IOWA - 1st CD 12 Counties in Eastern Iowa 
County-Precincts County Seat Pop.Cnty
2001 est.
Black Hawk -63 Waterloo, CV&B
 70,461
22,029
Bremer > -16 Waverly
16,547
3,396
Buchanan -15 Independence
13,169
3,933
Butler -12 Allison
9,248
1,551
Clayton -25 Elkader
12,229
3,446
Clinton -30 Clinton
21,528
5,808
Delaware -16 Manchester
11,729
2,454
Dubuque -39 Dubuque
54,323
22,120
Fayette -28 West Union
13,176
3,210
Jackson -16 Maquoketa>
13,368
6,190
Jones -17 Anamosa
12,409
3,446
Scott -63 Davenport
93,155
23,942
The Congressman for this district is U.S. Rep. Jim Nussle (R):
2002 Results
Ann Hutchinson (D)
 83,779
 42.65%
Jim Nussle (R) inc.
 112,280
57.15%
Write-In Votes
 396
0.20%
Total
 196,455
  
 plurality: 28,501 -- Nussle won in all 12 counties.

Democratic Elected Officials
State Senators
14 - Mike Connolly of Dubuque, Assistant Minority Leader
11 - Bill Dotzler of Waterloo
43 - Joe Seng of Davenport
13 - Roger Stewart of Preston		 State Representatives
22 - Deborah Berry of Waterloo 
26 - Paula Bukta of Clinton, Assistant Minority Leader 
36 - Swati Dandekar of Marion
27 - Pam Jochum of Dubuque 
85 - Jim Lykam of Davenport
28 - Pat Murphy of Dubuque 
25 - Robert Osterhaus of Maquoketa 
21 - Don Shoultz of Waterloo 
24 - Roger Thomas of Elkader 
86 - Cindy Winckler of Davenport

Democratic Party
County Chairs
Black Hawk - Maggie Stewart of Waterloo (likely to change by March 2003)
Bremer - Margaret "Peg" Dunbar of Waverly
Buchanan - Ralph Kremer of Aurora
Butler - Carolyn Larson of Parkersburg; also active is Mary Averill of Cedar Falls
Clinton - Jean Pardee of Clinton
Delaware - Mike McMahon of Manchester
Dubuque - Pat Lynch of Dubuque (likely to change by March 2003)
Fayette - Dee Brandt of Oelwein
Jackson - David Kunzweiler of Bellevue
Jones - Arlie Willems of Anamosa
Scott - Susan Pamperin of Davenport

State Central Committee Members
Jean Pardee of Clinton
Susan Pamperin of Davenport
Dee Brandt of Oelwein
Jerry Lynch of Dubuque
Richard Machacek of Winthrop
Bob Krause of Waterloo

First District Committee
Jean Pardee of Clinton is District Chair.  The First District Committee consists of 56 people, 50 elected in the 12 counties and the 6 state central committee members.  The number from each county varies--Black Hawk has 9 and a state central committee member, Scott 5 and a state central committee member, the smallest counties have 3.  Included in the 50 are the county chairs or, in some cases, their designees.

Media
Quad-City Times (Davenport)
KWQC-6 (NBC-Davenport)
WOC-AM 1420 (news/talk)
River Cities' Reader (alternative weekly, Davenport)

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
KWWL-7 (NBC-Waterloo)
KUNI-FM 94.5 (public radio, UNI-Cedar Falls)

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque)

Clinton Herald
 
 

 

 Weeklies
Waverly Democrat,  319-352-3334
Independence Bulletin-Journal,  319-334-2557
Butler County Tribune Journal,  319-267-2731
The Clayton County Register,  319-245-1311
The Manchester Press,  319-927-2020
Fayette Leader,  319-425-4162
Maquoketa Sentinel-Press,  319-652-2441
Town Crier (Anamosa),  319-462-2744
Anamosa Journal-Eureka,  319-462-3511

and
The Northern Iowan (University of Northern Iowa-Cedar Falls)
 

 

Copyright © 2003 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.