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Craig Clark
Craig Clark (Republican Party) ran for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 52. Clark lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Clark was a 2012 Independent candidate for District 52 of the Iowa House of Representatives.
Elections
2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Todd Prichard defeated Craig Clark in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 52 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Todd Prichard (D) | 53.7 | 8,210 | |
| Craig Clark (R) | 46.2 | 7,072 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 15,293 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 52
Incumbent Todd Prichard advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 52 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Todd Prichard | 99.5 | 2,151 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 2,161 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 52
Craig Clark defeated Charley Thomson in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 52 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Craig Clark | 62.3 | 994 | |
| Charley Thomson | 36.9 | 589 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 1,595 | ||||
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2013
Clark ran for election in the special election for Iowa House of Representatives District 52. The seat was vacant following Brian Quirk's (D) resignation on November 28, 2012, to take a job as general manager of the New Hampton Municipal Light Plant. He had just won re-election on November 6. Litterer lost against Todd Prichard (D) and Dennis Litterer (R) in the special election on January 22, 2013.[1][2][3][4]
| Iowa House of Representatives elections, District 52, Special Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Todd Prichard |
54.5% | 2,974 | |
| Republican | Dennis Litterer | 44% | 2,398 | |
| Independent | Craig Clark | 1.5% | 84 | |
| Total Votes | 5,456 | |||
2012
Clark ran in the 2012 election for Iowa House of Representatives District 52. He was nominated by petition. Incumbent Brian Quirk ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. He was defeated by Quirk in the general election.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Josh Byrnes Incumbent |
71.4% | 9,777 | |
| Independent | Eric Hungerford | 28.6% | 3,916 | |
| Total Votes | 13,693 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Craig Clark did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Craig + Clark + Iowa + House"
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate list January 22, 2013 special election"
Footnotes
- ↑ Globe Gazette, "House District 52 special election set," December 1, 2012
- ↑ WCF Courier, "Quirk leaves statehouse for new job; retired coach to seek seat," November 30, 2012
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlist - ↑ The Iowa Republican, "Democrat Prichard Wins HD52 Special Election," January 22, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official Primary Results," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, 2012 general election candidate list, accessed November 2, 2012
