Economic and Demographic Characteristics of ’s First Congressional District March, 2006

Iowa’s 1st Congressional District is currently represented by , who is running for governor. Nussle has offices in: Manchester, Iowa, 52057 Davenport, Iowa 52801 Dubuque, Iowa 52002 Waterloo, Iowa 50702

Black Hawk County Bremer County Buchanan County Butler County Clayton County Clinton County Delaware County Dubuque County Fayette County Jackson County Jones County Scott County

Kerry won 53 percent to 46 percent over Bush.

County populations in district according to Census 2000:

% pop county % pop of

in county in CD in COUNTY district pop district county Black Hawk County 128,012 128,012 100.00% 21.87% Bremer County 23,325 23,325 100.00% 3.99% Buchanan County 21,093 21,093 100.00% 3.60% Butler County 15,305 15,305 100.00% 2.61% Clayton County 18,678 18,678 100.00% 3.19% Clinton County 50,149 50,149 100.00% 8.57% Delaware County 18,404 18,404 100.00% 3.14% Dubuque County 89,143 89,143 100.00% 15.23% Fayette County 22,008 22,008 100.00% 3.76% Jackson County 20,296 20,296 100.00% 3.47% Jones County 20,221 20,221 100.00% 3.45% Scott County 158,668 158,668 100.00% 27.11% Total 585,302 100.00%

Employment:

All Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week All Wk All Wk All emp 04 All emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 129278176 129877063 757 745 39354 38749 -0.5% 1.6% -0.1% 0.4% IA 1422454 1443394 617 589 32097 30637 -1.5% 4.8% -0.4% 1.2% IA 1 279753 282662 592 567 30774 29504 -1.0% 4.3% -0.3% 1.1%

Manufacturing Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week Mfg Wk Mfg Wk Mfg emp 04 Mfg emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 14257380 18420144 920 945 47861 49118 -22.6% -2.6% -6.2% -0.6% IA 223129 260475 811 768 42189 39953 -14.3% 5.6% -3.8% 1.4% IA 1 48489 56088 866 820 45020 42630 -13.5% 5.6% -3.6% 1.4%

Retail Trade Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 retail emp retail emp Av Week retail Wk retail Wk 04 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 15060686 23298757 470 389 24415 20217 -35.4% 20.8% -10.3% 4.8% IA 180848 272206 392 311 20376 16197 -33.6% 25.8% -9.7% 5.9% IA1 38970 57374 398 312 20702 16219 -32.1% 27.6% -9.2% 6.3%

Child-poverty rates, 2000, 2003 (percent) All ages Age 0-4 Age 5-17 Age 0-17 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 11.3 12.5 18.7 20.3 14.6 16.1 16.2 17.6 Iowa 8.3 9.1 14.1 16.1 8.9 10.1 10.8 12.3

Poverty rates, 1999- 2000, 2003-2004 (percent) 1999-2000 2003-2004 United States 11.6 12.6 Iowa 7.8 9.9

Hourly wage distribution, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005 (Wage percentiles in constant $2005) 1998-2000 2003-2005 10th 50th 90th 10th 50th 90th US 7.156666667 13.81333333 30.25 7.293333333 14.42666667 31.64333333 IA 7.18 12.89 25.88 7.50 13.68 27.14

Percentage of workers 18-64 with health insurance period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 55.7% 53.8% IA 57.3% 54.7%

Percentage of workers 18-64 covered by pension period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 48.5% 46.0% IA 53.3% 51.9%

Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000

Change 2000- 2000 2004 2004

IA1 2.77 4.07 46.9%

IA 2.76 4.31 56.2%

US 4.32 5.32 23.1%

OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of Number of beneficiaries (dollars) beneficiaries Retired Disabled Widow(er)s All Retired Widow(er)s aged 65 or Total workers a workers b Spouses c Children d beneficiaries workers b older All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 872 955 897 33,696,001 IA 548,320 361,730 56,612 59,790 35,162 35,026 880 953 933 416,129 IA1 109,935 71,551 11,612 12,257 7,437 7,078 881 958 934 81,853

