David Wayne Loebsack is an American politician who served as the U S representative for from 2007 to 2021.
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11 Facts About David Loebsack
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David Loebsack has voted consistently to protect legal access to abortion and to pass measures that instill regulations that aim to protect the environment.
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Similar to David Loebsack's ratings regarding the economy, his social ratings adhere to party lines.
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David Loebsack has generally scored high among interest groups involved in civil liberties.
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In 2006, David Loebsack narrowly defeated 15-term Republican incumbent Jim Leach in one of the biggest upsets of the cycle.
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David Loebsack was nominated by a special convention of the 2nd District after failing to get the required number of signatures to be on the primary ballot.
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David Loebsack was easily reelected in 2008, taking 57 percent of the vote over Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a doctor from Ottumwa and the former president of the state medical society.
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David Loebsack faced Miller-Meeks again in 2010 and had a much more difficult time of it than he had two years earlier.
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Again, David Loebsack was the only Democrat that Iowa sent to the House in 2016.
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Democrats flipped the 1st and 3rd districts in this election cycle; therefore, David Loebsack was no longer the sole Democratic member of Iowa's congressional delegation.
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Ahead of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, David Loebsack endorsed former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg for President of the United States.
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