Vicki Lensing

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Vicki Lensing
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Prior offices
Iowa House of Representatives District 85

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 2, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Iowa, 1979

Personal
Religion
Christian: Lutheran
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Vicki Lensing (Democratic Party) was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 85. She assumed office on January 1, 2001. She left office on January 1, 2021.

Lensing (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 85. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Lensing 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
Environmental Protection
Government Oversight
Judiciary
Local Government
State Government

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lensing 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

2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 85

Christina Bohannan won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 85 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christina Bohannan
Christina Bohannan (D)
 
98.7
 
15,107
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
195

Total votes: 15,302
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 85

Christina Bohannan defeated incumbent Vicki Lensing in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Christina Bohannan
Christina Bohannan
 
66.0
 
4,438
Image of Vicki Lensing
Vicki Lensing
 
34.0
 
2,288
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 6,729
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2018

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Vicki Lensing won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 85 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vicki Lensing
Vicki Lensing (D)
 
98.5
 
14,183
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
214

Total votes: 14,397
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent Vicki Lensing advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 85 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Vicki Lensing
Vicki Lensing
 
100.0
 
4,462

Total votes: 4,462
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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 Vicki Lensing ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 85 general election.[1][2]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Vicki Lensing Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


Incumbent Vicki Lensing ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 85 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 85 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Vicki Lensing 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. Incumbent Vicki Lensing was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[5][6][7][8]

2012

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2012

Lensing ran in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 85. Lensing ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012. No Republican candidates filed for the district. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

2010

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010

Lensing won re-election to the 78th District Seat in 2010 with no opposition. She was also unopposed in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[11]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 78
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngVicki Lensing (D) 11,364

2008

On November 4, 2008, Lensing was re-elected to the 78th District Seat in the Iowa House of Representatives with no opposition.[12] She raised $13,579 for her campaign.[13]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 78
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngVicki Lensing (D) 15,702

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Vicki Lensing campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Iowa House of Representatives District 85Lost primary$19,886 N/A**
2018Iowa House of Representatives District 85Won general$22,910 N/A**
2016Iowa House of Representatives, District 85Won $16,483 N/A**
2014Iowa House of Representatives, District 85Won $12,171 N/A**
2012Iowa State House, District 85Won $16,026 N/A**
2010Iowa State House, District 78Won $17,390 N/A**
2008Iowa State House, District 78Won $13,579 N/A**
2006Iowa State House, District 78Won $12,144 N/A**
2004Iowa State House, District 78Won $12,287 N/A**
2002Iowa State House, District 78Won $13,910 N/A**
2000Iowa State House, District 45Won $17,975 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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.

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2014


2013


2012

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Lykam (D)
Iowa House of Representatives District 85
2013 - 2021
Succeeded by
Christina Bohannan (D)
Preceded by
-
Iowa House of Representatives District 78
2001–2013
Succeeded by
Jarad Klein (R)


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