Iowa
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SENIOR SENATOR: Charles Grassley
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JUNIOR SENATOR: Joni Ernst
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DISTRICT 1: Abby Finkenauer
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DISTRICT 2: David Loebsack
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DISTRICT 3: Cynthia Axne
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DISTRICT 4: Steve King
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STARTING A POLITICAL PARTY IN IOWA:
METHOD: Candidate for President or Governor
VOTES NEEDED: 2%
VOTES NEEDED: 2%
To gain political party status, a political organization must meet 3 conditions.
If party status is gained, what else needs to be done?
In order for a political party to remain a political party, the party's candidates for president and governor must keep receiving at least 2 percent of the total votes cast in each general election. If a party's candidate does not receive 2 percent of the total votes cast, the party's status is cancelled. To become a political party again, the entire process must be repeated.
Source:
https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/formpoliticalparty.html#3
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- An organization must have a candidate for president or governor on the general election ballot.
- The candidate for president or governor must receive at least 2 percent of the total votes cast in that race.
- After the first two conditions are met, the organization must then file an Application for Political Party Status with the Secretary of State's Office. The application must be filed after the state canvass of votes but within one year of the date of the election. (See Iowa Administrative Code 721-21.10 for details.)
If party status is gained, what else needs to be done?
In order for a political party to remain a political party, the party's candidates for president and governor must keep receiving at least 2 percent of the total votes cast in each general election. If a party's candidate does not receive 2 percent of the total votes cast, the party's status is cancelled. To become a political party again, the entire process must be repeated.
Source:
https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/formpoliticalparty.html#3
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To be recognized as a political party in Iowa, a political organization's candidate must receive at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for president or governor in the last general election.
If the political organization's candidate did not receive enough votes, it is considered a Non-party Political Organization, or NPPO.
NPPOs do not need to file any special paperwork to be recognized by the state. However, they are subject name restrictions. An NPPO cannot use a name that is longer than five words, and it cannot use the name, or part of the name, of any officially recognized political party.
For an NPPO to become a political party, it must do the following:
If the political organization's candidate did not receive enough votes, it is considered a Non-party Political Organization, or NPPO.
NPPOs do not need to file any special paperwork to be recognized by the state. However, they are subject name restrictions. An NPPO cannot use a name that is longer than five words, and it cannot use the name, or part of the name, of any officially recognized political party.
For an NPPO to become a political party, it must do the following:
- Place a candidate for president or governor on the general election ballot.
- That candidate must then receive at least 2 percent of the votes cast for that office.
- Once the first two conditions are met, the organization must file an application for political party status with the Iowa Secretary of State. This must be done after the state's canvass of votes but within one year of the general election date.
- The new political party's candidate for president or governor must continue to receive 2 percent of the vote at the general election in order for the party to maintain qualified status. If a candidate does not receive enough votes, the party's status will be revoked and the process will have to be repeated.
As of May 2017, Iowa officially recognized three political parties: the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties.