Recipients of federally administered SSI payments and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of recipients (dollars) Number of recipients With Aged 65 Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled OASDI a or older All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 461 352 473 484 2,441,374 1,977,610 Iowa 42,634 3,689 794 38,151 410 210 365 430 16,769 7,087 IA1 10,080 717 175 9,188 434 191 349 455 3,633 1,372

Elderly and estimated dependence on Social Security (over 65) (over 65) Census 2000 SS more than SS more than Total 50-64 % 50-64 65 and % 65 & 50% of % of tot 90% of % of tot over over income pop income pop

IA1 585,302 89,874 15.4% 84,599 14.5% 54,989 9% 27,918 5%

Educational Attainment: Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School: US Census 2000: 80.4 Iowa Census 2000: 82.1 IA 1: 85.6 Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree: US Census 2000: 24.4 Iowa Census 2000: 21.2 IA 1: 20 Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005 Basic & above above US 63% 30% Iowa 67% 33% Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005 Basic & above above US 71% 29% Iowa 79% 34% Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005 Basic & above above US 79% 35% Iowa 85% 37% Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005 Basic & above above US 68% 29% Iowa 75% 34%

Elementary & Secondary Education Finance 2002-3 US avg Iowa Fed.Rev.- Subtotal $ 735,606,062 $315,453,993 Total Expenditures for Elem & $ 8,690,171,765 $4,139,340,992 2ndary Ed Fed Rev as % of Total 8.5% 7.6% Expenditure Total Students (Fall 2003) 951,778 481,226 Fed Rev per student $ 773 $ 656 Total Expenditure per student $ 9,130 $ 8,602

Trends in College Cost and Aid (College Board) change constant 2004 dollars 94-5 to 99-0 99-0 to 04-5 94-5 to 04-5 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 Public 4yr tuition/fee $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 10.5% 36.3% 50.6% Public 4yr tuition/fee/room/bd $8,338 $9,051 $11,354 8.6% 25.4% 36.2% Private 4yr tuition/fee $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 17.8% 15.5% 36.0% Private 4yr tuition/fee/rm/bd $20,780 $24,057 $27,516 15.8% 14.4% 32.4% Grant Aid per FTE $2,965 $3,721 $4,479 25.5% 20.4% 51.1% Loans per FTE $3,204 $3,856 $4,916 20.3% 27.5% 53.4% Avg aid per FTE $6,261 $8,167 $10,119 30.4% 23.9% 61.6% Grant Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 36% 41% 39% 15.6% -4.0% 10.9% Grant aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 14% 15% 16% 8.4% 5.2% 14.1% Avg Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 75% 90% 89% 20.2% -1.2% 18.7% Avg aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 30% 34% 37% 12.7% 8.3% 22.1%

Tuition/fees by Coll. Board region 94–95 99–00 04–05 10 yr $ 10 yr % National change change 4-yr public $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 $1,725 51% 4-yr private $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 $5,321 36% Midwest 4-yr public $3,683 $4,269 $6,085 $2,402 65% 4-yr private $14,059 $16,365 $18,690 $4,631 33%

2005 Federal aid per undergrad Iowa Fed Postsecondary Education 178,380,548 Programs Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate 193,908 Fed aid per undergrad $ 920

Corporate Taxes 2001-3 Change in pre-tax corporate profits, 2001-3 +26% Change in corporate tax payments, 2001-3 -21% Nominal corporate tax rate, 2001-3 35% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001* 21.4% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2002-3 17.2% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001-3 18.4%

