# Kurt Swaim

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{{short description|American politician}}
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| image       = Member of the Iowa House of Representatives Kurt Swaim.jpg
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| name        = Kurt Swaim
| state_house = Iowa
| district    = [94th](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_94)
| term_start  = January 13, 2003
| term_end    = January 13, 2013
| preceded    = [Rebecca Reynolds](/source/Rebecca_Reynolds_(politician))
| succeeded   = [Linda Miller](/source/Linda_Miller_(politician))
| birth_date  = {{Birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place = [Drakesville, Iowa](/source/Drakesville%2C_Iowa), U.S.
| death_date  = 
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| party       = [Democratic](/source/Iowa_Democratic_Party)
| spouse      = 
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| website     = [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=256 Swaim's website]
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'''Kurt Swaim''' (born 1950) is the Iowa State Representative from the 94th District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=256|title=State Representative|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=20 September 2016}}</ref> He has served in the [Iowa House of Representatives](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives) since 2003.

{{As of|October 2011}}, Swaim serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Safety committees.  He also serves as the [ranking member](/source/ranking_member) of the Judiciary committee and as a member of the Child Support Advisory Committee.

==Electoral history==
<nowiki>*</nowiki>incumbent
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|election_title     =Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2002
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2002/results/PRI_StateRep.pdf|title=Canvass Summary - 2002 Primary Election (6/4/2002)|publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State)|date=2002-07-01|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929105357/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2002/results/PRI_StateRep.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =1,892
|result             =(newly redistricted)
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =979
|winner_percent     =51.7
|candidate2         =Marcella Forsythe Thompson
|candidate2_party   =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes   =471
|candidate2_percent =24.9
|candidate3         =Matt Greiner
|candidate3_party   =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate3_votes   =441
|candidate3_percent =23.3}}
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|election_title     =Iowa House of Representatives election, 2002
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2002/results/Canvass%20Summary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030309172016/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/PDFs/elections/2002/results/Canvass%20Summary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-03-09|title=Canvass Summary - Final - 2002 General Election (11/5/2002)|publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State)|date=2002-12-02|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=40}}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =10,116
|result             =(newly redistricted)
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =5,224
|winner_percent     =51.6
|candidate2         =Gerald E. Banks
|candidate2_party   =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes   =4,892
|candidate2_percent =48.4}}
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|election_title     =Iowa House of Representatives election, 2004
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |title=Canvass Summary - Final - 2004 General Election (11/2/2004) |publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State) |date=2004-12-06 |accessdate=2011-09-19 |page=38 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104025211/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |archivedate=2007-01-04}}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =12,885
|result             =hold
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim*
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =7,655
|winner_percent     =59.4
|candidate2         =Claude Neill
|candidate2_party   =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes   =5,227
|candidate2_percent =40.6}}
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|election_title     =[Iowa House of Representatives election, 2006](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives_election%2C_2006)
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |title=Official Results Report - Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006 |publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State) |date=2006-11-21 |accessdate=2011-09-19 |page=48 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-15 }}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =9,436
|result             =hold
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim*
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =6,052
|winner_percent     =64.1
|candidate2         =Kevin Wiskus
|candidate2_party   =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes   =3,377
|candidate2_percent =35.8}}
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|election_title     =[Iowa House of Representatives election, 2008](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives_election%2C_2008)
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html|title=November 4, 2008 General Election Results|publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State)|accessdate=2011-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408054656/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html|archive-date=April 8, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =12,672
|result             =hold
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim*
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =8,112
|winner_percent     =64.0
|candidate2         =Howard E. Hubbard
|candidate2_party   =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes   =4,542
|candidate2_percent =35.8}}
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|election_title     =[Iowa House of Representatives election, 2010](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives_election%2C_2010)
|election_note      =District 94
|election_ref       =<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2010/gensummaryorr.pdf|title=Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010|publisher=[Iowa Secretary of State](/source/Iowa_Secretary_of_State)|date=2010-12-16|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=135}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|turnout_votes      =10,167
|result             =hold
|loser_party        =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner             =Kurt Swaim*
|winner_party       =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner_votes       =5,021
|winner_percent     =49.4
|candidate2         =James F. Johnson
|candidate2_party   =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes   =4,945
|candidate2_percent =48.6}}
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070223164549/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=256 Representative Kurt Swaim] ''official Iowa General Assembly site''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101116124720/http://www.house.iowa.gov/swaim/ Kurt Swaim State Representative] ''official constituency site''
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* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=4837 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
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{{s-bef|before=[Rebecca Reynolds](/source/Rebecca_Reynolds_(politician))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[94th district](/source/Iowa_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_94)|years=2003–2013}}
{{s-aft|after=[Linda Miller](/source/Linda_Miller_(politician))}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Living people
Category:People from Bloomfield, Iowa
Category:1950 births
Category:People from Davis County, Iowa
Category:21st-century members of the Iowa General Assembly

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