Endorsements
Labor












Greg Hearns
Retired Business Agent of Teamsters Local 238 and Past President of Iowa City Federation of Labor
Sam Groark
Executive Director of the Central Iowa BCTC
James Watt
Retired Business Manager/ Financial Secretary of Ironworkers 67
Rosa Wilson
President of CWA Local 7110
Dan Gosa
Iowa State Representative, Member of Insulators Local 81 and President of the Great River Area Labor Federation
Ben Nizzi
President of Ironworkers 67
Joe Durby
Business Manager / Financial Secretary - Treasurer of Ironworkers 67
Steve "Scuba" Coleson
President Ironworkers Local 89
Jason DeWitt
Ironworkers Local 89 Political Director
Seth Gorman
Business Manager of Ironworkers Local 89
James Acton
Business Manager / Financial Secretary - Treasurer Ironworkers 577
Tanner Fischer
President and Business Agent of Teamsters 90
Mike Sadler
President of Iowa City - Cedar Rapids Building and Construction Trades Council, Business Manager of UA Local 125
Roger Kail
President of UFCW 1846
Nathan Kelley
ISEA Council 16 Chair and ISEA Executive Board Member
Alano De La Rosa
Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer of Teamsters 90
Nancy Porter
ISEA Retiree
Royce Peterson
Coralville City Council; Business Agent Carpenters Local 1260
Bill Hanes
Retired Business Manager
Bill Gerhard
Business Development Coordinator for LiUNA
Andy Roberts
President of the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council & Business Manager of UA Local 33
Matt Lienen
Business Manager of UA Local 25
Elected Leaders
Dave Loebsack
Former US Representative
Howard Dean
Former Governor of Vermont and former DNC Chairman
Patty Judge
Former Lieutenant Gov. of Iowa
Matt Blake
Iowa State Senator
Liz Bennett
Iowa State Senator
Izaah Knox
Iowa State Senator
Ken Croken
Iowa State Representative
Dave Jacoby
Iowa State Representative
Dan Feltes
Former New Hampshire Senate Majority Leader and First Vice Chair of Johnson County Democrats
Ro Foege
Former Iowa State Representative
Beverly (Bev) Hannon
Former Iowa State Senator
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Former Iowa State Senator
Jim Lykam
Former Iowa State Senator
Liz Mathis
Former Iowa State Senator
Dick Myers
Former Iowa State Representative
John Patchett
Former Iowa State Representative
Melissa Mahon
Mayor of Keosauqua
Lisa Green-Douglass
Johnson County Supervisor
Brad Kunkel
Johnson County Sheriff
Matt McCoy
Polk County Supervisor, former Iowa State Senator
Kim Painter
Johnson County Recorder
Julie Persons
Johnson County Auditor
Susie Drish
Jefferson County Supervisor
Scott Finlayson
Johnson County Treasurer
Rod Sullivan
Johnson County Supervisor
Shirley Jenkins Vermace
Winneshiek County Supervisor
Rachel Zimmermann Smith
Johnson County Attorney
Pat Heiden
Former Johnson County Supervisor
Janet Lyness
Former Johnson County Attorney
Lonny Pulkrabek
Former Johnson County Sheriff
Stacy Weber
Former Lee County Sheriff
Keith Whitlatch
Former Cedar County Sheriff
Richard McDaniel
Belmond-Klemme Community School Board Member,
Retired Belmond Chief of Police
Retired Belmond Chief of Police
Chris Hoffman
Mayor of North Liberty
Matt Mohrfeld
Mayor of Fort Madison
Jill Shudak
Mayor of Council Bluffs
Joel Greer
Former Mayor of Marshalltown
Mitch Gross
Former Mayor Pro Tem of Coralville; Former co-president of Iowa City Education Association
John Lundell
Former Mayor of Coralville
Mike Quinlan
Former Mayor of West Branch and AFSCME Local 2985 Member Retiree
Elijah "Eli" Stines
Former Mayor of Boone
Steve Gorman
City Council, Council Bluffs; IAFF Retiree
Shawn Harmsen
City Council, Iowa City
Mike Knudson
City Council, Coralville
Dale Todd
City Council, Cedar Rapids
Ashley Vanorny
City Council, Cedar Rapids
Rebecca Bowker
Former City Council, Fort Madison
Jonathan Grieder
Former City Council, Waterloo
RaQuishia Harrington
Former City Council, North Liberty
Diana Lundell
Former City Council, Coralville
Gary Berkland
President of Belmond-Klemme School Board
Charlie Eastham
Iowa City Community School District Board Member
Mitch Lingo
Iowa City Community School District School Board Member
JP Claussen
Former Iowa City Community School District Board
Janet Godwin
Former Iowa City Community School Board President
Dan Gutmann
Former Urbandale School Board; ISEA Member
Stephen Hemingway
Former West Branch School Board Member, Farmer at Evans Furrow
Brian Kirschling
Former Iowa City Community School Board Member and Past President of Iowa Optometric Association
Mike Ladehoff
Mayor of Marshalltown
Brett DeVore
Mayor of Oelwein
Travis Johnson
Clay County Attorney
David Osterberg
Former Iow State Representative,
Founder of the Iowa Policy Project
Founder of the Iowa Policy Project
Nate Gruber
Cedar Falls School District Board Member
Community Leaders
Kathy Bresnahan
30+ Year Public Educator & State Champion Volleyball Coach
John Deeth
Former Vice Chair of Johnson County Democrats
Tim Dwight
Hawkeye Football Star and Community Leader
Candy Evans
Iowa Manufactured Housing Advocate
Matt Gannon
Attorney and Former First Assistant Iowa Attorney General
Chris Gorman
30 year public educator, ISEA Member, and Community Leader
Mark Greb
Johnson County Business Leader
Melanie Gross
Johnson County Healthcare Advocate and Community Leader
Fred Mims
Hawkeye Athletics Hall of Fame; Former U.S. Pan-Am Team; 38-Year University of Iowa Athletics Leader
Mark Pries
Community Faith Leader
Matt Pries
ISEA Member and Community Leader
Mary Jo Riesberg
Lee County Party Chair
Rev. Dr. Frantz Whitfield
Senior Pastor at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
Sam Wooden
Candidate for Dubuque County Attorney and Community Leader
David Leshtz
Former Chair of the
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Iowa Civil Rights Commission