Effective Corporate Tax Rates for 275 Corporations by Industry, 2001–03 ($-millions) Three-Year Totals 2003 2001 Industry & Company Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Aerospace & defense $17,684 $285 1.6% $4,448 $–1,337 –30.0% $6,754 $893 13.20% Transportation 14,309 619 4.3% 4,612 78 1.7% 4,551 372 8.20% Industrial and farm equipment 6,489 406 6.2% 2,007 78 3.9% 2,488 351 14.10% Telecommunications 73,203 5,465 7.5% 22,531 507 2.3% 26,424 5,718 21.60% Electronics, electrical equipment 47,023 5,095 10.8% 13,958 1,773 12.7% 17,002 2,922 17.2% Petroleum & pipelines 42,530 5,652 13.3% 19,613 2,603 13.3% 15,065 2,609 17.3% Miscellaneous services 61,378 8,855 14.4% 23,950 2,702 11.3% 16,861 3,111 18.4% Utilities, gas and electric 53,794 7,767 14.4% 18,229 354 1.9% 18,211 5,191 28.5% Computers, office equip, software, data 74,904 11,949 16.0% 29,927 4,987 16.7% 22,838 3,127 13.7% Metals & metal products 7,814 1,362 17.4% 2,986 305 10.2% 2,180 463 21.2% Financial 285,589 56,222 19.7% 117,802 22,486 19.1% 79,456 16,262 20.5% Chemicals 5,424 1,129 20.8% 1,780 402 22.6% 1,763 351 19.9% Pharmaceuticals & medical products 71,010 15,339 21.6% 25,977 5,561 21.4% 20,819 4,437 21.3% Miscellaneous manufacturing 27,319 6,043 22.1% 10,068 2,345 23.3% 8,053 2,026 25.2% Health care 25,432 5,674 22.3% 11,468 2,614 22.8% 6,022 1,213 20.1% Publishing, printing 11,103 2,551 23.0% 4,488 1,088 24.2% 2,742 656 23.9% Motor vehicles and parts 6,097 1,418 23.3% 2,287 456 19.9% 1,630 411 25.2% Food & beverages & tobacco 74,024 17,589 23.8% 23,916 5,786 24.2% 23,166 5,829 25.2% Household & personal products 19,354 4,688 24.2% 7,485 2,085 27.9% 5,241 1,327 25.3% Retail & wholesale trade 132,558 36,692 27.7% 51,741 13,877 26.8% 36,597 10,598 29.0% ALL INDUSTRIES $1,057,038 $194,799 18.4% $399,274 $68,749 17.2% $317,861 $67,866 21.4% * (all "effective tax rates" above are from CTJ/ITEP survey of 275 profitable Fortune 500 corporations, see reference in sources, below)

Top 25 Corporate Tax Break Recipients, 2001-03 ($-mill.) Pretax Tax Breaks cut taxes Rank Company Profits Breaks by 1 General Electric $36,809 9,481 –74% SBC 2 Communications 30,321 9,032 –85% 3 Citigroup 42,968 4,626 –31% 4 IBM 13,935 4,617 –95% 5 Microsoft 29,455 4,599 –45% 6 AT&T 13,453 4,572 –97% 7 ExxonMobil 21,388 4,268 –57% 8 Verizon 12,264 4,234 –99% 9 JPMorgan Chase 10,885 3,929 –103% 10 Pfizer 14,517 3,889 –77% 11 Altria (Philip Morris) 29,192 3,341 –33% 12 Wachovia 12,846 3,259 –72% 13 Boeing 5,688 3,058 –154% 14 Bank of America 38,574 2,959 –22% 15 Time Warner 6,229 2,637 –121% 16 Wells Fargo 23,885 2,459 –29% 17 ConocoPhillips 7,906 1,985 –72% 18 Intel 9,895 1,972 –57% 19 Merrill Lynch 8,893 1,966 –63% 20 Prudential Financial 2,264 1,838 –232% 21 Viacom 9,523 1,812 –54% 22 United Technologies 5,155 1,750 –97% 23 BellSouth 12,663 1,632 –37% 24 Allstate 6,396 1,631 –73% 25 American Express 7,282 1,541 –60% $ Total these 25 $412,387 87,089 –60% $ All 275 companies $1,057,038 175,164 –47%

