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 .