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Garrett Gobble
Garrett Gobble (Republican Party) was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 38. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. He left office on January 1, 2023.
Gobble (Republican Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 22. He lost in the Republican primary on June 4, 2024.
Gobble completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Garrett Gobble was born in Danville, Iowa. As of 2019, he lived in Ankeny, Iowa.[1] He earned a degree in history from the University of Iowa in 2017.[2] Gobble's career experience includes working as a teacher with the Ankeny Community School District.[1][2]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2021-2022
Gobble was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee
- Information Technology Committee (decommissioned)
- House Local Government Committee
- Public Safety Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 22
Samantha Fett defeated Rory Taylor in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 22 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Samantha Fett (R)  | 59.2 | 11,861 |
| Rory Taylor (D) | 40.6 | 8,134 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 20,025 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 22
Rory Taylor advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 22 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rory Taylor | 99.9 | 718 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 719 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 22
Samantha Fett defeated Garrett Gobble in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 22 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Fett | 55.1 | 1,218 |
 | Garrett Gobble | 44.8 | 991 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 2,210 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gobble in this election.
2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 42
Heather Matson defeated incumbent Garrett Gobble in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 42 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heather Matson (D) | 50.0 | 6,991 |
| Garrett Gobble (R) | 49.8 | 6,968 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 13,980 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 42
Heather Matson advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 42 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heather Matson | 99.7 | 1,776 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 1,781 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 42
Incumbent Garrett Gobble advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 42 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Garrett Gobble | 99.4 | 1,569 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 1,578 | |||
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2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 38
Garrett Gobble defeated incumbent Heather Matson in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 38 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Garrett Gobble (R) | 50.3 | 10,084 |
| Heather Matson (D) | 49.6 | 9,927 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 20,033 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 38
Incumbent Heather Matson advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 38 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heather Matson | 99.7 | 3,385 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 3,396 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 38
Garrett Gobble defeated Brett Nelson in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 38 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Garrett Gobble | 51.2 | 988 |
 | Brett Nelson | 48.3 | 933 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 1,930 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Garrett Gobble completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gobble's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Common sense small government
- Lower taxes and responsible spending
- Protecting life and other rights owed to Iowans.
Lower taxes - Government over collection needs to be returned to the taxpayer, not just spent on pet projects.
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2022
Garrett Gobble did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Garrett Gobble did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2022
In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
2021
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In 2021, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 19.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Iowa House of Representatives District 22 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Heather Matson (D) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 38 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by Jon Dunwell (R) |