US deaths and est. wounded in Iraq for Iowa as of 2/28/06

# of total # of badly Deaths as of share of wounded (est. wounded * 2/28/06 deaths for state) (est. for state) US 2296 100 16824 7777 Iowa 27 1.2% 198 91 (as of 2/13/06) (as of 2/13/06) *badly wounded = did not return to duty in 72 hours

Iraq deaths by CD, as of 1/20/06 Total City Name Rank Date

Private 1st IA1 8 Davenport Skinner, Nicholas M. Class 26-Aug-04 Dubuque Deutsch, Michael J. Private 31-Jul-03 Tripoli Gienau, Richard Brian 2nd Lieutenant 27-Feb-05 Oelwein Garceau, Seth K. Sergeant 4-Mar-05 Peosta Anderson, Stuart M. Major 7-Jan-06 Davenport Korthaus, Bradley Steven Sergeant 24-Mar-03 Waterloo Steffeney, Eric M. Staff Sergeant 23-Feb-05

Financial Cost of Iraq War Total Per U.S. person US mil to date $173,000,000,000 $ 583.65 Cong approp to date $251,000,000,000 $ 846.80 CBO 10 year projection $481,000,000,000 $ 1,622.75 Stiglitz low end (10yr) $1,000,000,000,000 $ 3,373.70 Stiglitz high (10yr) $2,000,000,000,000 $ 6,747.40

Cost of War by Area Share of war costs, dollars

Population, Census % of Area 2000 US US mil to date Cong approp to date CBO 10 yr Stiglitz low 10 yr Stiglitz high 10 yr

Iowa 2,926,324 1.04 1,798,914,872 2,609,986,317 5,001,607,245 10,398,351,861 20,796,703,722

IA1 585,302 0.21 359,805,843 522,030,442 1,000,385,030 2,079,802,558 4,159,605,116

Campaign Finance:

2006 RACE: IOWA DISTRICT 1

Candidates

Bill Dix (R) Mike Whalen (R) Brian Kennedy (R) Bruce Braley (D) Rick Dickinson (D) Bill Gluba (D)

Sector Total

Bill Dix (R)

Agribusiness $16,050 Construction $12,500 Energy/Nat Resource $2,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $36,000 Health $9,800 Lawyers & Lobbyists $4,500 Transportation $11,500 Misc Business $10,650 Other $18,900

Mike Whalen (R)

Agribusiness $2,750 Communic/Electronics $1,000 Construction $6,500 Energy/Nat Resource $2,959 Finance/Insur/RealEst $18,039 Health $1,750 Lawyers & Lobbyists $3,050 Transportation $1,250 Misc Business $16,150 Other $14,700

Brian Kennedy (R)

Agribusiness $750 Communic/Electronics $1,250 Construction $4,000 Energy/Nat Resource $2,100 Finance/Insur/RealEst $7,400 Health $710 Lawyers & Lobbyists $39,500 Transportation $250 Misc Business $3,950 Ideology/Single-Issue $9,700 Other $11,338

Bruce Braley (D)

Agribusiness $500 Communic/Electronics $1,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $1,000 Lawyers & Lobbyists $210,008 Misc Business $1,500 Labor $8,750 Other $1,850

Bill Gluba (D)

Agribusiness $2,850 Construction $250 Energy/Nat Resource $1,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $3,350 Health $1,750 Lawyers & Lobbyists $15,500 Misc Business $5,150 Labor ($1,500) Ideology/Single-Issue $1,250 Other $13,050

Rick Dickinson (D)

Agribusiness $2,800 Communic/Electronics $4,750 Construction $16,750 Finance/Insur/RealEst $15,050 Health $6,450 Lawyers & Lobbyists $8,050 Transportation $750 Misc Business $7,600 Other $28,250

Top Industries

Bill Dix (R)

