IOWA - 5th CD 32 Western counties, MO to MN    
County-Precincts County Seat Pop.Cnty
2001 est.
Adair -9 Greenfield
5,485
1,195
Adams -11 Corning
3,207
883
Audubon-6 Audubon
4,698
1,476
Buena Vista -18 Storm Lake
11,227
2,340
Carroll-15 Carroll
13,948
4,838
Cass -17 Atlantic
9,921
1,783
Cherokee -11 Cherokee
8,338
2,187
Clarke -7 Osceola
6,222
1,953
Clay-21 Spencer
11,228
2,350
Crawford -16 Denison
9,619
2,793
Decatur -13 Leon
5,206
1,747
Dickinson-15 Spirit Lake
11,429
2,830
Fremont -12 Sidney
5,439
1,368
Guthrie -18 Guthrie Cntr
7,557
1,905
Harrison -13 Logan
9,374
2,667
Ida -8 Ida Grove
5,000
1,047
Lyon -8 Rock Rapids
7,653
1,046
Mills -11 Glenwood
9,492
1,803
Monona -16 Onawa
6,363
2,115
Montgomery -13 Red Oak
7,970
1,193
O'Brien-9 Primghar
10,279
1,563
Osceola-9 Sibley
4,391
654
Page -12 Clarinda
10,465
1,655
Plymouth -13 Le Mars
15,403
2,805
Pottawattamie -46 Council Bluffs, CoC
50,566
13,866
Ringgold -8 Mount Ayr
3,726
1,082
Sac-9 Sac City
8,245
1,467
Shelby-16 Harlan
8,453
2,281
Sioux-21 Orange City
20,283
1,544
Taylor Bedford
4,567
1,062
Union -9 Creston
7,835
2,055
Woodbury-44 Sioux City
56,606
16,727
The Congressman for this district is U.S. Rep. Steve King (R):
2002 Results
Paul Shomshor (D)
 68,853
37.78%
Steve King (R)
 113,257
62.15%
Write-In Votes
 127
0.07%
Total
 182,237
 
 plurality: 44,404  -- King won in 31 of 32 counties, with Shomshor winning in Pottawattamie.


Democratic Elected Officials
State Senators
50 - Michael Gronstal of Council Bluffs, Minority Leader
1 - Steve Warnstadt of Sioux City
State Representatives
95 - Michael Reasoner of Creston
99 - Doug Struyk of Council Bluffs
2 - Roger Wendt of Sioux City
1 - Wesley Whitead of Sioux City

Democratic Party
County Chairs
Adair - Linda Terry of Greenfield; Joyce Schulte of Creston
Adams - Timothy Ennis of Corning
Audubon - Robert Nelson of Exira
Buena Vista - Thomas Ellis of Storm Lake
Carroll - Marilyn Dopheide of Carroll
Cass - Ronald Feilmeyer of Atlantic
Cherokee - Janet Melton of Cherokee
Clarke - James Vawn of Osceola
Clay - Steven Bomgaars of Spencer
Crawford - Les Lewis of Denison
Dickinson - Edward Bjornstad of Spirit Lake
Decatur - William Russell of Lamoni
Fremont - Teresa Graham of Hamburg
Guthrie - Paul Stough of Panora
Harrison - Robert Holstein of Persia
Ida - Thad Cosgrove of Holstein
Lyon - Patrick McCarty of Rock Rapids
Mills - Harold Swanson of Glenwood
Monona - Dennis J. Ryan of Onawa
Montgomery - Barry Lovig of Red Oak
O'Brien - Joseph Sikora of Primghar
Osceola - Michael Earll of Bigelow
Page - Loche Williams of Shenandoah
Pottawattamie - Jean Hartwell of McClelland
Plymouth - Ronald Stopak of Le Mars
Ringgold - James Uhlenkamp of Mount Ayr
Sac - Carolyn Ashbaugh of Sac City
Shelby - Donna Clothier of Harlan
Sioux - John O'Brien of Sioux Center
Taylor - Delbert Rogers of Bedford
Union - Ruth Bolinger of Creston
Woodbury - Rick Mullin of Sioux City; Allan Sturgeon of Sioux City
State Central Committee Members
Judy Peterson of Sioux City
Jean Hartwell of Council Bluffs
Peggy Smalley of Audubon
Robert Dodder of Council Bluffs
Armando Rosales of Atlantic
Steven O'Bannon of Buena Vista

Fifth District Committee
Peggy Smalley of Audubon is the District Chair.  There are three Vice Chairs: Rick Mullin of Sioux City (northern counties), Les Lewis of Denison (central counties), and Harold Swanson of Glenwood (southern counties).  The committee includes 3 representatives from each county.

Media
Sioux City Journal
KMEG-14 (CBS-Sioux City)
KTIV-4 (NBC-Sioux City)
KMNS AM 620 (Sioux City)

Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs)

Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Audubon County Advocate Journal  712-563-2661 acnnews@iowatelecom.net
 
 

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