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  IA District 02
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Parents > United States > Iowa > IA - District 02
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Turnout 57.59% Registered 35.81% Total Population
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifiedRBH February 02, 2020 03:18pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2004
NameJames A.S. "Jim" Leach Votes176,684 (58.92%)
Term01/03/2005 - 01/03/2007 Margin59,279 (+19.77%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameDave Loebsack Votes175,218 (57.19%)
Term01/01/2009 - 01/01/2011 Margin56,440 (+18.42%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 06, 2006 IA District 02 - R Primary
James A.S. "Jim" Leach
R 8,518
Jun 06, 2006 IA District 02 - D Primary
Dave Loebsack
D 1,437
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/18/2005 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
James A.S. "Jim" Leach 10 7 4 --
Dave Loebsack 4 ------
Leaning Call: James A.S. "Jim" Leach (90.00%)
Weighted Call: James A.S. "Jim" Leach (99.81%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

08/00/2006 10/26/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name Dave Loebsack (I) Rep. James A.S. "Jim" Leach Write-In  
PartyDemocratic Republican Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 107,683 (51.38%) 101,707 (48.53%) 196 (0.09%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,976 (-2.85%) -107,487 (-51.29%)  
Predict Avg.49.10% 50.90% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 6/30 $60,455.00 6/30 $201,670.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/0001 00/00/0001 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg46.27%-- 50.34%-- 0.00%--  
Constituent Dynamics 
10/24/06-10/26/06		 48.00% -- 50.00% 3.0 0.00% --
Constituent Dynamics 
10/08/06-10/10/06		 48.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% --
Goodwin Simon Strategic Research (D) 
08/00/06-08/00/06		 33.00% -- 47.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D ev
D Ashley
R Barack O-blame-a
D Eric
  West Branch Times
  AFL-CIO
  Iowa Federation of Labor
R Spen
I McCord 2014
R CincinnatiReds1990
REFS Servo
I Chase McFadden
D Ex-New Jerseyan
  Des Moines Register
  Cedar Rapids Gazette
  Iowa City Press-Citizen
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 01, 2006 12:00pm News Anti-GOP mood may hurt Leach  Article COSDem 
Oct 11, 2006 11:00am Press Release Leach Chastizes State Republican Party over negative mailings  Article COSDem 
May 02, 2005 01:00am General Rep. Leach says he'll likely run again  Article COSDem 
Mar 20, 2005 01:00am General Leach exit would give Dems opening  Article COSDem 

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