Commercial Banks $23,450 Retired $10,900 Crop Production & Basic Processing $8,300 Civil Servants/Public Officials $6,000 Misc Finance $5,000 Sea Transport $5,000 Health Professionals $4,550 General Contractors $4,500 Lawyers/Law Firms $4,250 Construction Services $4,000 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $4,000 Beer, Wine & Liquor $4,000 Automotive $3,000 Misc Transport $2,750 Insurance $2,500 Home Builders $2,500 Livestock $2,500 Real Estate $2,300 Oil & Gas $2,000 Pharmaceuticals/Health Products $2,000 Education $2,000 Health Services/HMOs $2,000 Tobacco $2,000

Mike Whalen (R)

Retired $14,250 Food & Beverage $11,000 Real Estate $6,839 Commercial Banks $4,850 Lawyers/Law Firms $3,050 Misc Finance $2,500 Building Materials & Equipment $2,250 Insurance $2,100 Oil & Gas $1,959 Health Professionals $1,750 General Contractors $1,750 Crop Production & Basic Processing $1,500 Special Trade Contractors $1,500 Misc Business $1,400 Securities & Investment $1,250 Mining $1,000 Beer, Wine & Liquor $1,000 Lodging/Tourism $1,000 Misc Manufacturing & Distributing $1,000 Printing & Publishing $1,000 Construction Services $1,000

Brian Kennedy (R)

Lobbyists $29,100 Lawyers/Law Firms $10,400 Republican/Conservative $9,700 Retired $6,138 Real Estate $4,250 Education $4,200 General Contractors $4,000 Business Services $2,750 Misc Finance $2,700 Misc Energy $2,100 Telephone Utilities $1,250 Misc Business $1,200 Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,000 Agricultural Services/Products $750 Health Professionals $710 Securities & Investment $450 Automotive $250

Bruce Braley (D)

Lawyers/Law Firms $210,008 Public Sector Unions $7,500 Misc Business $1,500 Real Estate $1,000 TV/Movies/Music $1,000 Retired $1,000 Transportation Unions $1,000 Non-Profit Institutions $600 Crop Production & Basic Processing $500 Industrial Unions $250 Education $250

Bill Gluba (D)

Lawyers/Law Firms $15,500 Retired $9,800 Misc Business $4,150 Education $3,000 Real Estate $2,850 Food Processing & Sales $2,100 Health Professionals $1,750 Food & Beverage $1,000 Industrial Unions $1,000 Candidate Committees $1,000 Oil & Gas $500 Misc Energy $500 Securities & Investment $500 Agricultural Services/Products $500 Crop Production & Basic Processing $250 General Contractors $250 Non-Profit Institutions $250 Environment $250

Rick Dickinson (D)

Retired $20,450 General Contractors $9,800 Lawyers/Law Firms $7,800 Insurance $6,250 Building Materials & Equipment $4,850 Misc Business $4,850 Education $4,500 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $3,750 Civil Servants/Public Officials $3,000 Commercial Banks $2,500 Computers/Internet $2,500 Real Estate $2,050 Securities & Investment $2,000 Health Professionals $1,950 Crop Production & Basic Processing $1,750 Special Trade Contractors $1,600 Printing & Publishing $1,500 Credit Unions $1,500 Business Services $1,500 Agricultural Services/Products $1,050

Top Contributors

Bill Dix (R)

Abcm Corp $6,000 Sukup Manufacturing $6,000 Alter Barge Lines $5,000 American Bankers Assn $5,000 Fahr Beverage $4,000 Kay Pork Rec Corp $4,000 Kum & Go $4,000 Musco Lighting $4,000 Sinclair Elevator $4,000 Waverly State Bank $4,000 Capitol Resources $3,000 Covenant Clinic $3,000 Vgm $3,000 Kirke-Van Orsdel Inc $2,500 Lynch Livestock $2,500 Pci $2,500 Regency Builders $2,500 All American Homes $2,000 Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Co $2,000 Barker Invesment $2,000 Cardinal Construction $2,000 Featherlite Trailers $2,000 First Security Bank $2,000 Health Care of Iowa $2,000 Heartland Pork $2,000 I-80 Truckstop $2,000 Interpower Corp $2,000 Iowa Commodities $2,000 Jacobson Transport $2,000 Kirchhoff Distributing $2,000 Kirkgross Co $2,000 Long Lines $2,000 Mauer Eye Center $2,000 Pfizer Inc $2,000 Reynolds American $2,000 Simpson Furniture $2,000 Standard Golf $2,000 Theisen's $2,000 United Beverage $2,000 United Equipment Acc $2,000 $2,000

