Pre-Election Briefing
WELCOME
Kate Gainer, PharmD Executive Vice President & CEO Iowa Pharmacy Association
IPA Pre-Election Briefing Webinar Bill Wimmer, JD & Angela Davis, JD IPA’s Legal and Legislative Consultant Wasker, Dorr, Wimmer & Marcouiller, P.C. Topics
• Elections – Federal • Congressional – State • Gubernatorial • Senate • House of Representatives
• Importance of advocacy Elections
• Federal – Congressional
• State – Gubernatorial – Senate – House of Representatives US Congress Congress Current Configuration
House of Representatives Senate – Democrats: 199 – Democrats: 53 – Republicans: 233 – Republicans: 45 – Independents: 2
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/cong.aspxs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress
State Legislature Current Configuration
Senate House of Representatives – – Democrats: 26 Democrats: 47 – – Republicans: 24 Republicans: 53
http://www.statescape.com/resources/partysplits/partysplits.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly
US Senate: Current Senators
Tom Harkin Chuck Grassley Term ends: 2015 Term ends: 2017
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa,_2014#Candid ates
US Senate: General Election Candidates
Bruce Braley Joni Ernst
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections_in_Iowa,_2014#Candid ates
Iowa Congressional Districts US House of Representatives: General Election Candidates 1st Congressional District
Rod Blum Pat Murphy
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_I owa,_2014
US House of Representatives: General Election Candidates 2nd Congressional District
Dave Loebsack Mariannette Miller-Meeks Incumbent http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_I owa,_2014
US House of Representatives: General Election Candidates 3rd Congressional District
David Young Staci Appel
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_I owa,_2014
US House of Representatives: General Election Candidates 4th Congressional District
Steve King Jim Mowrer Incumbent
http://ballotpedia.org/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_I owa,_2014
Iowa State Legislature
http://www.pictureninja.com/pages/united-states/iowa/image- iowa-capitol-building.htm Gubernatorial Candidates
Terry Branstad Jack Hatch Incumbent
http://ballotpedia.org/Iowa_Gubernatorial_and_Lieutenant_Gubernatorial_elec tion,_2014
Attorney General Candidates
Tom Miller Adam Gregg Incumbent
http://ballotpedia.org/Iowa_state_executive_official_elections,_2014
Pharmacist Supporters in Legislature
John Forbes, RPh Scott Ourth House District 40 House District 26 Urbandale Ackworth
http://iowahouse.org/our-members/john-forbes/ http://iowahouse.org/our-members/scott-ourth/
Iowa State Legislature
Key Districts in Play • Senate Minority Pathway to Majority • Possibility of Senate 25/25 Split • House Races Likely to Increase Republican Majority • Impact of Political Demographic on Pharmacy Issues
Importance of Advocacy
• PAC’s – Iowa Pharmacy – Other health professions – PAC’s vs. SuperPAC’s • IPA Legislative Defense Fund • Grassroots Advocacy – IPA Toolkit – Capitol visit webinar – Legislative Day, January 29, 2015
Contact Info
Bill Wimmer [email protected]
Angela Davis [email protected]
Kate Gainer [email protected]
Anthony Pudlo [email protected] IPRN IS HERE FOR YOU!
Questions? Contact Laura Miller at [email protected] or 515-270-0713