Dennis Cohoon

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Dennis Cohoon
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Prior offices
Iowa House of Representatives District 87
Successor: Jeff Shipley

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Associate

Southeastern Community College, 1974

Bachelor's

Iowa Wesleyan College, 1977

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army National Guard

Years of service

1973 - 1979

Contact

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Dennis Cohoon (Democratic Party) was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 87. He assumed office on January 1, 1987. He left office on January 1, 2023.

Cohoon (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 99. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Cohoon's professional experience includes working as a special education teacher at Burlington Community High School. He served in the United States Army National Guard.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Cohoon was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Cohoon was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

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

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture
Ethics
State Government
Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Cohoon 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 House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 99

Matthew Rinker defeated incumbent Dennis Cohoon in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 99 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matthew Rinker
Matthew Rinker (R)
 
52.1
 
5,468
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon (D)
 
47.7
 
5,007
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
26

Total votes: 10,501
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 99

Incumbent Dennis Cohoon advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 99 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon
 
99.6
 
1,165
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
5

Total votes: 1,170
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 99

Matthew Rinker defeated TJ Widbin in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 99 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matthew Rinker
Matthew Rinker
 
54.9
 
728
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TJ Widbin
 
44.9
 
595
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
2

Total votes: 1,325
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 87

Incumbent Dennis Cohoon won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 87 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon (D)
 
96.8
 
9,992
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.2
 
331

Total votes: 10,323
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87

Incumbent Dennis Cohoon advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon
 
99.5
 
2,869
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
13

Total votes: 2,882
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2018

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 87

Incumbent Dennis Cohoon defeated Tim Goodwin in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 87 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon (D)
 
56.6
 
6,010
Image of Tim Goodwin
Tim Goodwin (R)
 
43.3
 
4,596
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 10,613
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87

Incumbent Dennis Cohoon advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dennis Cohoon
Dennis Cohoon
 
100.0
 
1,344

Total votes: 1,344
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87

Tim Goodwin defeated Travis Inghram in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 87 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Goodwin
Tim Goodwin
 
82.3
 
446
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Travis Inghram
 
17.7
 
96

Total votes: 542
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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 Dennis Cohoon ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 87 general election.[1][2]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Cohoon Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


Incumbent Dennis Cohoon ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 87 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dennis Cohoon 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 Dennis M. Cohoon 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

Cohoon ran in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 87. Cohoon ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2012, and defeated Andrew Wilson (R) and Dan Cahill (I) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 87, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Cohoon Incumbent 47.2% 6,898
     Republican Andrew Wilson 17% 2,489
     Independent Dan Cahill 35.8% 5,234
Total Votes 14,621

2010

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010

Cohoon won re-election to the 88th District Seat in 2010 with no opposition. He was also unopposed in the Democratic primary. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[11]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Cohoon (D) 5,702
Dave Selmon (R) 4,022

2008

On November 4, 2008, Cohoon was re-elected to the 88th District Seat in the Iowa House of Representatives with no opposition.[12] He raised $22,014 for his campaign.[13]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 88
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Cohoon (D) 10,248

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Dennis Cohoon did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.


Dennis Cohoon campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Iowa House of Representatives District 99Lost general$238,504 $61,476
2020Iowa House of Representatives District 87Won general$36,698 N/A**
2018Iowa House of Representatives District 87Won general$63,993 N/A**
2016Iowa House of Representatives, District 87Won $35,120 N/A**
2014Iowa House of Representatives, District 87Won $22,365 N/A**
2012Iowa State House, District 87Won $29,379 N/A**
2010Iowa State House, District 88Won $24,878 N/A**
2008Iowa State House, District 88Won $22,014 N/A**
2006Iowa State House, District 88Won $10,767 N/A**
2004Iowa State House, District 88Won $7,411 N/A**
2002Iowa State House, District 88Won $3,694 N/A**
2000Iowa State House, District 100Won $9,557 N/A**
1998Iowa State House, District 100Won $13,719 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Cohoon is a member of the Burlington Education Association, Des Moines County District Central Committee, Geode Education Association, Iowa State Education Association and the Oak Street Baptist Church.[14]

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012

See also


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Footnotes

  1. Iowa Secretary of State, "General Candidate List, 2016," accessed August 24, 2016
  2. Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Canvass Summary," accessed December 16, 2016
  3. Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," March 21, 2016
  4. Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Canvass Summary," accessed August 22, 2016
  5. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
  6. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 30, 2014
  7. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed July 7, 2014
  8. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 1, 2014
  9. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed October 1, 2014
  10. Iowa Department of Elections, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed May 15, 2012
  11. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed October 1, 2014
  12. Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed April 7, 2014
  13. Follow The Money, "Funds raised by 2008 Iowa House candidates," accessed April 7, 2014
  14. Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed April 8, 2014
  15. ACLU Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
  16. ACLU of Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
  17. StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed August 2, 2014
  18. ACLU of Iowa, "Civil Liberties report card," accessed July 11, 2017

Political offices
Preceded by
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Iowa House of Representatives District 87
1987-2023
Succeeded by
Jeff Shipley (R)


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