Mike Whalen (R)

Heart of America Management $29,850 National Restaurant Assn $5,000 Mutual Med Inc $4,700 Iowa 80 Group $4,200 Branlee Enterprises $4,100 Prent Corp $4,000 Lockard Companies $3,900 Christensen & Bigelow/Drs $3,000 Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial $2,600 Mike Finnin Ford $2,500 Outback Steakhouse $2,500 American Bank & Trust $2,100 Butler Insurance $2,100 Crow Holdings $2,100 Parco Ltd $2,100 Prescott Investers $2,100 River Action $2,100 Walcott Trust & Savings $2,100 Cbe Group $2,036 Carver Aero $2,000 FMS Management Sytems $2,000 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Dav $2,000 Riverstone Group $2,000

Brian Kennedy (R) Dci Group $22,350 Tenn PAC $5,000 Campaign of One $4,500 Barbour, Griffith & Rogers $3,750 Gallagher, Millage & Gallagher $2,350 Bass, Berry & Sims $2,100 Competitive Edge $2,100 Federal Title $2,100 Iowa American Water Co $2,100 Avalon Bay Communities $2,000 DC Navigators $2,000 Haury & Smith Contractors $2,000 Pc Telecom $2,000 Ted Welch Investments $2,000 Vanderbilt School of Nursing $2,000 Vanderbilt University $2,000 Weichert Realtors $2,000 Akins Crisp Public Strategies $1,250 Tobin, O'Connor et al $1,250 Verizon Communications $1,250

Bruce Braley (D) Baron & Budd $13,000 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $10,000 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $5,000 Morgan & Weisbrod $4,000 Max Schott & Assoc $3,650 Peters Law Office $3,000 Dickinson Law Firm $2,525 International Assn of Fire Fighters $2,500 Dutton BS&H $2,250 Britcher, Leone & Roth $2,100 Hill, Toriseva & Williams $2,100 Schlueter, Mandel & Mandel $2,100 Brierly Law Office $2,000 Carpenter Law Firm $2,000 Humphrey Law Firm $2,000 James Law Firm $2,000 Janet, Jenner & Suggs $2,000 Legal Services PC $2,000 Pothitakis Law Firm $2,000 Power, Rogers & Smith $2,000 Reynolds & Kenline $2,000 Robins, Kaplan et al $2,000 Wasker, Dorr et al $2,000 Wertz Law Firm $2,000

Rick Dickinson (D) Heartland Financial USA $4,250 McAninch Corp $4,000 Mi-T-M Corp $4,000 Cottingham & Butler $3,500 Conlon Construction $3,000 Herrig & Herrig Insurance $3,000 Kane, Norby & Reddick $2,700 Klauer Manfacturing $2,500 McCoy Group $2,200 Platinum Services $2,200 Apex Concrete $2,100 Dorsey & Whitney $2,100 Achievement Technologies Inc $2,000 AG Edwards & Sons $2,000 Cartegraph Systems $2,000 Dubuque Labor Management Counc $2,000 Elliott Equipment Co $2,000 Greeley Hospital $2,000 Osterhaus Rx $2,000 Otto A Llc $2,000 Theisen Home Farm Auto $2,000

Bill Gluba (D)

