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IA District 5 - R Convention

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> United States > Iowa > IA - District 05

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

Republican Primary Election

Filing Deadline

00, 2002 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

June 29, 2002 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

June 29, 2002 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm

Turnout

0.09% Total Population

Contributor

RBH

Last Modified

RBH April 24, 2024 02:50pm

Data Sources

Des Moines Register - 6/30/2002

Description

Since no candidate won 35% in the June 4th Primary, a convention was held to pick the candidate.

FIRST BALLOT: Jeff Ballenger- 135 votes (25 percent), Steve King- 185 (35 percent), John Redwine- 99 (19 percent), Brent Siegrist-114 (21 percent). Redwine drops out, endorses King.

SECOND BALLOT: Ballenger- 128 (24 percent), King- 255 (48 percent), Siegrist- 150 (28 percent). Ballenger drops out, endorses Siegrist .

THIRD BALLOT*: King- 272 (51 percent), Siegrist- 253 (47 percent).

*Seven Woodbury County delegates who had supported Ballenger left before the final vote, and one Pottawattamie County delegate's vote was thrown out on the last ballot to account for a total of 525. Percentages are rounded.