Tony Bisignano

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Tony Bisignano
Image of Tony Bisignano
Iowa State Senate District 15
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Iowa State Senate District 17

Compensation

Base salary

$25,000/year

Per diem

$178/day for legislators who live outside of Polk County. $133.50/day for legislators who live within Polk County.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Dowling Catholic High School

Personal
Birthplace
Des Moines, Iowa
Contact

Tony Bisignano (Democratic Party) is a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 15. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 2, 2027.

Bisignano (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Tony Bisignano was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Bisignano graduated from Dowling Catholic High School. His career experience includes working as the human resources director for Polk County, Iowa. Bisignano founded the Nick Bisignano Foundation and served as the president of a local AFSCME union.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Bisignano was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bisignano was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bisignano was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
Judiciary
Labor and Business Relations
State Government
Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

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

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 15

Incumbent Tony Bisignano won election in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 15 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tony Bisignano
Tony Bisignano (D)
 
95.3
 
12,074
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.7
 
598

Total votes: 12,672
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 15

Incumbent Tony Bisignano advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 15 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tony Bisignano
Tony Bisignano
 
99.1
 
3,697
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
34

Total votes: 3,731
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2018

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 17

Incumbent Tony Bisignano won election in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 17 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tony Bisignano
Tony Bisignano (D)
 
96.6
 
17,808
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.4
 
633

Total votes: 18,441
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 17

Incumbent Tony Bisignano advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 17 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tony Bisignano
Tony Bisignano
 
100.0
 
4,726

Total votes: 4,726
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2014

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Iowa State Senate 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. Tony Bisignano defeated Nathan Blake and Ned F. Chiodo in the Democratic primary and faced Jonathan Lochman (R), who filed to run on July 25, 2014, and Jim Bollard (I) in the general election.[2][3][4] Bisignano defeated both challengers in the general election.[5]

Iowa State Senate, District 17 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTony Bisignano 62.2% 10,548
     Republican Jonathan Lochman 31.7% 5,374
     Independent Jim Bollard 5.8% 978
     Write-in Write-in 0.3% 48
Total Votes 16,948
Iowa State Senate, District 17 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTony Bisignano 37.3% 1,443
Nathan Blake 36.8% 1,425
Ned F. Chiodo 25.9% 1,002
Total Votes 3,870

Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign finance summary


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Tony Bisignano campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Iowa State Senate District 15Won general$140,809 $134,317
2018Iowa State Senate District 17Won general$105,009 N/A**
2014Iowa State Senate, District 17Won $75,581 N/A**
Grand total$321,398 $134,317
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Iowa State Senate District 15
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Iowa State Senate District 17
2015-2023
Succeeded by
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