Dawn Pettengill

Dawn Pettengill
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 39th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 10, 2005
Preceded by Dell Hanson
Personal details
Political party Democratic (2004 – 2007)
Republican (2007 – present)
Religion Episcopalian
Website Pettengill's website

Dawn Pettengill is the Iowa State Representative from the 39th District. She has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2005. On April 30, 2007, she switched to the Republican Party, having previously served in the House as a Democrat. In a letter to her constituents, Pettengill said she decided to switch parties due to disagreements with fiscal and labor policy, as well as the state Democratic Party's decision to take her off the incumbent protection list for the 2008 elections.[1]

As of October 2011, Pettengill serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Commerce, Government Oversight, Government Oversight (Joint), State Government, and Ways and Means committees. She also serves as the vice chair of the Administrative Rules Review Committee and as co-chair of the Public Retirement Systems Committee and as a member of the Investment Board of the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System.

Electoral history

Pettengill was first elected in 2004, defeating incumbent Republican Dell Hanson. She subsequently won re-election in 2006, defeating Republican opponent Connie Jacobsen. She switched parties in 2008, and proceeded to defeat Democratic opponent Terry Hertle. Pettengill was unopposed in 2010.

*incumbent

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes %
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 [2]
District 39
Turnout: 14,876		 Democratic gain from Republican Dawn Pettengill Democratic 8,086 54.4
Dell Hanson* Republican 6,780 45.6
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006 [3]
District 39
Turnout: 11,296		 Democratic hold Dawn Pettengill* Democratic 6,365 56.3
Connie Jacobsen Republican 4,759 42.1
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 [4]
District 39
Turnout: 15,191		 Republican hold[5] Dawn Pettengill* Republican 8,291 54.6
Terry Hertle Democratic 6,893 45.4
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 [6]
District 39		 Republican hold Dawn Pettengill* Republican unopposed

References

  1. ^ Pettengill, Dawn (2007-05-02). "In The Statehouse May 2, 2007". Pettengill for Iowans. http://dawnpettengill.com/newsletter.asp?CategoryID=23&ID=1135. Retrieved 2011-10-27. 
  2. ^ "Canvass Summary - Final - 2004 General Election (11/2/2004)". Iowa Secretary of State. 2004-12-06. p. 26. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  3. ^ "Official Results Report - Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006". Iowa Secretary of State. 2006-11-21. p. 34. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  4. ^ "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  5. ^ Pettengill switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party on April 30, 2007.
  6. ^ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010". Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-12-16. p. 80. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2010/gensummaryorr.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 

External links

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Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by
Dell Hanson		 39th District
2005 – present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Members of the Iowa House of Representatives
84th General Assembly (2011-2012)
Speaker of the House: Kraig Paulsen (R) • Speaker pro Tempore: Jeff Kaufmann (R) • Majority Leader: Linda Upmeyer (R) • Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy (D)
  1.    Jeremy Taylor (R)
  2.    Chris Hall (D)
  3.    Chuck Soderberg (R)
  4.    Dwayne Alons (R)
  5.    Royd Chambers (R)
  6.    Jeff Smith (R)
  7.    John Wittneben (D)
  8.    Tom W. Shaw (R)
  9.    Stewart Iverson (R)
  10.    Dave Deyoe (R)
  11.    Henry Rayhons (R)
  12.    Linda Upmeyer (R)
  13.    Sharon S. Steckman (D)
  14.    Josh Byrnes (R)
  15.    Brian Quirk (D)
  16.    Bob Hager (R)
  17.    Pat Grassley (R)
  18.    Andrew Wenthe (D)
  19.    Bob Kressig (D)
  20.    Walt Rogers (R)
  21.    Anesa Kajtazovic (D)
  22.    Deborah Berry (D)
  23.    Dan Rasmussen (R)
  24.    Roger Thomas (D)
  25.    Brian Moore (R)
  1.    Mary Wolfe (D)
  2.    Charles Isenhart (D)
  3.    Pat Murphy (D)
  4.    Nathan Willems (D)
  5.    David Jacoby (D)
  6.    Lee Hein (R)
  7.    Steven Lukan (R)
  8.    Kirsten Running-Marquardt (D)
  9.    Todd Taylor (D)
  10.    Kraig Paulsen (R)
  11.    Nick Wagner (R)
  12.    Renee Schulte (R)
  13.    Tyler Olson (D)
  14.    Dawn Pettengill (R)
  15.    Lance Horbach (R)
  16.    Dan Kelley (D)
  17.    Kim Pearson (R)
  18.    Mark Smith (D)
  19.    Annette Sweeney (R)
  20.    Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)
  21.    Lisa Heddens (D)
  22.    Ralph Watts (R)
  23.    Chip Baltimore (R)
  24.    Helen Miller (D)
  25.    Dave Tjepkes (R)
  1.    Dan Muhlbauer (D)
  2.    Gary Worthan (R)
  3.    Dan Huseman (R)
  4.    Ron Jorgensen (R)
  5.    Jason Schultz (R)
  6.    Matt Windschitl (R)
  7.    Jack Drake (R)
  8.    Clel Baudler (R)
  9.    Chris Hagenow (R)
  10.    Peter Cownie (R)
  11.    Jo Oldson (D)
  12.    Brett Hunter (D)
  13.    Scott Raecker (R)
  14.    Janet Petersen (D)
  15.    Ruth Ann Gaines (D)
  16.    Ako Abdul-Samad (D)
  17.    Kevin McCarthy (D)
  18.    Rick Olson (D)
  19.    Erik Helland (R)
  20.    Kevin Koester (R)
  21.    Jim Van Engelenhoven (R)
  22.    Rich Arnold (R)
  23.    Julian Garrett (R)
  24.    Glen Massie (R)
  25.    Guy Vander Linden (R)
  1.    Betty De Boef (R)
  2.    Mary Mascher (D)
  3.    Vicki Lensing (D)
  4.    Jeff Kaufmann (R)
  5.    Mark Lofgren (R)
  6.    Phyllis Thede (D)
  7.    Linda Miller (R)
  8.    Steven Olson (R)
  9.    Ross Paustian (R)
  10.    Jim Lykam (D)
  11.    Cindy Winckler (D)
  12.    Tom Sands (R)
  13.    Dennis Cohoon (D)
  14.    Jarad Klein (R)
  15.    Curt Hanson (D)
  16.    Dave Heaton (R)
  17.    Jerry Kearns (D)
  18.    Mary Gaskill (D)
  19.    Kurt Swaim (D)
  20.    Joel Fry (R)
  21.    Cecil Dolecheck (R)
  22.    Rich Anderson (R)
  23.    Greg Forristall (R)
  24.    Mary Ann Hanusa (R)
  25.    Mark Brandenburg (R)