Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Pete D'Alessandro
Pete D'Alessandro (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018.
Biography
D'Alessandro is a political and community organizer. He was the campaign coordinator for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) in Iowa from 2015-2016 and worked as the delegate director at the Democratic National Convention in 2016. D'Alessandro has also served as the political director for Gov. Chet Culver. D'Alessandro graduated from Illinois State University.[1]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cindy Axne (D) | 49.3 | 175,642 |
 | David Young (R) | 47.1 | 167,933 | |
 | Bryan Holder (L) | 2.0 | 7,267 | |
 | Mark Elworth Jr. (Legal Medical Now Party) | 0.6 | 2,015 | |
 | Paul Knupp (G) | 0.5 | 1,888 | |
 | Joe Grandanette (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,301 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 195 | ||
| Total votes: 356,241 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Cindy Axne defeated Eddie Mauro and Pete D'Alessandro in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cindy Axne | 58.0 | 32,910 |
 | Eddie Mauro | 26.4 | 15,006 | |
 | Pete D'Alessandro | 15.6 | 8,874 | |
| Total votes: 56,790 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heather Ryan (D)
- Theresa Greenfield (D)
- Austin Frerick (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3
Incumbent David Young advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Young | 100.0 | 21,712 |
| Total votes: 21,712 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
The table below details the campaign finance reports from the candidates in this election through March 31, 2018.[2]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia tracks endorsements of candidates by organizations and elected and appointed officials. To notify us of other endorsements, please email us.
| Democratic primary endorsements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endorsement | Axne[3] | D'Alessandro[4] | Mauro[5] | |
| Federal officials | ||||
| Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator | ✔ | |||
| Sen. Tony Bisignano (D) | ✔ | |||
| State figures | ||||
| State Rep. Ruth Ann Gaines (D) | ✔ | |||
| Louis Lavorato, former Iowa Supreme Court justice | ✔ | |||
| Dale Cochran, former Iowa secretary of agriculture | ✔ | |||
| Timothy Kacena, Iowa state representative | ✔ | |||
| Ralph Rosenberg, former Iowa state senator and state representative | ✔ | |||
| Local figures | ||||
| Joe Gatto, Bill Gray, and Linda Westergaard, Des Moines City Council members | ✔ | |||
| Mike Matson, Davenport city alderman | ✔ | |||
| Rhonda Martin, Johnston city councilwoman | ✔ | |||
| Renee Hardman, West Des Moines city councilwoman | ✔ | |||
| Tom Narak, former West Des Moines Public School System superintendent | ✔ | |||
| Loretta Sieman, former West Des Moines city councilwoman | ✔ | |||
| Organizations | ||||
| Justice Democrats[6] | ✔ | |||
| Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council | ✔ | |||
| EMILY's List[7] | ✔ | |||
| National Nurses United | ✔ | |||
| Our Revolution | ✔ | |||
| Our Revolution, Central Iowa chapter | ✔ | |||
| The People for Bernie Sanders | ✔ | |||
| Publications | ||||
| The Des Moines Register[8] | ✔ | |||
Campaign themes
2018
D'Alessandro's campaign website highlighted the themes below.
I’m running because we have a critical opportunity in 2018 to elect candidates willing to do more than just stand against Donald Trump. Now is the time to elect a candidate willing to stand for something by supporting a true, progressive plan to get our country back on the right track.
That’s what I’m going to focus my campaign on. To win the future, we need to take a stand. That’s why I will fight for a $15/hour living wage that supports American workers, support expanding Medicare-for-all as the best way to provide affordable and accessible healthcare coverage to Americans, provide tuition-free college for students who work hard, and be a leader as we fight our global climate crisis.
If the United States can afford billions in tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations, we can surely find a way to take basic steps to support working families like those across the Third District.
It’s time for a bold agenda that raises wages, improves lives, and restores our country’s leadership in the world. Together, we can win the future.[9]
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pete D'Alessandro 2018 campaign website, "About," accessed February 27, 2018
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Browse Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed May 1, 2018
- ↑ Democrat Cindy Axne for Congress, "Endorsements," accessed February 5, 2018
- ↑ Bleeding Heartland, "Who's endorsed the seven Democrats running for Congress in IA-03," January 11, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedmauro - ↑ Justice Democrats, "Candidates," accessed May 21, 2018
- ↑ EMILY's List, "Cindy Axne," accessed April 15, 2018
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedregister - ↑ Pete D'Alessandro 2018 campaign website, "About," accessed May 1, 2018
