Elizabeth Christensen
Elizabeth Christensen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 19. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Christensen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Elizabeth Christensen earned a graduate degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2020. Christensen's career experience includes working as an IT project manager and in the food, service, and retail industries.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Brent Siegrist defeated Elizabeth Christensen in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brent Siegrist (R) | 57.7 | 5,072 |
 | Elizabeth Christensen (D)  | 42.1 | 3,701 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 8,788 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 19
Elizabeth Christensen defeated Vergarie Sanford in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 19 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Christensen | 64.2 | 539 |
| Vergarie Sanford | 35.5 | 298 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 840 | |||
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Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brent Siegrist (R)
Republican convention
Republican convention for Iowa House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Brent Siegrist advanced from the Republican convention for Iowa House of Representatives District 19 on July 7, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Brent Siegrist (R) |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Elizabeth Christensen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Christensen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My 3 goals for campaigning are: 1. Iowa Transparency, or Truth-in-Taxation for Property Taxes 2. Ranked Choice Voting 3. Encourage others to run
Adding a Truth-in-Taxation process to Iowa’s taxation law will ensure Iowan’s receive taxation relief. John Hendrickson- a policy director of Tax Education Foundation of Iowa, a public policy think tank- writes, local governments must justify why they want to increase taxes for additional spending, forcing them to be more transparent. (Hendrickson, 2021)
And of course, the importance of a ranked choice vote is not lost on many of us now, since we overwhelmingly feel the faults of a 2-party system. Introducing a ranked choice vote will help eliminate the spoiler effect and give voters an opportunity to become engaged with their civic duty again. To that end, my final goal for encouraging others to run contributes to the overall changes we intrinsically know our government needs. A larger number of choices to better represent the varied members of our communities, and a better mechanism to getting them into office.- Transparency in Property taxes to lower them
- Ranked choice voting for Iowans
- Fortifying community relationships again
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 11, 2022
