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Cara Kennedy-Ode
From Ballotpedia
Cara Kennedy-Ode was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 36 of the Iowa House of Representatives.
Kennedy-Ode is a stay at home mom. She has previously worked part-time for the Iowa College Recruiting Network and Ode Marketing Group.
Kennedy-Ode earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Luther College in 1994.
Elections
2012
Kennedy-Ode announced her decision to run in the 2012 election for Iowa House District 36 in September 2011. She lost to Marti Anderson in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012.[1][2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Marti Anderson |
50.4% | 1,237 |
| Cara Kennedy-Ode | 46.2% | 1,133 |
| William Rock | 3.4% | 83 |
| Total Votes | 2,453 | |
Personal
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Cara and her husband, Jack, have three children.
Contact
Email:ckode@mchsi.com
External links
Footnotes
Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann
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J.D. Scholten (D)
District 2
Robert Henderson (R)
District 3
Thomas Jeneary (R)
District 4
Skyler Wheeler (R)
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Zach Dieken (R)
District 6
Megan Jones (R)
District 7
Mike Sexton (R)
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Ann Meyer (R)
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Henry Stone (R)
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John Wills (R)
District 11
Craig Williams (R)
District 12
Steven Holt (R)
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Travis Sitzmann (R)
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Jacob Bossman (R)
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Matt Windschitl (R)
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David Sieck (R)
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Devon Wood (R)
District 18
Tom Moore (R)
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Brent Siegrist (R)
District 20
Josh Turek (D)
District 21
Brooke Boden (R)
District 22
Samantha Fett (R)
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Ray Sorensen (R)
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Sam Wengryn (R)
District 25
Hans Wilz (R)
District 26
Austin Harris (R)
District 27
Kenan Judge (D)
District 28
David Young (R)
District 29
Brian Meyer (D)
District 30
Megan Srinivas (D)
District 31
Mary Madison (D)
District 32
Jennifer Konfrst (D)
District 33
Ruth Gaines (D)
District 34
Rob Johnson (D)
District 35
Sean Bagniewski (D)
District 36
Austin Baeth (D)
District 37
Barb McCulla (R)
District 38
Jon Dunwell (R)
District 39
Rick Olson (D)
District 40
Bill Gustoff (R)
District 41
Ryan Weldon (R)
District 42
Heather Matson (D)
District 43
Eddie Andrews (R)
District 44
Larry McBurney (D)
District 45
Brian Lohse (R)
District 46
Dan Gehlbach (R)
District 47
Carter Nordman (R)
District 48
Chad Behn (R)
District 49
District 50
Ross Wilburn (D)
District 51
Brett Barker (R)
District 52
David Blom (R)
District 53
Dean Fisher (R)
District 54
Joshua Meggers (R)
District 55
Shannon Latham (R)
District 56
Mark Thompson (R)
District 57
Pat Grassley (R)
District 58
Charley Thomson (R)
District 59
District 60
District 61
District 62
Jerome Amos (D)
District 63
Michael Bergan (R)
District 64
Jason Gearhart (R)
District 65
Shannon Lundgren (R)
District 66
Steven Bradley (R)
District 67
Craig Johnson (R)
District 68
Chad Ingels (R)
District 69
Tom Determann (R)
District 70
Norlin Mommsen (R)
District 71
Lindsay James (D)
District 72
Jennifer Smith (R)
District 73
Elizabeth Wilson (D)
District 74
Eric Gjerde (D)
District 75
Bob Kressig (D)
District 76
Derek Wulf (R)
District 77
Jeff Cooling (D)
District 78
Angel Ramirez (D)
District 79
Tracy Ehlert (D)
District 80
Aime Wichtendahl (D)
District 81
Daniel Gosa (D)
District 82
Bobby Kaufmann (R)
District 83
Cindy Golding (R)
District 84
Thomas Gerhold (R)
District 85
Amy Nielsen (D)
District 86
David Jacoby (D)
District 87
Jeff Shipley (R)
District 88
Helena Hayes (R)
District 89
Elinor Levin (D)
District 90
Adam Zabner (D)
District 91
Judd Lawler (R)
District 92
Heather Hora (R)
District 93
Gary Mohr (R)
District 94
Mike Vondran (R)
District 95
Taylor Collins (R)
District 96
Mark Cisneros (R)
District 97
Ken Croken (D)
District 98
Monica Kurth (D)
District 99
Matthew Rinker (R)
District 100
Blaine Watkins (R)
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