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November 2, 2010 General Election

Preliminary List of Candidates and Ballot Issues

Final list through August 30 withdrawal deadline.

Federal Office

US Senate (6 year term)

US Representative, 2nd Congressional District (2 year term)

Statewide Offices

All terms 4 years.

Governor/Lieutenant Governor

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Treasurer of State

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Iowa Legislature
Links to maps of each district. Senate 4 year terms, House 2 year terms.
Senate District 40: Senator elected to four year term in 2008, not on 2010 ballot.

State Senate, 15th District

State Senate, 39th District

State Senate, 45th District

State Representative, 29th District

State Representative, 30th District

State Representative, 77th District

State Representative, 78th District

State Representative, 79th District

State Representative, 89th District

County Partisan Offices
All terms 4 years

Treasurer

Recorder

County Attorney

County and Township Non-Partisan Offices

Judicial Retention
Yes or no for judges to remain in office.

Ballot Issues

State Constitutional Amendment - Sales Tax use

Summary

Adopts Iowa's Water and Land Legacy Amendment which creates a dedicated trust fund for the purposes of protecting and enhancing water quality and natural areas in the State including parks, trails, and fish and wildlife habitat, and conserving agricultural soils in this State.

Full Text

The following section will be added to Article VII would read as follows:

SEC. 10. A natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund is created within the treasury for the purposes of protecting and enhancing water quality and natural areas in this State including parks, trails, and fish and wildlife habitat, and conserving agricultural soils in this State. Moneys in the fund shall be exclusively appropriated by law for these purposes.

The general assembly shall provide by law for the implementation of this section, including by providing for the administration of the fund and at least annual audits of the fund.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fund shall be annually credited with an amount equal to the amount generated by a sales tax rate of three-eighths of one percent as may be imposed upon the retail sales price of tangible personal property and the furnishing of enumerated services sold in this State.

No revenue shall be credited to the fund until the tax rate for the sales tax imposed upon the retail sales price of tangible personal property and the furnishing of enumerated services sold in this State in effect on the effective date of this section is increased. After such an increased tax rate becomes effective, an amount equal to the amount generated by the increase in the tax rate shall be annually credited to the fund, not to exceed an amount equal to the amount generated by a tax rate of three-eighths of one percent imposed upon the retail sales price of tangible personal property and the furnishing of enumerated services sold in this State.

State Constitutional Convention

Shall there be a Convention to revise the Constitution, and propose amendment or amendments to same?

Local Ballot Issue - Iowa City Bar Admission Age

Shall the following public measure be adopted?

Be it resolved that Ordinance No. 10-4388, which amended the bar entry age from nineteen (19) years of age to the “legal age,” which is currently twenty-one (21) years of age, be repealed.

About this list

The above list includes the winners of the June 8 primary election, candidates nominated at the Democratic and Republican state conventions, and other candidates who have filed with the Secretary of State or county auditor. Other persons may consider themselves candidates and may in the future file affidavits of candidacy for the November 2 general election ballot, but only the two official political parties participated in the June 8 primary. The website Politics1.com lists federal and statewide candidates who may file for the general election.

The filing period for the November 2 general election for candidates not representing the two official parties is July 26 - August 13 for federal, statewide, and legislative candidates and August 2-25 for county candidates.  Ballot Access and Candidate Qualifications  The political parties may also nominate federal, statewide or legislative candidates by convention to fill ballot vacancies through August 13, and county candidates through August 25 .

This page will be frequently updated through the filing period as candidates file.

Before August 2, the Johnson County Auditor's Office will accept a notice of intent to declare candidacy from candidates for county office only who do not represent the two official parties. After that date, we will list candidates as soon as they file.

Upon filing nomination papers, all candidates complete an affidavit of candidacy form.  This includes a space for the candidate's phone number with the notation "Optional, will be published."  If no phone number is listed for a candidate on this web site, the candidate left the phone number space blank on the affidavit of candidacy.

The affidavit of candidacy form also includes a space for the candidate to list an e-mail address.  To e-mail a candidate, replace the italic AT in the address with the @ sign.

If no e-mail address is listed for a candidate, the candidate left the e-mail address space blank on the affidavit of candidacy.

Links are provided to web sites for candidates who have already filed.  If a candidate who has filed has a site that we have not listed, please inform our office so we may add it.  Disclaimer