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Sam Cox
Sam Cox (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 27. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sam Cox earned an associate degree from Ellsworth Community College in 1987.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 27
Incumbent Annette Sweeney defeated Sam Cox in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Annette Sweeney (R) | 66.6 | 16,896 |
 | Sam Cox (D)  | 33.2 | 8,429 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 25,359 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 27
Sam Cox advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 27 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sam Cox | 99.8 | 2,411 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 2,415 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 27
Incumbent Annette Sweeney advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 27 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Annette Sweeney | 99.6 | 4,842 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 4,861 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sam Cox completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cox's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Education - Sam believes education policy should always be about what is best for our children. However, too many politicians have used divisive rhetoric to score political points. Meanwhile, too many rural school buildings are in disrepair, with deteriorating infrastructure, and many educators and school staff are overworked and underpaid. As your senator, Sam will work tirelessly to increase funding for public schools for the good of all our children.
- Inflation is hurting all Iowans, and it is time to put partisan politics aside and fix it. By bringing back manufacturing jobs and housing our supply chains here, we can drive down prices. We need a fairer economy where workers, not just CEOs, come out ahead.
- The cornerstone of Iowa's economy is our thriving agricultural system. Sam supports local ownership of farms. When you have colossal factory farms with control over every component of production, rural family farmers are at a considerable disadvantage. We need to stop rural agricultural monopolies from suppressing wages and taking rural agricultural revenues from our local communities. We should make it easier to start and run a family farm and use tax dollars for rural development over corporate handouts.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 30, 2022
