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James Allen Nussle (born June 27 1960), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, currently representing the 1st District of Iowa. Nussle generally represents the northeastern part of the state. Because of redistricting some of the areas that he represents have changed, and at one time the area he represented was known as the 2nd District.
He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, was educated at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and was a lawyer before entering the House. When Tom Tauke attempted to run for Senator Tom Harkin's seat during the 1990 election, Jim Nussle ran as the Republican candidate for Tauke's seat. Tauke was unable to defeat Harkin.
Nussle's first election to the House was the closest election for him during his entire tenure in the House. He and challenger Eric Tabor had been in a virtual dead heat in the time leading up to the election. Just before the election, Tabor became embroiled in a controversy regarding absentee ballots that family members had cast. This controversy caused some votes to not be counted at the end, and also cost Tabor other votes as well. Tabor did not concede the election to Nussle until the day after the election.
In 1992, Nussle ran against fellow House member David Nagle for what was the 2nd district of Iowa - or the northeast part of the state. This was because Iowa's House delegation was being reduced from six down to five Representatives. The areas that Nussle and Nagle had represented in Congress was combined for the 1992 election.
Election History
1990: Defeated Eric Tabor
1992: Defeated David Nagle
1994: Defeated David Nagle 56%-43%
1996: Defeated Donna Smith 51%-48%
1998: Defeated Rob Tully 55%-44%
2000: Defeated Donna Smith 55%-44%
2002: Defeated Ann Hutchinson 57%-43%
2004: Defeated Bill Gluba 55%-44%
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