Claire Celsi

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Claire Celsi

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| state_senate = Iowa

| state = Iowa

| district = 16th

| term_start = 2019

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| constituency = 16th District - (2023-Present)

21st District - (2019-2023)

| preceded = Matt McCoy

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| party = Democratic

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| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Drake University

| residence = West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

| website = claire4iowa.com

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Claire A. Celsi is a member of the Iowa Senate, representing Senate District 16 in Central Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party, Celsi has served as senator since 2019. She owns a marketing and public relations firm, The Public Relations Project, incorporated in 2009.{{Cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/summary.aspx?q=bAfq8x-YaFdOhiQhrohxW1V-8PMX6g6MCjiAaFACcPZHxZnNpbD44z_jiOxCiNhzuCv-Z-z-ZMbmyCJszZm8jqmEZ03mPpjMlxCKv-h_i8Js1i-hb0lWYh1W2cQQ0KfAoVm7KMn9M3nZmSshPsAB5ahr19zlHbH7pp5u99x9pze7yeh_Xuckz_cJgTORPgUrYy-6dFVz0uQJtINNkrsfExGKdPcapOyX7m1XQKiBduW_82EtvBXFX8aHU4tu3FrkXNKYpL18prB1Tx6ViEGPrCXiTjSj6AWo5P0xCZFbHe51CVI5BjZJMGbo0p9-mBJXbrHmj_8yQCMPI8LnzoeHWynIxuFJ5PpESSbtOz47iF22mBPUcGQxu85-QQyhOcrJ-QG7L66O-bJsKegZR6qivNz-O_He6QMNdz-sHSKsyHOzYX4eAmOP7YJRPSyq_4RHUHjHNOIsIHMa8p4E7kFrZw2|title = Business Entity Summary}}{{better source needed|reason=this entry from iowa.gov isn't cleanly reachable. is there a way to search for the business and its incorporation date.|date=July 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://siliconprairienews.com/2009/12/five-in-five-with-claire-celsi-from-public-relations-princess/|title = Five in Five with Claire Celsi from Public Relations Princess|date = 2 December 2009}}

Elections

Celsi defeated Democrat Connie Ryan in the June 5, 2018 primary{{Cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/06/primary-iowa-legislature-republican-democratic-gay-lgbtq-patriotic-house-senate-zach-wahls/677243002/|title = Primary narrows field for Iowa Legislature; LGBTQ activist and patriotic rock painter win}}{{Cite web|url=http://auditor.polkcountyiowa.gov/Election/Election_summary.asp?Contest_Type=2&Report_Type=contested&Election_Date=20180605|title=June 5 2018 Primary Election Results}} and went on to defeat Republican Brian Bales in the November 5, 2018 General Election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/06/iowa-election-2018-results-senate-district-21-brian-bales-claire-celsi-legislature-republican-dem/1732867002/|title = Claire Celsi will replace Matt McCoy in Iowa Senate| website=The Des Moines Register }}{{Cite web|url=http://auditor.polkcountyiowa.gov/Election/Election_summary.asp?Contest_Type=2&Report_Type=contested&Election_Date=20181106|title=November 6 2018 General Election Results Polk County, Iowa}} Celsi's campaign positions included opposing state funding for homeschooling, state tracking and monitoring of homeschooled students, increasing state spending on public primary schools by four percent per year, and opposing Medicaid privatization.{{cite news | url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/25/iowa-senate-district-21-brian-bales-claire-celsi-legislature-west-des-moines-election-vote/1744352002/ | author=Des Moines Register staff | title=Iowa election 2018: Bales and Celsi face off in Senate District 21 race | work=Des Moines Register | date=October 25, 2018 | access-date=December 21, 2022}}

Senator Celsi ran for reelection in Senate district 16,{{Cite web|url=https://gis.legis.iowa.gov/Plan2/IndivDist/Plan2Senate_16.pdf|title = 2021 Senate district 16 map}} after the 2021 redistricting process redrew the district. Senator Sarah Trone Garriott was also drawn into the new district 16, but moved to neighboring Dallas County to run in the new Senate district 14.{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/01/iowa-redistricting-democrat-sarah-trone-garriott-moving-dallas-county-face-republican-jake-chapman/8794928002/|title = Celsi running in new Senate district 16| website=The Des Moines Register }}

Celsi's opponent in the 2022 general election was Bradley D. Price of West Des Moines. Price won the Senate District 16 Republican primary by 25 votes. The vote totals were 1576 for Price to 1551 for Shad Clayton.{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/112996/web.285569/#/detail/5400|title = Senate District 16 Republican official primary results}}

Senator Celsi won the 2022 general election, 58% to 42% percent, beating Republican candidate Bradley D. Price of West Des Moines, according to unofficial results.{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/iowa-state-house-senate-election-results-des-moines-polk-county-2022/69612759007/|title = Des Moines Register Unofficial Primary Results| website=The Des Moines Register }}

Biography

Celsi graduated in 1984 from Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines, Iowa,{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} She received her B.A. in sociology, cum laude, from Drake University.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Celsi was appointed to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission on May 10, 2010 and served for five years, including one year as chair.{{Cite web|url=https://abd.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2015/10/fy13_annualreport_print.pdf|title=Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Commission Annual Report}} Celsi previously served on the Iowa Great Places Advisory Board in the Cultural Affairs Department.{{Cite web|url=http://publications.iowa.gov/15580/1/FY08CulturalAffairs2008.pdf|title=2008 Cultural Affairs Performance Report}}{{when|date=July 2020}}

Claire Celsi is a small business owner,{{Cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/search/business/summary.aspx?q=ZrJ_7VzHkwdn67uur6161RjfY3jqj90cTvFDmjh9mEVJ8-1ys3rD-rFecVKZ4jgeMqpiaKUEMC6itQ8aj0mFfFi5HlwaT_flixIaRGHQE-pmciqM14Ni-SnhFPxK9F7ObN_ai9KzuPh1TyrTUCkNSa4-IKkLgDum5jtDSwtgD1UTtJCE5lnWdEXOj9C-VqfOiRWTVy2SYLw-iW5iqEWw8_uYdalz-VkvQHGGWBsWFOAzyyTnBpmJLoZtB1BigOk3cCFisigEnopCzsTnGVXdA8ms0-93VodMjmfcSuxsDel_NhIOdQYryKHy2QJCQCOR96ltYYRh3-seniJmRLOTI0Fc2k2PvBFdUd-9gmslZweE5mUkTtTcapeC8PodXzj7clVKjpI6Ic3MLjTi26RNSAlbkoJXRH_jS623vzwa9FxccH0Rj87VI6LVCrWNeAJOSkAKWEL37XKTt--DIR7JAw2|title=Iowa Secretary of State Business Entities}} community volunteer and member of several community groups, boards and commissions, including the FADSS Council,{{Cite web|url=https://humanrights.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/media/FaDSS_Council_Members-March2021_0.pdf|title=Iowa FADSS}}{{Cite web|url=https://earlychildhood.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022-|title=Early Childhood Iowa Board}} the Drake University Journalism and Mass Communications National Board of Directors{{Cite web|url=https://www.drake.edu/sjmc/nac/|title=Drake University National Journalism and Mass Communications Advisory Board}} Celsi is also a member of the Historic Valley Junction Foundation Board of Directors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.valleyjunction.com/about/foundation-board/|title=Historic Valley Junction Board of Directors}}

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