Rjr Realtor $2,100 Iowa East Central Train $1,500 University of Iowa $1,250 Bergeson & Campbell $1,000 Cronige $1,000 Friends of Lane Evans Cmte $1,000 Happy Tyme Co $1,000 Prosetta Corp $1,000 Quad City Pathologists Group $1,000 Re/Max River Cities $1,000 Rudy's Tacos $1,000 Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett $1,000 Vollertson & Britt $1,000

2004 District Results Jim Nussle (R): 55.2% Bill Gluba (D): 43.3%

2002 District Results Jim Nussle (R): 57% Ann Hutchinson (D): 43%

The data for this report were prepared by John Schmitt and Robert Naiman with the assistance of Dean Baker. Sources: For Reading and Math scores: “The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006451.pdf and “The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006453.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-3 and 2003-4. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For higher education costs and student aid: “Trends in College Pricing: 2004,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost04/041264TrendsPricing2004_FINAL.pdf and “Trends in Student Aid: 2005,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost05/trends_aid_05.pdf (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For federal spending on higher education: Fiscal Year 2001-2007 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Undergraduate Enrollment: For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2004-5, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Child Poverty by State: US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/tables.html, accessed, February 21, 2006. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_child_poverty)

For Poverty rates: Data for 1999-2000 from: US Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2001, Report P60-219, Table 4, p. 10, September 2002. Data for 2003- 2004: from US Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2004, Table 10, p. 25, August 2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_poverty_rates)

For Health and Pension Coverage: CEPR analysis of March CPS data, 1980-2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: districts_health_pensions)

For Wage Distribution: Analysis of CEPR extracts of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_wage_dist)

For Campaign Finance: “Congressional Races,” Center for Responsive Politics, http://opensecrets.org.

Cost of Iraq War: For deaths by state and national wounded: “Iraq Coalition Casualty Count” http://icasualties.org/oif/, “Honor the Fallen,” http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html (US military press), and CEPR corrections based on press reports. (There is a map of deaths by hometown through October 26 at http://www.militarycity.com/2000casualties/kia_map.php.) Wounded by state estimated by assigning to each state the same proportion of wounded as their proportion of deaths. Deaths assigned to Congressional District if a substantial part of soldier’s hometown is in the Congressional District. Split cities are marked with an asterisk in the list of deaths. For Congressional appropriations, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11,” Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service, October 7, 2005. (The National Priorities Project has a website where one can calculate the cost of war by state using the CRS $251 billion figure for Congressional appropriations; one can compare the cost in terms of forgone expenditures, like children’s health care. http://costofwar.com). For Stiglitz estimates: “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War,” Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz, January 2006, http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/Cost_of_War_in_Iraq.pdf. They try to estimate other costs besides direct appropriations, such as the cost of long-term health care for disabled veterans. For state population numbers: U.S. Census, http://fastfacts.census.gov. (See Excel spreadsheet: cost_of_Iraq_war)

For Corporate Taxes: “Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years,” Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2004, http://www.ctj.org/corpfed04an.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: corporate_taxes)

For Social Security Beneficiaries: Congressional Statistics, December 2004 (released June 2005), Social Security Online, Office of Policy Data, Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/cong_stats/. Average monthly benefits calculated by dividing total monthly benefits by number of recipients in each category. For elderly population: “Fast Facts for Congress,” Census 2000, http://fastfacts.census.gov. For estimates of elderly population dependent on Social Security for a particular share of income: CEPR estimate using proportions for national population. (See Excel spreadsheet: social_security)

For Bankruptcy Filing Rates by County and State: “Regional Economic Conditions (RECON),” FDIC, http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/. CD estimates for filing rates constructed by weighted average of county filing rates.For absolute number of bankruptcies by state, see: Annual Business and Non-business Filings by State (2000-2004), American Bankruptcy Institute http://www.abiworld.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=17661 (See Excel spreadsheet: bankruptcy)

For Employment and Wages: CEPR calculatations from Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, www.bls.gov. CD estimtes are constructed from county data by weighting by population.