IOWA - 5th CD

32 Western counties, MO to MN

County-Precincts County Seat Pop.Cnty 2001 est. Tot. Reg. 01/01/03     active Reg. Dem. 01/01/03     active Adair -9 Greenfield 8,069 5,485 1,195 Adams -11 Corning  4,395 3,207 883 Audubon-6 Audubon  6,715 4,698 1,476 Buena Vista -18 Storm Lake 20,023 11,227 2,340 Carroll-15 Carroll 21,128 13,948 4,838 Cass -17 Atlantic  14,459 9,921 1,783 Cherokee -11 Cherokee  12,885 8,338 2,187 Clarke -7 Osceola  9,143 6,222 1,953 Clay-21 Spencer  17,074 11,228 2,350 Crawford -16 Denison  16,908 9,619 2,793 Decatur -13 Leon  8,645 5,206 1,747 Dickinson-15 Spirit Lake  16,523 11,429 2,830 Fremont -12 Sidney  7,886 5,439 1,368 Guthrie -18 Guthrie Cntr 11,323 7,557 1,905 Harrison -13 Logan 15,626 9,374 2,667 Ida -8 Ida Grove 7,651 5,000 1,047 Lyon -8 Rock Rapids 11,750 7,653 1,046 Mills -11 Glenwood 14,651 9,492 1,803 Monona -16 Onawa 9,882 6,363 2,115 Montgomery -13 Red Oak 11,536 7,970 1,193 O'Brien-9 Primghar 14,954 10,279 1,563 Osceola-9 Sibley 6,935 4,391 654 Page -12 Clarinda 16,682 10,465 1,655 Plymouth -13 Le Mars 24,876 15,403 2,805 Pottawattamie -46 Council Bluffs, CoC 87,854 50,566 13,866 Ringgold -8 Mount Ayr 5,376 3,726 1,082 Sac-9 Sac City 11,331 8,245 1,467 Shelby-16 Harlan 13,182 8,453 2,281 Sioux-21 Orange City 31,596 20,283 1,544 Taylor Bedford 6,880 4,567 1,062 Union -9 Creston 12,240 7,835 2,055 Woodbury-44 Sioux City 103,033 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 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.