Mary Ann Hanusa

Mary Ann Hanusa

Republican Party

Prior offices

Iowa House of Representatives District 16

Successor: Brent Siegrist

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 7, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Concordia Teachers College

Personal

Profession

Co-owner, Hanusa Hardware and Rental

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Mary Ann Hanusa (Republican Party) was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 16. She assumed office on January 1, 2011. She left office on January 1, 2021.

Hanusa (Republican Party) ran for election for Iowa Auditor of State. She lost in the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.

Hanusa also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.

Biography

Hanusa earned her B.A. from Concordia Teachers College and her M.A. in American history from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Her professional experience has included working as a school administrator at Abraham Lincoln High School, co-owner of Hanusa Hardware and Rental, president of the Friends of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum, and director of the Office of Presidential Personal Correspondence.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Hanusa was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• House Local Government Committee
• Labor Committee
• House Government Oversight Committee, Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
• Economic Growth, Chair
• Education
• Labor
• Veterans Affairs

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Hanusa served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2015
• Economic Growth, Chair
• Education
• Labor
• Transportation

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hanusa served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2013
• Economic Growth, Chair
• Education
• Labor
• Local Government

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hanusa served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2011
• Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa, Vice chair
• Education
• Labor
• Veterans Affairs

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

2022

Auditor of State

See also: Iowa Auditor election, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa Auditor of State

Incumbent Rob Sand defeated Todd Halbur in the general election for Iowa Auditor of State on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rob Sand (D)	50.1	600,719
		Todd Halbur (R)	49.8	597,826
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	826

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,199,371
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa Auditor of State

Incumbent Rob Sand advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa Auditor of State on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rob Sand	99.8	145,172
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	314

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 145,486
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa Auditor of State

Todd Halbur defeated Mary Ann Hanusa in the Republican primary for Iowa Auditor of State on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Halbur	51.1	83,966
		Mary Ann Hanusa	48.7	80,023
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	459

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 164,448
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U.S. House

See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Zach Nunn defeated incumbent Cindy Axne in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zach Nunn (R)	50.3	156,262
		Cindy Axne (D)	49.6	154,117
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	534

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 310,913
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Incumbent Cindy Axne advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Axne	99.5	47,710
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	252

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,962
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Zach Nunn defeated Nicole Hasso and Gary Leffler in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Zach Nunn	65.8	30,502
		Nicole Hasso	19.4	8,991
		Gary Leffler	14.7	6,800
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	89

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,382
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mary Ann Hanusa (R)

2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

Mary Ann Hanusa did not file to run for re-election.

2018

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 16

Incumbent Mary Ann Hanusa defeated Steve Gorman and Steve Sechrest in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 16 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Ann Hanusa (R)	49.5	4,949
		Steve Gorman (D)	48.4	4,835
	Submit photo	Steve Sechrest (L)	2.1	208
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,996
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 16

Steve Gorman advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 16 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Gorman	100.0	878

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 878
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 16

Incumbent Mary Ann Hanusa advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 16 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mary Ann Hanusa	100.0	669

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 669
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2016

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa House of Representatives took place 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 Mary Ann Hanusa defeated Steve Gorman in the Iowa House of Representatives District 16 general election.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 16 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Ann Hanusa Incumbent	57.22%	6,847
	Democratic	Steve Gorman	42.78%	5,120
Total Votes				11,967
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Steve Gorman ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 16 Democratic primary.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 16 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Steve Gorman  (unopposed)

Incumbent Mary Ann Hanusa ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 16 Republican primary.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 16 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Mary Ann Hanusa Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Iowa House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Marti D. Nerenstone was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Mary Ann Hanusa was unopposed in the Republican primary. Nerenstone faced Hanusa in the general election. Incumbent Hanusa defeated Nerenstone in the general election.

Iowa House of Representatives District 16, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Ann Hanusa Incumbent	61.6%	4,477
	Democratic	Marti D. Nerenstone	38.4%	2,795
Total Votes				7,272

2012

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2012

Hanusa ran in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 16. Hanusa ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 5, 2012, and defeated Heidi Guggisberg-Coners (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 16, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mary Ann Hanusa Incumbent	57.2%	6,847
	Democratic	Heidi Guggisberg-Coners	42.8%	5,117
Total Votes				11,964

2010

Hanusa won election to the Iowa House of Representatives, defeating Kurt Hubler (D) in the November 2 general election.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 99 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Mary Ann Hanusa (R)		3,919
Kurt Hubler (D)		3,168

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Mary Ann Hanusa campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Iowa Auditor of State	Lost primary	$42,642	$48,560
2022	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Withdrew primary	$118,409	$118,409
2018	Iowa House of Representatives District 16	Won general	$148,083	N/A**
2016	Iowa House of Representatives, District 16	Won	$50,132	N/A**
2014	Iowa House of Representatives, District 16	Won	$48,247	N/A**
2012	Iowa State House, District 16	Won	$47,084	N/A**
2010	Iowa State House, District 99	Won	$151,672	N/A**
2006	Iowa Secretary of State	Lost	$90,671	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Hanusa has a husband, Charlie.

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2020

In 2020, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 14. The session was suspended from March 16 through June 3.

• Club for Growth Foundation

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• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

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• National Federation of Independent Business

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2019

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In 2019, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 through April 27. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2018

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In 2018, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 5. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2017

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In 2017, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 through April 22. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Legislators are scored on their votes on bills tracked by CCI Action. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2016

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In 2016, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 through April 29. ACLU of Iowa Legislators are scored on their votes by the ACLU of Iowa on bills "that embody key civil liberties concepts." Iowa Association of Business and Industry: Senate and House Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2015

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In 2015, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 5. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2014

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In 2014, the 85th Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 through May 2. ACLU of Iowa Legislators are scored by the ACLU of Iowa on "their records on constitutional principles and civil liberties." The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2013

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2012

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In 2012, the 84th Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9. ACLU of Iowa Legislators are scored by the ACLU of Iowa on "their records on constitutional principles and civil liberties." The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Political offices
Preceded by Bob Hager (R)	Iowa House of Representatives District 16 2013 - 2021	Succeeded by Brent Siegrist (R)
Preceded by Doug Struyk	Iowa House District 99 2011–2013	Succeeded by Patrick Murphy (D)