Dean Fisher
2023 - Present
2027
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Dean Fisher (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 53. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Fisher (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 53. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Dean Fisher was born in Garwin, Iowa. Fisher graduated from South Tama Community High School in 1975.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering technology from DeVry Institute of Technology in 1978. Fisher's career experience includes working as a partner with Fisher Family Farms, a farmer, and an engineering manager with Motorola Automotive Controls & Energy Sector. He has served as the chair of the Tama County Republican Party, as the Indian Village Township clerk, and on the Tama County Pioneer Cemetery Board.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Fisher was assigned to the following committees:
- House Agriculture Committee
- Environmental Protection Committee, Chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Public Safety Committee
2021-2022
Fisher was assigned to the following committees:
- House Commerce Committee
- Environmental Protection Committee, Chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Public Safety Committee
2019-2020
Fisher was assigned to the following committees:
- House Commerce Committee
- Environmental Protection Committee, Chair
- Natural Resources Committee
- Public Safety Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Iowa committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Appropriations |
• Commerce |
• Natural Resources, Vice chair |
• Public Safety |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Fisher served on the following committees:
Iowa committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Appropriations |
• Natural Resources, Vice chair |
• Public Safety |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Fisher served on the following committees:
Iowa committee assignments, 2013 |
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• Appropriations |
• Commerce |
• Local Government |
• Natural Resources, Vice chair |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Dean Fisher defeated Tommy Hexter in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher (R) | 56.8 | 8,889 | |
Tommy Hexter (D) | 43.1 | 6,745 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 24 |
Total votes: 15,658 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Tommy Hexter defeated Jennifer Wrage and John Anderson in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Tommy Hexter | 58.8 | 486 | |
Jennifer Wrage | 33.4 | 276 | ||
John Anderson | 7.6 | 63 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 |
Total votes: 826 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Dean Fisher advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher | 96.4 | 1,270 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 47 |
Total votes: 1,317 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Dean Fisher defeated Sarah Smith in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher (R) | 56.6 | 6,935 | |
Sarah Smith (D) | 43.3 | 5,310 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 14 |
Total votes: 12,259 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Sarah Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Sarah Smith | 99.7 | 1,477 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 5 |
Total votes: 1,482 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53
Incumbent Dean Fisher defeated incumbent David Maxwell in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 53 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher | 62.3 | 1,420 | |
David Maxwell | 37.6 | 857 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 4 |
Total votes: 2,281 | ||||
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2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Incumbent Dean Fisher defeated Christina Blackcloud in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher (R) | 61.3 | 9,739 | |
Christina Blackcloud (D) | 38.5 | 6,119 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 23 |
Total votes: 15,881 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Christina Blackcloud defeated John Anderson in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Christina Blackcloud | 75.4 | 1,553 | |
John Anderson | 24.5 | 504 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 |
Total votes: 2,059 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Incumbent Dean Fisher advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher | 98.6 | 2,030 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 28 |
Total votes: 2,058 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Incumbent Dean Fisher defeated Mindy Benson in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher (R) | 59.5 | 7,708 | |
Mindy Benson (D) | 40.4 | 5,243 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 13 |
Total votes: 12,964 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Mindy Benson defeated David Degner, Joycelyn George, and John Anderson in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Mindy Benson | 35.3 | 404 | |
David Degner | 34.4 | 394 | ||
Joycelyn George | 17.8 | 204 | ||
John Anderson | 12.5 | 143 |
Total votes: 1,145 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72
Incumbent Dean Fisher advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 72 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Dean Fisher | 100.0 | 817 |
Total votes: 817 | ||||
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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 Dean Fisher defeated Nathan Wrage in the Iowa House of Representatives District 72 general election.[3][4]
Iowa House of Representatives, District 72 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Republican | 61.67% | 9,397 | ||
Democratic | Nathan Wrage | 38.33% | 5,841 | |
Total Votes | 15,238 | |||
Source: Iowa Secretary of State |
Nathan Wrage defeated John Anderson in the Iowa House of Representatives District 72 Democratic primary.[5][6]
Iowa House of Representatives, District 72 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | 78.75% | 682 | ||
Democratic | John Anderson | 21.25% | 184 | |
Total Votes | 866 |
Incumbent Dean Fisher ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 72 Republican primary.[5][6]
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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. Ben Westphal was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Dean Fisher was unopposed in the Republican primary. Westphal faced Fisher in the general election.[7][8][9] Incumbent Fisher defeated Westphall in the general election.[10]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | 63.4% | 7,362 | ||
Democratic | Ben Westphal | 36.6% | 4,242 | |
Total Votes | 11,604 |
2012
Fisher won election in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 72. Fisher ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 5, 2012, and defeated Nathan Wrage (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | 50.7% | 7,778 | ||
Democratic | Nathan Wrage | 49.3% | 7,562 | |
Total Votes | 15,340 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Dean Fisher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Fisher's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
Common Sense budgeting
- Excerpt: "Do not spend more than the state takes in"
Common Sense Job Creation
- Excerpt: "Reduce taxes to grow businesses"
Common Sense Government
- Excerpt: "Photo ID at the polls"
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 20.
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2023
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In 2023, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 4.
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2022
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In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24.
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2021
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In 2021, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 19.
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2020
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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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2019
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In 2019, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 through April 27.
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2018
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In 2018, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 5.
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2017
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In 2017, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 through April 22.
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2016
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In 2016, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 through April 29.
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2015
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In 2015, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 5.
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2014
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In 2014, the 85th Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 through May 2.
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2013
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In 2013, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 to May 23.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Iowa Legislature, "Dean C. Fisher - All Years," accessed May 15, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Dean Fisher," accessed May 15, 2023
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "General Candidate List, 2016," accessed August 24, 2016
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Canvass Summary," accessed December 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," March 21, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Canvass Summary," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 30, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ deanfisher.com, "Official campaign website," accessed September 29, 2014
- ↑ ACLU Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
- ↑ ACLU of Iowa, "Legislative Report & Civil Liberties Scorecard," accessed July 11, 2017
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Preceded by Sharon Steckman (D) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 53 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Iowa House of Representatives District 72 2013-2023 |
Succeeded by Charles Isenhart (D) |