Pre-Election Briefing

WELCOME

Kate Gainer, PharmD Executive Vice President & CEO 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 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

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

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 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