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  IA US Senate - R Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Iowa > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm
Polls Open June 03, 2014 - 06:00am
Polls Close June 03, 2014 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2021 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last Modifiedev May 06, 2013 09:39pm
Data Sources
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameTom Harkin Votes941,665 (62.66%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin381,659 (+25.39%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceIA US Senate 11/04/2014
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/12/2012 05/23/2013
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Joni Ernst 1 ------
Bob Vander Plaats 8 2 --2
Matt Whitaker 3 ------
Leaning Call: Bob Vander Plaats (83.33%)
Weighted Call: Bob Vander Plaats (80.46%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
01/29/2013 02/03/2013

CANDIDATES
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Name Bob Vander Plaats Drew Ivers Assistant Minority Leader Rod Roberts St. Sen. Joni Ernst Steve Deace US Attorney Matt Whitaker Matt Strawn
Note: Candidates that appear in italics are speculative and have not officially announced
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]
Predict Avg.11.43% 4.52% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg13.01%-- 4.52%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling (D) 
02/01/13-02/03/13		 19.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Wenzel Strategies (R) 
02/01/13-02/02/13		 9.20% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Harper Polling 
01/29/13-01/29/13		 16.08% -- 4.52% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Mayor Steve Gaer Bob Brownell Paul Lunde Secretary of State Matt Schultz  
Note: Candidates that appear in italics are speculative and have not officially announced
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (3 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- -3.26%--  
Public Policy Polling (D) 
02/01/13-02/03/13		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Wenzel Strategies (R) 
02/01/13-02/02/13		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 1.40% --
Harper Polling 
01/29/13-01/29/13		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 07, 2013 11:50am Announcement GOP’s Matt Whitaker says he’s running for U.S. Senate [IA]  Article COSDem 
May 06, 2013 11:00am News Reynolds confirms she’s urged state Sen. Joni Ernst to run for Harkin’s U.S. Senate seat  Article COSDem 
May 03, 2013 08:05pm Announcement Steve King won't run for Senate  Article COSDem 
May 03, 2013 07:00pm Speculative Will Red Oak’s Joni Ernst be Iowa's next U.S. Senator?  Article COSDem 
May 02, 2013 07:00pm News Vander Plaats says Latham could reverse, pursue 2014 Senate seat  Article COSDem 
May 02, 2013 09:00am News Bill Northey Passes on Iowa Race  Article TX DEM 

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