Iowa business PAC endorses state legislative candidates

The Iowa Industry PAC (IIPAC), the political action committee of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry, has endorsed several candidates in state legislative races.

The PAC evaluates candidates based on their support for a competitive business climate with a focus on creating Iowa jobs. Criteria used to make the designations include the candidates' positions on issues based on questionnaire responses, interviews, and their stated approach to general business community concerns as well as voting records for incumbent candidates. Additional endorsements may be made throughout the election cycle.

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) is comprised of over 1,400 companies that employ more than 310,000 Iowans.

The Iowa Industry PAC is non-partisan and endorses both Republican and Democratic candidates for legislative offices. The committee encourages voters to consider the endorsements when evaluating which candidates will focus on economic issues and help bring jobs to Iowa when voting this November.

I = Incumbent; O = Open Seat; C = Challenger; R = Republican; D = Democrat

Iowa Senate

2 – Randy Feenstra, R, - I

10 – Jake Chapman, R, - O

12 – Joni Ernst, R, - I

20 – Brad Zaun, R, - I

22 – Pat Ward, R, - I

24 – Jerry Behn, R, - I

26 – Merlin Bartz, R, - I

28 – Mike Breitbach, R, - O

30 – Matt Reisetter, R, - C

38 – Tim Kapucian, R, - I

40 – Ken Rozenboom, R, - O

46 – Shawn Hamerlinck, R, - I

48 – Dan Zumbach, R, - O

49 – Andrew Naeve, R, - O

Iowa House

1 – Jeff Smith, R, - I

2 – Megan Hess, R, - O

3 – Dan Huseman, R, - I

4 – Dwayne Alons, R, - I

5 – Chuck Soderberg, R, - I

6 – Ron Jorgensen, R, - I

8 – Henry Rayhons, R, - I

9 – Helen Miller, D, - I

10 – Tom Shaw, R, - I

11 – Gary Worthan, R, - I

12 – Dan Muhlbauer, D, - I

13 – Jeremy Taylor, R, – I

14 – Gregg Grupp, R, - O

15 – Mark Brandenburg, R, - I

16 – Mary Ann Hanusa, R, - I

17 – Matt Windschitl, R, - I

18 – Jason Schultz, R, - I

19 – Ralph Watts, R, - I

20 – Clel Baudler, R, - I

21 – Jack Drake, R, - I

22 – Greg Forristall, R, - I

23 – Mark Costello, R, - O

24 – Cecil Dolecheck, R, - I

25 – Julian Garrett, R, - I

27 – Joel Fry, R, - I

38 – Kevin Koester, R, - I

40 – Mike Brown, R, - O

42 – Peter Cownie, R, - I

43 – Chris Hagenow, R, - I

44 – Rob Taylor, R, - O

47 – Chip Baltimore, R, - I

48 – Rob Bacon, R, - O

49 – Dave Deyoe, R, - I

50 – Pat Grassley, R, - I

51 – Josh Byrnes, R, - I

52 – Brian Quirk, D, - I

54 – Linda Upmeyer, R, - I

56 – Bob Hager, R, - I

58 – Brian Moore, R, - I

60 – Walt Rogers, R, - I

66 – Renee Schulte, R, - I

67 – Kraig Paulsen, R, - I

68 – Nick Wagner, R, - I

74 – Dave Jacoby, D, - I

75 – Dawn Pettengill, R, - I

78 – Jarad Klein, R, - I

79 – Guy Vander Linden, R, - I

84 – Dave Heaton, R, - I

88 – Tom Sands, R, - I

91 – Mark Lofgren, R, - I

92 – Ross Paustian, R, - I

94 – Linda Miller, R, - I

96 – Lee Hein, R, - I

97 – Steve Olson, R, - I