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Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 90. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2022.
Dunn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andrew Dunn was born in Ames, Iowa. He has been affiliated with the State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council, March for Our Lives Iowa, the ACLU, the River City Housing Collective, the Johnson County Democratic Party, the Dickinson County Democratic Party, Warren For President 2020, Sanders for President 2016, the Iowa State Senate, the Progressive Turnout Project, the South Australian Parliament, Karen Larson for Iowa House, and the Iowa Juvenile Justice Advisory Council.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 90
Adam Zabner won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Zabner (D)  | 98.3 | 11,840 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 204 | ||
| Total votes: 12,044 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 90
Adam Zabner defeated Andrew Dunn and Christine Wolfe in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 90 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Zabner | 42.6 | 1,999 |
 | Andrew Dunn | 36.6 | 1,716 | |
 | Christine Wolfe | 20.7 | 973 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 4,694 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Andrew Dunn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dunn's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I believe that the purpose of government is to do good for and by the people. The best way to do that is with what I call “Community Centered Solutions.” Described succinctly, these types of solutions dive face-first into everything necessary for good representative government. They are solutions that seek leadership and guidance by those that policies affect to ensure the best possible outcome for a given community. For a legislator to achieve this requires tireless dedication to collecting community feedback, a constant search for new perspectives, and the cultivation of new community leaders. The best way to find these perspectives and leaders is to empower others to share their voices in the policymaking process.
- Breaking down the barriers of entry to political activity and advocacy is crucial to empowering members of our communities with diverse and varying backgrounds. Policymaking is complicated. It requires a lot of advanced knowledge that isn’t always taught in schools or could otherwise be extremely inaccessible to people of diverse backgrounds. Due to this, I believe that it is an obligation of legislators to serve as civic educators for their communities. Public servants operate within the complex systems and bureaucracies of government and are therefore best equipped to help others navigate them. In doing so, they build public trust and a more informed and responsive electorate that is able to voice their concerns and get results.
- Constituents need to be able to trust their elected officials, especially if they take on the role of civic educator. One important way that trust can be built is to be as transparent as possible. I plan to release all of my recent tax records, information related to investments, and if elected, will publish brief educational explanations into every vote I take on the House floor. Public officials need to be open, transparent, and accessible to build the trust and relationships in the community that allow for the best results to come from policymaking in representative government.
Education
Fully funding our public educational institutions and halting the advance of privatization in Iowa’s school systems
Expansion of trade opportunities and apprenticeships
Healthcare
Expanding Medicare/Medicaid and rolling back anti-trans exclusions
Codifying Roe v. Wade
Increasing funding for mental healthcare
Reducing the cost of prescription drugs
Labor
Unionization in every workplace
$15 minimum wage
abolishing “right to work” laws and reinstating Iowa’s Chapter 20 labor provisions
Project Labor Agreements and implementing Prevailing Wage policies
workers’ rights to select their medical providers for workplace injuries
Environment
Net negative or zero carbon footprint within a decade
A moratorium on CAFOs
Funding IWLL
A comprehensive policy to address Iowa’s water quality crisis
Justice
Demilitarization of police
Ending the War on Drugs & legalizing cannabis
Increasing funds for public defenders
LGBTQ
Banning "gay conversion therapy"
Making it easier to acquire and alter forms of ID
LGBTQ inclusive sex education
Government & Budget
Increasing funding for affordable housing
Increasing funding and access to affordable childcare
The creation of a net neutrality regime
Democracy
An overhaul of campaign finance law and the imposition of topline limitation on campaign contributions
The abolition of voter ID laws
The return of local control to counties and municipalities
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 20, 2021
