DemocratNot in office · last served 2010Last on a ballot: Nov 2008
Dolores M. Mertz
Last held office: Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 (2002–2010). Ran in 11 elections between 1988 and 2008, winning 11.
- Last margin
- +0.3
- Won 2008
- Elections
- 11
- 1988–2008
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Mertz 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 15Iowa House of Representatives, District 8
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Mertz has run
Margin: how far Mertz finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 | General | Won | Stephen Richards (R) | 50.1% | D+0.3 |
| 2006 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2004 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2002 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 | General | Won | Gary L. Meier Jr. (R) | 67.4% | D+34.8 |
| 2000 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1998 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Kenneth M. Clark (R) | 64.1% | D+28.3 |
| 1996 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1994 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Ronald E. Warren (R) | 62.3% | D+24.6 |
| 1992 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Ronald E. Warren (R) | 60.5% | D+21.0 |
| 1990 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Robert E. Johnson (R) | 57.4% | D+14.9 |
| 1988 | Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 | General | Won | Robert H. Christensen II (R) | 62.2% | D+24.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Mertz has held
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 8 · 2002–2010
- Iowa House of Representatives, District 15 · 1988–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Mertz has run against
- Stephen Richards (R) · 2008 election, won
- Gary L. Meier Jr. (R) · 2002 election, won
- Kenneth M. Clark (R) · 1998 election, won
- Ronald E. Warren (R) · 1994 election, won
- Robert E. Johnson (R) · 1990 election, won
- Robert H. Christensen II (R) · 1988 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive