retired Architect
Brad Zaun (R) - State Sen.
& Ex-Urbandale Mayor
District
4:
Tom Latham (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Bill Maske (D)
- School Administrator & Ex-Butler County Democratic Chair
District
5:
Steve King (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Matt Campbell
(D) - Attorney & Ex-Congressional Aide
Mike Denklau (D)
- Banker, Ex-Tutor & Democratic Activist

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution
Party of Iowa
Iowa Democratic Party
Green Party of Iowa
Libertarian Party of Iowa
Republican Party of Iowa
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary
of State's Office

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Ames
Tribune
The Bean Walker (Conservative)
Bedford
Times-Press
Blog for Iowa (Liberal)
Bloomfield Democrat
Cedar Rapids Gazette
City View
CoveringIowaPolitics.com
Des Moines.Com
Des Moines Register
- (Politics
Section)
DrewMiller.net (Liberal)
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Fort Madison Daily Democrat
Humboldt Independent
Iowa.com
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa Farmer Today
The Iowan Magazine
Nevada Journal
Quad-City News (Davenport -
Bettendorf)
Sioux City Journal
Waterloo - Cedar Falls Courier

Iowa Press / Iowa Public
Television (IPTV)
Iowa Public Television
Kalona News
KCAU TV-9 (ABC - Sioux City)
KCCI TV-8 (Independent
- Des Moines) - (Politics
Section)
KCRG TV-9 (ABC - Cedar Rapids)
KDSM TV-17 (Fox - Des Moines)
KLJB TV-18 (Fox - Davenport)
KMEG TV (CBS - Sioux City)
Radio Iowa
WHO TV-13 (NBC - Des Moines)
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