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Shawn Ellerbroek
Shawn Ellerbroek is an officeholder of the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District, Director District 2 in Iowa. He assumed office in 2023. His current term ends in 2027.
Ellerbroek (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 57. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Ellerbroek completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Shawn Ellerbroek was born in Cherokee, Iowa. Ellerbroek's professional experience includes working as a professor. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2000.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Pat Grassley defeated Shawn Ellerbroek in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 57 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Pat Grassley (R) | 60.2 | 10,869 |
 | Shawn Ellerbroek (D)  | 39.7 | 7,180 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 18,067 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57
Shawn Ellerbroek advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shawn Ellerbroek | 99.4 | 307 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 309 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Pat Grassley advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 57 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Pat Grassley | 97.6 | 604 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.4 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 619 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ellerbroek in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shawn Ellerbroek completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ellerbroek's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Iowa public school education is under attack. We need to properly fund and support public education, give teachers a reason to stay and work, and return to what we use to do well- leading the country in education.
- Access to healthcare is eroding. Privatization of Medicaid has led to less qualified for coverage and reduced claims. We are the only state with increasing cancer rates. We are second overall in cancer incidences. One third of Iowa counties lack an OB/GYN. Child mortality spiked 30% in 2022. We need to support access to abortion, empower physicians to work with their patients to make good evidence-based choices, clean our water, and incentivize rural health care programs that place physicians in the communities that need them the most.
- We do not have enough eldercare or daycare services. This negatively impacts the quality of life of our most vulnerable populations. It depresses our workforce as caregivers struggle to find time to work and contribute. It is well established that we are at the bottoms of the country in monitoring retirement homes. The state needs to come in, increase the pool of inspectors, incentivize new daycares and retirement homes, and provide school district more monetary support to run preschools.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 10, 2024
