Keith Puntenney

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Keith Puntenney

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June 2, 2020

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Keith Puntenney (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 24. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Elections

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
	Submit photo	Cynthia Paschen (D)	34.2	11,327
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	30

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Cynthia Paschen	67.0	3,172
	Submit photo	Keith Puntenney	32.7	1,548
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	16

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Todd Rasmussen	19.5	1,127
	Submit photo	Joshua Dyer	7.7	442
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	16

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,772
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2016

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Incumbent Jerry Behn defeated Keith Puntenney in the Iowa State Senate District 24 general election.

Iowa State Senate, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jerry Behn Incumbent	63.84%	19,435
	Democratic	Keith Puntenney	36.16%	11,006
Total Votes				30,441
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Keith Puntenney ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 24 Democratic primary.

Iowa State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Keith Puntenney  (unopposed)

Incumbent Jerry Behn ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 24 Republican primary.

Iowa State Senate, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jerry Behn Incumbent (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Puntenney's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Jobs Focusing on expanding job opportunities in clean energy technologies. Education Focusing on both the economic and staffing needs of our K-12 programs; and how we provide ongoing educational opportunities through our AEA's, 2-4 year colleges without imposing punishing indebtedness to our middle class working and farm families. Quality of Life The Iowa Constitution states that we Iowans have the right to expect clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and an environment conducive to growing crops, families and communities! Somewhere along the way, those priorities seem to have been replaced by profits, profits and even more profits. This is wrong and I intend to fight to restore and maintain the Quality of Life that once was Iowa. Health Care for All It's a fact. The privatization of Iowa's Medicaid programs is a disaster. And the arbitrary closing of the State's Mental Health facilities has only compounded the problem by putting thousands of families at risk. There's no excuse for a rationale that is based on putting dollars over the well being of Iowans in need of medical care. I will fight to reverse this travesty. Veterans Rights & Care As a disabled combat veteran, I know all too well the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform; as well as the apparent indifference to their mental and physical issues they often receive after returning home. This has to change and I will commit to sponsoring the appropriate legislation that will provide our returning Vets the immediate care they so richly deserve. We owe them that.	”
—Keith Puntenney

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Iowa State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Amy Sinclair

Majority Leader:Michael Klimesh

Minority Leader:Janice Weiner

Senators

District 1

Catelin Drey (D)

District 2

Jeff Taylor (R)

District 3

Lynn Evans (R)

District 4

Tim Kraayenbrink (R)

District 5

Dave Rowley (R)

District 6

Jason Schultz (R)

District 7

Kevin Alons (R)

District 8

Mark Costello (R)

District 9

Tom Shipley (R)

District 10

Dan Dawson (R)

District 11

Julian Garrett (R)

District 12

Amy Sinclair (R)

District 13

Cherielynn Westrich (R)

District 14

Sarah Trone Garriott (D)

District 15

Tony Bisignano (D)

District 16

Renee Hardman (D)

District 17

Izaah Knox (D)

District 18

Janet Petersen (D)

District 19

Ken Rozenboom (R)

District 20

Mike Pike (R)

District 21

Mike Bousselot (R)

District 22

Matt Blake (D)

District 23

Jack Whitver (R)

District 24

Jesse Green (R)

District 25

Herman Quirmbach (D)

District 26

Kara Warme (R)

District 27

Annette Sweeney (R)

District 28

Dennis Guth (R)

District 29

Sandy Salmon (R)

District 30

Doug Campbell (R)

District 31

William Dotzler (D)

District 32

Michael Klimesh (R)

District 33

Carrie Koelker (R)

District 34

Dan Zumbach (R)

District 35

Mike Zimmer (D)

District 36

Thomas Townsend (D)

District 37

Molly Donahue (D)

District 38

Dave Sires (R)

District 39

Liz Bennett (D)

District 40

Art Staed (D)

District 41

Kerry Gruenhagen (R)

District 42

Charlie McClintock (R)

District 43

Zach Wahls (D)

District 44

Adrian Dickey (R)

District 45

Janice Weiner (D)

District 46

Dawn Driscoll (R)

District 47

Scott Webster (R)

District 48

Mark Lofgren (R)

District 49

Cindy Winckler (D)

District 50

Jeffrey Reichman (R)

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