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Cynthia Oppedal Paschen
Cynthia Paschen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 28. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Paschen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Cynthia Paschen earned a high school diploma from Ames High School and a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University in 1982. Her career experience includes working as a journalist and at the Ames Public Library.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 28
Incumbent Dennis Guth defeated Cynthia Paschen in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dennis Guth (R) | 69.4 | 21,185 |
Cynthia Paschen (D)  | 30.5 | 9,302 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 30,545 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 28
Cynthia Paschen advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 28 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Paschen | 98.7 | 470 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 476 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 28
Incumbent Dennis Guth advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 28 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dennis Guth | 98.9 | 3,475 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 3,514 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Paschen in this election.
2020
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 24
Jesse Green defeated Cynthia Paschen in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse Green (R) | 65.7 | 21,732 |
| Cynthia Paschen (D) | 34.2 | 11,327 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 33,089 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 24
Cynthia Paschen defeated Keith Puntenney in the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cynthia Paschen | 67.0 | 3,172 | |
| Keith Puntenney | 32.7 | 1,548 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 4,736 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 24
Jesse Green defeated Chad Behn, Todd Rasmussen, and Joshua Dyer in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse Green | 40.7 | 2,350 |
 | Chad Behn | 31.8 | 1,837 | |
| Todd Rasmussen | 19.5 | 1,127 | ||
| Joshua Dyer | 7.7 | 442 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 5,772 | |||
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2014
- See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Iowa State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Herman C. Quirmbach defeated Cynthia Oppedal Paschen in the Democratic primary, while Jeremy Davis was unopposed in the Republican primary. Quirmbach faced Davis in the general election.[3][4] Incumbent Quirmbach defeated challenger Davis in the general election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Herman Quirmbach Incumbent |
59% | 11,713 | |
| Republican | Jeremy Davis | 40.8% | 8,094 | |
| Write-in | Write-in | 0.2% | 38 | |
| Total Votes | 19,845 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Herman Quirmbach Incumbent |
72.7% | 1,593 |
| Cynthia Oppedal Paschen | 27.3% | 598 |
| Total Votes | 2,191 | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Cynthia Paschen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Paschen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- We must fully fund public schools and Area Education Agencies (AEAs.) Private school vouchers are a scam.
- Iowans deserve privacy in their medical decisions. Politicians have no business meddling in our reproductive health care.
- I will fight to stop the Summit carbon capture pipeline.
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2020
Cynthia Paschen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ames Tribune, "Ames Democrat plans to challenge Quirmbach in state Senate race," January 27, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2024
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 1, 2014
