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Caleb Short
Caleb Short (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 25. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Short completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
In 2020, Short participated in a Candidate Conversation hosted by Ballotpedia and EnCiv. Click here to view the recording.
Biography
Caleb Short was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He earned a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in 2009. His career experience includes working as an educator.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Stan Gustafson defeated Ryan Marquardt in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 25 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stan Gustafson (R) | 63.5 | 12,944 |
 | Ryan Marquardt (D)  | 36.4 | 7,416 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 20,382 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 25
Ryan Marquardt defeated Caleb Short in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ryan Marquardt | 63.8 | 1,672 |
 | Caleb Short | 35.8 | 938 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 2,621 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 25
Incumbent Stan Gustafson advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 25 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Gustafson | 99.3 | 2,759 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 2,779 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Candidate Conversations
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Caleb Short completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Short's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Increase state funding for Education across the board
- De-privatize Iowa's Medicaid system and move towards Medicare for All
- Increase state funding for infrastructure including making our energy system sustainable.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2020
