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Daniel Gosa
2025 - Present
2027
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Daniel Gosa (Democratic Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 81. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Gosa (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 81. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Gosa attended schools in the Davenport Community School District. His career experience includes working as a journeyman heat and frost insulator. Gosa has also served as a labor representative for the executive board of the United Way of the Quad-Cities.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 81
Daniel Gosa won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 81 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Gosa (D) | 94.5 | 9,806 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.5 | 576 | ||
| Total votes: 10,382 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 81
Daniel Gosa advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 81 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Gosa | 99.2 | 475 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 479 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gosa in this election.
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Davenport School Board were up for election on September 8, 2015. The seats that were up for election represented the district at-large.
Incumbent Ralph Johanson, incumbent Linda Hayes and challenger Daniel Gosa filed for the four open positions by the filing deadline, and therefore, won three of the four seats. Incumbents Nikki DeFauw and Ken Krumwiede did not file to run for re-election.[2][3]
Only three candidates ran for four seats. The fourth seat was filled by write-in candidate, Julie DeSalvo.[4][5]
Results
This election was held September 8, 2015.
| Davenport Community Schools, At-Large, 4-Year Term, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Linda Hayes Incumbent |
29.4% | 873 |
| Daniel Gosa |
27.1% | 804 |
| Ralph Johanson Incumbent |
27.0% | 801 |
| Julie DeSalvo |
16.1% | 478 |
| Write-in votes | 0.4% | 12 |
| Total Votes | 2,968 | |
| Source: Scott County, Iowa, "Election Summary Report, Official Results," accessed September 14, 2015 | ||
Funding
Gosa reported $6,755.00 in contributions and $6,755.00 in expenditures to the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, which left his campaign with $0 on hand during the election.[6]
Endorsements
Gosa received an official endorsement from the South Central Iowa Federation of Labor.[7]
Campaign themes
2024
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Campaign finance summary
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What was at stake?
2015
Four seats were up for election, but only three candidates ran. A write-in candidate won the fourth seat. Two incumbents won re-election, and two newcomers joined the board in the election.[8][9]
As of August 2015, the board continued to deal with budget shortfalls due to cuts in state funding, especially as it pertained to the creation of the district's 10-year master plan. Funding shortfalls led the board to officially consider closing an elementary school.[10]
Board preparing for budget deficits
In August 2015, Iowa schools were faced with cuts in funding leading to budget deficits. The Davenport Community Schools Board of Education considered plans that prepared them for future budget deficits. As members of the board worked on the district's 10-year master plan, they realized the need for major cuts. The district's superintendent, Dr. Arthur Tate, presented the board with multiple solutions, but the board felt that the closing of a local elementary school was worth considering.
J.B. Young Elementary School served 308 students in the 2014-2015 school year. The students used approximately 34 percent of the building, and enrollment was at 57 percent capacity. Closing the school would save the district $11 million on the repairs that would be required to bring the building up to the standards set in the district's master plan. The board voted in August 2015 to officially consider the closing of the school.[10]
As for more short-term solutions to budget problems, Tate announced his plan to tap into the district's reserve funds by the 2016-2017 school year. School districts are not allowed to do this without permission from the state, but Tate said he was willing to do it.[11]
| “ | The year after is when we have no more authority from the state to spend, and that’s when I would be breaking the state statute. I’m just willing to do it. I mean, I’m not afraid. I’ve got a lot of options in my life. Someone’s got to put a stake in the ground and be willing to do this.[12] | ” |
| —Dr. Arthur Tate, Davenport Community Schools Superintendent, [11] | ||
The board held one community meeting in August 2015 regarding the closing of the elementary school.[10]
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Iowa House of Representatives District 81 |
Officeholder Iowa House of Representatives District 81 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Quad-Cities Times, "Davenport man to run for school board," July 8, 2015
- ↑ Davenport Community Schools, "School Board Members," accessed March 10, 2015
- ↑ Scott County, Iowa, "Candidate List," accessed August 3, 2015
- ↑ Quad City Times, "Voters elect write-in candidate to Davenport School Board," September 9, 2015
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, Email correspondence with Scott County Iowa Election Supervisor Richard Bauer," August 4, 2015
- ↑ Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, "IECDB State/Local Campaign Disclosure Reports," accessed February 2, 2016
- ↑ Iowa Labor News, "Iowa Labor Endorsements for current elections," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Tiffany Rouse, Email correspondence with Scott County Iowa Election Supervisor Richard Bauer," August 4, 2015
- ↑ Quad City Times, "Voters elect write-in candidate to Davenport School Board," September 9, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 KWQC, "Davenport school leaders to consider closing JB Young," August 24, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 KWQC, "Davenport community schools continue to plan for budget short falls," August 5, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Luana Stoltenberg (R) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 81 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Davenport Community Schools school board At-large 2015 |
Succeeded by - |
