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Carissa Froyum

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Carissa Froyum
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November 8, 2022

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Carissa Froyum (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 57. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Carissa Froyum attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. Her professional experience includes working as a university professor.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 57

Incumbent Pat Grassley defeated Carissa Froyum in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 57 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Pat Grassley
Pat Grassley (R)
 
64.4
 
8,895
Image of Carissa Froyum
Carissa Froyum (D)
 
35.5
 
4,895
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
14

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,804
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57

Incumbent Pat Grassley advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Pat Grassley
Pat Grassley
 
98.8
 
2,241
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
27

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,268
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Sandy Salmon defeated Carissa Froyum in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sandy Salmon
Sandy Salmon (R)
 
63.3
 
11,209
Image of Carissa Froyum
Carissa Froyum (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.7
 
6,489
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
6

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 17,704
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Carissa Froyum advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Carissa Froyum
Carissa Froyum Candidate Connection
 
99.5
 
2,214
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
12

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,226
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Sandy Salmon advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sandy Salmon
Sandy Salmon
 
99.0
 
1,939
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
20

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,959
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Candidate Connection

Carissa Froyum completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Froyum's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Carissa is a small town, country kid who grew up valuing hard work, education, community, and service. A professor at the University of Northern Iowa, she is the fourth generation in her family to teach. She became an healthcare and disability advocate after the birth of her second child, who was born with a rare, life-threatening medical condition. Carissa is an alum of the Lutheran Volunteer Corps and Americorps. She lives in Denver, IA, with her husband Adam, a family physician and public health expert, and three children.
  • HEALTHCARE: ensuring affordable quality access, reversing Medicaid privatization, building public & mental health
  • EDUCATION: fully fund public education, provide mental health
  • TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES: build our infrastructure (broadband, childcare, housing), support main street businesses, expand our rural economies
My second child was born with a rare, life-threatening medical condition. He does not breathe in his sleep and is dependent upon a ventilator to breathe for him. My family has lived through the privatization of Medicaid, which has put the health and well-being of our most vulnerable community members at risk. They are being denied care, placed in nursing homes rather than being home, and some have even died. All the while, out-of-state corporations are profiting. These aren't Iowa values. We don't put profits over the lives of our grandparents, sisters, and children. I am running to restore rural Iowan values in Des Moines.
My mom! My mom is the most resourceful, hardworking, caring person I know.
Elected officials must be good listeners. They must also build relationships.
To listen to their constituents, put everyday Iowans' values into practice, and be good stewards of common resources.
The Challenger explosion. I was in first grade. I also lived through 9/11 in DC at 22. I had just arrived to DC three weeks prior as an Americorps/Lutheran-Volunteer-Corps volunteer. My first-hand experiences with 9/11 affirmed my commitment to service and caring for my neighbor.
Baby Shark
Overcoming political division to get things done for the greater good. Putting our values into practice.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 27, 2020


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