Charles Aldrich

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Charles Aldrich

Libertarian Party

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November 5, 2024

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Charles Aldrich (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 4th Congressional District. He lost as a write-in in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Randy Feenstra defeated Ryan Melton and Charles Aldrich in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Feenstra (R)	67.0	250,522
		Ryan Melton (D)	32.7	122,175
		Charles Aldrich (L) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,127

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 373,824
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Ryan Melton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ryan Melton	99.2	6,482
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	52

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,534
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jay Brown (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Randy Feenstra defeated Kevin Virgil in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Feenstra	60.1	26,781
		Kevin Virgil	39.6	17,661
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	125

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,567
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2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 56

Mark Thompson defeated Charles Aldrich in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 56 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Thompson (R)	82.2	9,309
		Charles Aldrich (L)	17.5	1,986
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	25

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,320
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 56

Mark Thompson defeated James L. Nelson in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 56 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Thompson	65.2	2,051
	Submit photo	James L. Nelson	34.6	1,089
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	7

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,147
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2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Steve King defeated J.D. Scholten, Charles Aldrich, and Edward Peterson in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve King (R)	50.3	157,676
		J.D. Scholten (D)	47.0	147,246
		Charles Aldrich (L)	2.0	6,161
		Edward Peterson (Independent)	0.6	1,962
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	206

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 313,251 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

J.D. Scholten defeated Leann Jacobsen and John Paschen in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.D. Scholten	51.3	14,733
	Submit photo	Leann Jacobsen	32.0	9,176
		John Paschen	16.7	4,806

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 28,715
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Dahl (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Steve King defeated Cyndi Hanson in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve King	74.8	28,053
		Cyndi Hanson	25.2	9,437

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 37,490
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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Iowa, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Iowa's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Chuck Grassley (R) won re-election, defeating Patty Judge (D), Charles Aldrich (L), Jim Hennager (New Independent Party Iowa), and Michael Luick-Thrams (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Grassley faced no opponent in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016, while Judge defeated Rob Hogg, Bob Krause, and Tom Fiegen to win the Democratic nomination.

U.S. Senate, Iowa General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chuck Grassley Incumbent	60.1%	926,007
	Democratic	Patty Judge	35.7%	549,460
	Libertarian	Charles Aldrich	2.7%	41,794
	New Independent Party Iowa	Jim Hennager	1.1%	17,649
	Independent	Michael Luick-Thrams	0.3%	4,441
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	1,685
Total Votes				1,541,036
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Iowa Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patty Judge	47.7%	46,322
Rob Hogg	38.9%	37,801
Thomas Fiegen	6.8%	6,573
Bob Krause	6.6%	6,425
Total Votes		97,121
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Charles Aldrich campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Iowa House of Representatives District 56	Lost general	$0	$0
2018	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

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