Thomas Gerhold

Thomas Gerhold

Republican Party

Iowa House of Representatives District 84

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Joe Mitchell

Prior offices

Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Successor: Bob Kressig

Predecessor: Dawn Pettengill

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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 5, 2024

Personal

Birthplace

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Profession

Researcher

Contact

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Thomas Gerhold (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 84. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Gerhold (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 84. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Thomas Gerhold was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Gerhold graduated from Benton Community High School. His career experience includes working as a research associate with the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Gerhold was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• Economic Growth Committee
• Natural Resources Committee
• House Transportation Committee
• International Relations Committee

2021-2022

Gerhold was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• Natural Resources Committee
• House Transportation Committee

2019-2020

Gerhold was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• Environmental Protection Committee

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 84

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold defeated Ashley Meredith in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 84 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold (R)	72.9	11,672
		Ashley Meredith (L)	26.5	4,250
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	99

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,021
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold	99.1	1,799
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	17

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,816
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gerhold in this election.

2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 84

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold defeated Sara Yedlik in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 84 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold (R)	63.8	8,954
		Sara Yedlik (D)	36.1	5,067
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	8

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,029
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84

Sara Yedlik advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sara Yedlik	99.8	1,066
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,068
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 84 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold	99.8	1,789
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,792
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold defeated Ruby Bodeker in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold (R)	63.6	10,377
		Ruby Bodeker (D)	36.2	5,907
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	21

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,305
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Ruby Bodeker advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruby Bodeker	99.6	1,761
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	7

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,768
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Incumbent Thomas Gerhold advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold	99.6	2,397
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	10

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,407
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2018

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Thomas Gerhold defeated Paula Denison and John George in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold (R)	60.0	7,904
	Submit photo	Paula Denison (D)	37.3	4,918
		John George (L)	2.6	342
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	6

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,170
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Paula Denison defeated Dennis Mathahs and Doris Guilford in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Paula Denison	65.5	682
	Submit photo	Dennis Mathahs	22.8	237
	Submit photo	Doris Guilford	11.7	122

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,041
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

Thomas Gerhold advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Gerhold	100.0	747

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 747
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75

John George advanced from the Libertarian primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 75 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John George

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Thomas Gerhold did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Thomas Gerhold did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Thomas Gerhold campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Iowa House of Representatives District 84	Won general	$18,735	$18,310
2022	Iowa House of Representatives District 84	Won general	$33,489	$26,985
2020	Iowa House of Representatives District 75	Won general	$18,639	N/A**
2018	Iowa House of Representatives District 75	Won general	$32,259	N/A**
Grand total			$103,122	$45,295
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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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. Club for Growth Foundation Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues. Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues. National Federation of Independent Business Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2019

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Joe Mitchell (R)	Iowa House of Representatives District 84 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Dawn Pettengill (R)	Iowa House of Representatives District 75 2019-2023	Succeeded by Bob Kressig (D)

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

Representatives

District 1

J.D. Scholten (D)

District 2

Robert Henderson (R)

District 3

Thomas Jeneary (R)

District 4

Skyler Wheeler (R)

District 5

Zach Dieken (R)

District 6

Megan Jones (R)

District 7

Mike Sexton (R)

District 8

Ann Meyer (R)

District 9

Henry Stone (R)

District 10

John Wills (R)

District 11

Craig Williams (R)

District 12

Steven Holt (R)

District 13

Travis Sitzmann (R)

District 14

Jacob Bossman (R)

District 15

Matt Windschitl (R)

District 16

David Sieck (R)

District 17

Devon Wood (R)

District 18

Tom Moore (R)

District 19

Brent Siegrist (R)

District 20

Josh Turek (D)

District 21

Brooke Boden (R)

District 22

Samantha Fett (R)

District 23

Ray Sorensen (R)

District 24

Sam Wengryn (R)

District 25

Hans Wilz (R)

District 26

Austin Harris (R)

District 27

Kenan Judge (D)

District 28

David Young (R)

District 29

Brian Meyer (D)

District 30

Megan Srinivas (D)

District 31

Mary Madison (D)

District 32

Jennifer Konfrst (D)

District 33

Ruth Gaines (D)

District 34

Rob Johnson (D)

District 35

Sean Bagniewski (D)

District 36

Austin Baeth (D)

District 37

Barb McCulla (R)

District 38

Jon Dunwell (R)

District 39

Rick Olson (D)

District 40

Bill Gustoff (R)

District 41

Ryan Weldon (R)

District 42

Heather Matson (D)

District 43

Eddie Andrews (R)

District 44

Larry McBurney (D)

District 45

Brian Lohse (R)

District 46

Dan Gehlbach (R)

District 47

Carter Nordman (R)

District 48

Chad Behn (R)

District 49

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)

District 50

Ross Wilburn (D)

District 51

Brett Barker (R)

District 52

David Blom (R)

District 53

Dean Fisher (R)

District 54

Joshua Meggers (R)

District 55

Shannon Latham (R)

District 56

Mark Thompson (R)

District 57

Pat Grassley (R)

District 58

Charley Thomson (R)

District 59

Christian Hermanson (R)

District 60

Jane Bloomingdale (R)

District 61

Timi Brown-Powers (D)

District 62

Jerome Amos (D)

District 63

Michael Bergan (R)

District 64

Jason Gearhart (R)

District 65

Shannon Lundgren (R)

District 66

Steven Bradley (R)

District 67

Craig Johnson (R)

District 68

Chad Ingels (R)

District 69

Tom Determann (R)

District 70

Norlin Mommsen (R)

District 71

Lindsay James (D)

District 72

Jennifer Smith (R)

District 73

Elizabeth Wilson (D)

District 74

Eric Gjerde (D)

District 75

Bob Kressig (D)

District 76

Derek Wulf (R)

District 77

Jeff Cooling (D)

District 78

Angel Ramirez (D)

District 79

Tracy Ehlert (D)

District 80

Aime Wichtendahl (D)

District 81

Daniel Gosa (D)

District 82

Bobby Kaufmann (R)

District 83

Cindy Golding (R)

District 84

Thomas Gerhold (R)

District 85

Amy Nielsen (D)

District 86

David Jacoby (D)

District 87

Jeff Shipley (R)

District 88

Helena Hayes (R)

District 89

Elinor Levin (D)

District 90

Adam Zabner (D)

District 91

Judd Lawler (R)

District 92

Heather Hora (R)

District 93

Gary Mohr (R)

District 94

Mike Vondran (R)

District 95

Taylor Collins (R)

District 96

Mark Cisneros (R)

District 97

Ken Croken (D)

District 98

Monica Kurth (D)

District 99

Matthew Rinker (R)

District 100

Blaine Watkins (R)

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Democratic Party (33)