DemocratNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2022
Dennis M. Cohoon
Last held office: Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 (2012–2022). Ran in 20 elections between 1986 and 2022, winning 19.
- Last margin
- −4.4
- Lost 2022
- Elections
- 20
- 1986–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Cohoon was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Iowa House of Representatives, District 60Iowa House of Representatives, District 100Iowa House of Representatives, District 88Iowa House of Representatives, District 87
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Cohoon has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Cohoon won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 99 | General | Lost | Matt Rinker (R) | 47.7% | R+4.4 | R+3.2 | |
| 2020 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | General | Won | Unopposed | 96.8% | — | — | |
| 2018 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | General | Won | Tim Goodwin (R) | 56.6% | D+13.3 | — | |
| 2016 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | General | Won | Unopposed | 97.9% | — | — | |
| 2014 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | General | Won | Unopposed | 97.7% | — | — | |
| 2014 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2012 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 | General | Won | Dan Cahill (I), Andrew Wilson (R) | 47.2% | D+11.4 | — | |
| 2010 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 | General | Won | Dave Selmon (R) | 58.6% | D+17.3 | — | |
| 2008 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2006 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2004 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2002 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2000 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 | General | Won | Matthew Murray (R) | 64.9% | D+29.9 | — | |
| 1998 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 1996 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 1994 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 1992 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 | General | Won | Marlow Bennett (R) | 64.4% | D+28.9 | — | |
| 1990 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Dianne Lerud (R) | 62.9% | D+25.7 | — | |
| 1988 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Dianne Lerud (R) | 62.8% | D+25.6 | — | |
| 1986 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 60 | General | Won | Steven R. Arnold (R) | 57% | D+13.9 | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Cohoon has held
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 87 · 2012–2022
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 88 · 2002–2012
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 100 · 1992–2002
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 60 · 1986–1992
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Cohoon has run against
- Matt Rinker (R) · 2022 election, lost
- Tim Goodwin (R) · 2018 election, won
- Dan Cahill (I) · 2012 election, won
- Dave Selmon (R) · 2010 election, won
- Matthew Murray (R) · 2000 election, won
- Marlow Bennett (R) · 1992 election, won
- Dianne Lerud (R) · 1990 election, won
- Steven R. Arnold (R) · 1986 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive