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Dave Leach
Dave Leach was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 34 of the Iowa House of Representatives.
He was a Republican candidate for District 31 of the Iowa State Senate in 2010.
Elections
2012
Leach ran in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 34. Leach lost to Patti Branco in the Republican primary on June 5, 2012.[1][2]
Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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59.2% | 151 |
Dave Leach | 40.8% | 104 |
Total Votes | 255 |
2010
- See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2010
Leach lost to Democratic incumbent Matt McCoy by a margin of 13,385 to 7,064 in the November 2 general election.[3]
In the June 8 primary election, Leach ran unopposed.[4]
Iowa State Senate, District 23 - Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
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Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
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2,093 | 100% |
Campaign themes
2010
On his campaign website, Leach outlines his positions on these issues:[5]
- Family values - "Family values = good economics"
- Abortion - "...issues like abortion are measures of how well you can trust a lawmaker with more obscure issues. If a man can’t even be trusted to acknowledge that our youngest citizens are human beings,...how can you trust him with your money...?"
- Immigration - "The only area where I depart significantly from the Republican platform is immigration." Leach does not support deportation of illegal immigrants.
- Biblical principals - "When Americans are censored from appealing to the highest principles they know, they are ruled by the lowest principles they can tolerate." Leach wants to get back to the Bible, and found our nation's positions in Biblical truths.
- Gay marriage - "...if the word “sodomites” is good enough for God, it's good enough for Dave Leach."
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for Dave + Leach + Iowa + Legislature
External links
- Results for the November 2, 2010 general election, Iowa
- Results for the June 8, 2010 primary in Iowa
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Department of Elections, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed May 15, 2012
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 election results," accessed December 24, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ Dave Leach for Iowa Sente: Issues