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  IA District 02
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Iowa > IA - District 02
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 06, 2006 IA District 02 - R Primary James A.S. "Jim" Leach
Jun 06, 2006 IA District 02 - D Primary Dave Loebsack
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
James A.S. "Jim" Leach
Strong 4
Lean 7
Slight 10
Dave Loebsack
Slight 4
MATCHUP 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
Votes107,683 (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%
Finances$60,455.00 $201,670.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Constituent Dynamics 
10/24-10/26		 48.00% (+0.0) 50.00% (+3.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Constituent Dynamics 
10/08-10/10		 48.00% (+0.0) 47.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Goodwin Simon Strategic Research (D) 
08/00-08/00		 33.00% (+0.0) 47.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D ev
D Ashley
R Barack O-blame-a
D Eric
R Spen
I McCord 2014
R CincinnatiReds1990
REFS Servo

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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