Theresa Greenfield

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Theresa Greenfield

Democratic Party

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November 3, 2020

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Theresa Greenfield (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Greenfield was a 2018 Democratic candidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House. Greenfield was disqualified from the election before the primary scheduled for June 5, 2018.

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Iowa, 2020

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Iowa

Incumbent Joni Ernst defeated Theresa Greenfield, Rick Stewart, and Suzanne Herzog in the general election for U.S. Senate Iowa on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joni Ernst (R)	51.7	864,997
		Theresa Greenfield (D)	45.2	754,859
		Rick Stewart (L)	2.2	36,961
		Suzanne Herzog (Independent)	0.8	13,800
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,211

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,671,828
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Iowa

Theresa Greenfield defeated Michael Franken, Kimberly Graham, Eddie Mauro, and Cal Woods (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Iowa on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Theresa Greenfield	47.7	132,001
		Michael Franken	24.9	68,851
		Kimberly Graham	15.0	41,554
		Eddie Mauro	11.0	30,400
		Cal Woods (Unofficially withdrew)	1.2	3,372
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	514

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,692
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Iowa

Incumbent Joni Ernst advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Iowa on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joni Ernst	98.6	226,589
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	3,132

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 229,721
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Paul Rieck (R)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Axne (D)	49.3	175,642
		David Young (R)	47.1	167,933
		Bryan Holder (L)	2.0	7,267
		Mark Elworth Jr. (Legal Medical Now Party)	0.6	2,015
		Paul Knupp (G)	0.5	1,888
		Joe Grandanette (Independent)	0.4	1,301
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	195

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,241 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Cindy Axne defeated Eddie Mauro and Pete D'Alessandro in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Axne	58.0	32,910
		Eddie Mauro	26.4	15,006
		Pete D'Alessandro	15.6	8,874

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 56,790
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Heather Ryan (D)
• Theresa Greenfield (D)
• Austin Frerick (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Incumbent David Young advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Young	100.0	21,712

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Campaign themes

2020

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Greenfield's campaign website stated the following:

