“We support the candidates that support small business!”
The state’s leading small business organization, NFIB, announced today that its state political action committee in Iowa, the NFIB Iowa PAC, had endorsed candidates for state Senate and House running in the upcoming 2020 General Election.
“Thank you to this fine list of Iowa small business advocates. Each of these individuals has been thoroughly vetted and has proven they are champions of small business,” said Matt Everson, NFIB State Director in Iowa. “Now, more than ever, Iowans need to know which candidates have the back of small business owners – the Iowans who create jobs and support Iowans and their families. I look forward to working with these candidates next session to ensure that Iowa’s economy – which is supported by small business owners – keeps moving along despite challenges like high taxes and a global pandemic.”
The PAC took several things into consideration before endorsement, but one of the most important tools it uses is NFIB’s voting record, which you can find here. NFIB’s State Director, Matt Everson, took eight key bills during 2019-2020 and scored legislators on how they voted. The voting record is also an important tool our members use before they decide which candidate to vote for. All of the endorsed candidates below have at least a 70% voting record with NFIB.
The NFIB Iowa’s PAC’s endorsement is important to these campaigns. Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on key small-business issues.
2020 ENDORSEMENTS – Iowa Legislature:
State Senate:
District 8 Dan Dawson
District 10 Jake Chapman
District 12 Mark Costello*
District 14 Amy Sinclair
District 20 Brad Zaun
District 26 Waylon Brown*
District 32 Craig Johnson
District 36 Jeff Edler*
District 40 Ken Rozenboom
District 46 Mark Lofgren
District 48 Dan Zumbach
State House:
District 1 John Wills
District 2 Megan Jones*
District 4 Skyler Wheeler
District 5 Thomas Jeneary
District 6 Jacob Bossman
District 8 Terry Baxter
District 9 Ann Meyer
District 10 Mike Sexton*
District 11 Gary Worthan
District 12 Brian Best*
District 17 Matt Windschitl
District 18 Steven Holt
District 20 Ray “Bubba” Sorensen
District 21 Tom Moore
District 22 Jon Jacobsen
District 23 David Sieck*
District 24 Cecil Dolecheck
District 25 Stan Gustafson
District 27 Joel Fry
District 28 Jon Thorup
District 30 Brian Lohse
District 37 John Landon
District 47 Phil Thompson
District 48 Rob Bacon*
District 49 Dave Deyoe*
District 50 Pat Grassley
District 51 Jane Bloomingdale*
District 55 Michael Bergan
District 56 Anne Omundson
District 57 Shannon Lundgren
District 63 Sandy Salmon
District 72 Dean Fisher*
District 73 Bobby Kaufmann
District 75 Thomas Gerhold
District 76 David Maxwell*
District 78 Jarad Klein
District 79 Dustin Hite
District 80 Holly Brink
District 82 Jeff Shipley
District 84 Joe Mitchell
District 88 David Kerr*
District 92 Ross Paustian*
District 94 Gary Mohr
District 96 Lee Hein
District 97 Norlin Mommsen
* Indicates NFIB member
OPEN SEATS
SENATE:
District 22 Scott Cirksena
HOUSE:
District 58 Steven Bradley