“	Health Care Health care is a right, not a privilege — but sadly, for too many Iowans, health care is too expensive and not accessible. No Iowan should lose their health care coverage because of a pre-existing health condition, and we should be working to expand access and make health care more affordable across the state and the country. Theresa supports access to quality, affordable health care — no matter who you are or where you live. That means strengthening our existing laws like the Affordable Care Act, creating a public health insurance option for Iowans to buy into, and working to bring down the cost of co-pays, prescription drugs, and health care as a whole. But in Washington, big money from insurance and pharmaceutical corporate PACs influence policy — meaning common sense solutions, like reducing the cost of prescription drug prices, are stalling in Congress. Theresa is committed to strengthening and protecting rural hospitals and health care options in underserved rural areas. Theresa isn’t taking money from corporate PACs like those in the health care or pharmaceutical industry, so she is ready to fight for what’s best for Iowans. Economy & Jobs After years of politicians from both parties allowing giant corporations and special interests to influence Washington and tilt the playing field against hardworking families, we must send leaders to the U.S. Senate who will stand up for those they were elected to represent. Unions built the middle class, and we should be working to strengthen their standing in our communities. When Theresa’s first husband, a union electrical lineman, died in a workplace accident, his union helped Theresa and her kids land on their feet. Theresa is standing up for union rights and has been endorsed by local labor unions across Iowa representing thousands of workers. Theresa supports a living wage, investing in our workforce, fighting for women to have equal opportunities and equal pay for equal work, and making sure people have the skills and tools they need to succeed in the 21st century workplace. She understands the importance of trade in Iowa’s economy, and supports the USMCA and the benefits it brings Iowa farmers and businesses. With her small business experience, she is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and startups with issues like increasing access to capital, expanding export opportunities, and cutting through burdensome red tape. Theresa is also committed to investing in our infrastructure to create good-paying jobs and help Iowa’s economy thrive. Education Theresa is a proud product of public schools and spent time working as a college student to advance her education. When we invest in our kids, our teachers, and our public schools, we all do better. Theresa will always put teachers and students first, not profits. That starts with everything from expanding public pre-kindergarten to making sure Iowa’s workforce has the right skills for the 21st century, and includes investing in higher education and job training, like apprenticeships where Iowans can earn while they learn. We need to make sure that obtaining an education — often a ticket to a better life for so many Iowans — is affordable. Theresa is committed to fully funding Pell grants, and ensuring our educators have the compensation, resources, and respect they deserve — including the ability to organize and collectively bargain. Growing Opportunity in Rural Iowa Theresa is a farm kid with farm kid values. Raised on her family’s farm, she learned the importance of hard work and self-reliance. She knows we have to invest in our rural communities to keep them healthy and make sure they have the tools they need to thrive in the future. Right now, Washington is failing our farmers. We’ve seen increased farm bankruptcies and reckless trade policies that have kept markets closed to farmers, and net farm income in Iowa has drastically fallen. We’ve got to commit to ending these irresponsible tariffs, unfair ethanol policies, and ensure we stand with our agricultural communities to pick up the pieces left in its wake. In our rural communities, we need to increase the access to capital for small businesses and family farms so they can get a fair shot and compete on a level playing field. That also means expanding access to rural broadband so businesses can thrive in all parts of Iowa. Racial Justice For generations too many Black Iowans have faced social and economic challenges, along with unjust treatment. The time has come to take concrete actions to address the racial disparities in policing, housing, health care, education, employment, infrastructure and economic development, and so much more. To start, we must protect voting rights. It’s long overdue for our state to restore voting rights to Iowans who have served their time — and in the U.S. Senate, Theresa will fight to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. We also need justice for Black Americans killed by police. Theresa stands with the leaders across our state calling for change. Black America has endured countless incidents of hate crimes and systemic racism, including here in Iowa, and they deserve justice. Theresa supports policing reforms that demand more transparency, while enacting racial bias and de-escalation training and a ban on chokeholds. Theresa also strongly supports policies that tackle racial health disparities by expanding access to high quality, affordable health care. She supports creating new training tools so medical providers understand racial health disparities, including passing legislation like the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act. Theresa believes we must also improve outcomes in education by making early investments in our children to work towards universal pre-K and requiring the Department of Education to return to carrying out civil rights research. Our children are our future; all of our children. Additionally, as a businesswoman, Theresa prioritizes supporting Black business ownership by helping Iowans in every zip code achieve their American dream, as specifically noted in her “Small Towns, Bigger Paychecks” plan. Black business owners have long been denied the same opportunities as other entrepreneurs and are more likely to be denied a loan or to face more obstacles to getting the funding they need. For example, Black residents in Polk County were denied loans at a rate that is more than 2 times the county average. Let’s end discriminatory lending practices, invest more in local nonprofits and Community Development Financial Institutions, that provide low-interest loans for minority business owners, so that all Iowans have the opportunity to be a part of our small business community. For Theresa, there’s always more to learn and more work to do, so please email [email protected] to share your thoughts, experiences and suggestions. Military & Veterans Theresa is a proud military mom, and comes from a family with a history of service to our country and fighting for our freedom, including six of her uncles. Her youngest son just re-enlisted in the Army for another six years of service. She’s seen the sacrifices those called to serve and their families make to ensure our nation remains out of harm’s way. In the Senate, she will fight to ensure we take care of our brave men and women in uniform both on and off the battlefield. That means when our soldiers return home, they have access to the best and most efficient health care our nation can provide at the Veterans Administration as well as paths to finding and keeping good-paying civilian jobs. Retirement Security While politicians in Washington are talking about cutting Medicare and Social Security to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and special interests, Theresa believes that Social Security and Medicare are promises we must keep to our seniors. She opposes the privatization of both programs as they are crucial to the livelihoods of countless Iowans. Theresa will never let anyone lay a finger on them while she is in the Senate. Public Safety From the gun violence crisis to the opioid epidemic, politicians have failed us. We can’t wait any longer to take action — when we say “enough is enough,” we mean it. Theresa won’t sit by or stay silent when it comes to saving lives, reducing crime and keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. In the Senate, Theresa will fight for legislation that keeps our kids and our communities safe. Whether it’s working to expand background checks, funding critical gun violence research, keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and other criminals, such as those on the No Fly list, she will bring people together to find commonsense solutions to ensure we address gun violence. Our communities in Iowa are also suffering at the hands of the opioid epidemic, and have seen a failure to act from Washington. Theresa is committed to working with community leaders to ensure they have the support they need to compassionately treat those who need help overcoming addiction. Reproductive Rights Theresa believes in women’s constitutional right to make their own health care decisions, and she understands that we cannot take these freedoms for granted. For decades, politicians in Washington and in states across the country have attacked women’s health care rights with the goal of shutting down Planned Parenthood and pushing rigid, uncompromising restrictions that jeopardize women’s health and safety and interfere in complicated and deeply personal decisions. Thousands of people in the heartland rely on Planned Parenthood for their health care, serving a crucial part of our population. Theresa believes all women, regardless of where they live or how much money they make, should have access to safe, high-quality, affordable health care. And at a time when maternal wards of rural hospitals are closing, leaving pockets of Iowa without the care they need to safely deliver children, Theresa knows we need to expand our compassionate care to every corner of Iowa. Theresa is proudly endorsed by EMILY’s List and NARAL Pro-Choice America, and she will always work to defend women’s rights and health. Environment Climate change is getting worse. We’ve seen it in extensive floods that destroy our fields and wash away parts of our cities. We can’t afford to have Senators who question and deny the science, who refuse to act when the future of our kids and grandkids are on the line, and who consistently put the needs of Big Oil over Iowans suffering. Theresa is proudly endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, and understands the gravity of our climate crisis requires smart, principled leadership. In the Senate, Theresa will fight for good-paying clean energy jobs and defend and strengthen our environmental laws that are under attack from the corporate special interests in Washington. She will also be focused on solutions that protect Iowans from the effects of climate change, including securing infrastructure funding to strengthen our defenses against flooding to save communities across Iowa. Immigration Reform Our immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. Unfortunately, politicians in Washington have focused on stoking fears and dividing us instead of focusing on improving our borders, protecting our national security, or putting forward real solutions to fix our broken immigration system. Theresa is committed to working with both parties on a plan that is true to our American values, fair to taxpayers, tough on workplace enforcement and border security, and rooted in practical solutions like reducing wait times for legal immigration and putting more technology and security on the border. Theresa will stand up for what’s right, including supporting the DREAM Act, and will focus on keeping families together while implementing policies that grow Iowa’s economy, encourage innovation, and create jobs. LGBTQ+ Equality Theresa is proud to stand with her LGBTQ+ family and friends, and she will work toward equal rights for all Iowans. She has spent much of her professional life working in small businesses, and has seen firsthand the strength that comes from a diverse and inclusive workplace. In the Senate, Theresa would proudly support legislation like the Equality Act that would prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation. Political Corruption Politicians in Washington have created a corrupt system – relying on big money from corporate special interests and then making sure that government works for them – not us. So it’s no surprise that Washington passed “tax reform” that was a massive giveaway to huge corporations while saddling us with higher debt, and refuses to take action to reduce the sky high costs of prescription drugs. That’s why Theresa is committed to building a grassroots campaign by Iowans, for Iowans and won’t take a dime from corporate PACs. Theresa has received grassroots contributions from all 99 counties in Iowa, and has been endorsed by dozens of leaders from around the state. She is also proudly endorsed by End Citizens United, and will fight for reform that makes our government and elections more transparent. That starts with supporting legislation that will root out corruption and make sure our representatives are actually working for us, not the corporate special interests — like banning corporate PAC money, passing lobbying reforms, overturning the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, and getting rid of the secret, unlimited cash flooding our elections through dark money groups.	”
—Theresa Greenfield's campaign website (2020)

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)