Jeff Lamberti
{{Short description|American politician}}
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|name = Jeff Lamberti
|image = Jeffrey Lamberti - Official Portrait - 81st GA.jpg
|alt = Picture of Jeff Lamberti
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|10|21}}
|birth_place = Ankeny, Iowa, U.S.
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|party = Republican Party
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|residence = Ankeny, Iowa
|alma_mater = Drake University (BA, MBA, JD)
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Jeffrey M. Lamberti (born October 21, 1962, in Ankeny, Iowa){{cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/53/ |title=Election 2006 Key Race: U.S. House, Iowa District 3 |accessdate=9 December 2008 |newspaper=Washington Post |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006200246/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/53/ |archivedate=October 6, 2008 }} is a former Republican Senate leader and two term state senator representing the 35th District of the Iowa Senate, and served two terms as State Representative. In the 2006 mid-term election, Lamberti was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Iowa's 3rd congressional district, losing to incumbent Democrat Leonard Boswell in a hotly contested race. Lamberti received 47% of the vote to Boswell's 52%. He was succeeded in the Iowa Senate by Republican Larry Noble.
Lamberti was nominated to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission by Gov. Terry Branstad. He was elected as its chairman on June 7, 2012, and his term expired on April 30, 2014.
Lamberti is an attorney and is president of Lamberti, Gocke, & Leutje Law Offices.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ankenylaw.com/attorneys-staff/jeffrey-m-lamberti/|title = Des Moines & Ankeny Real Estate Lawyer - Jeffrey Lamberti}} He is the son of Donald Lamberti, founder of Ankeny-based Casey's General Stores. He is the current owner of the Indoor Football League's Iowa Barnstormers (formerly of the Arena Football League and af2).
Electoral history
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| title = Iowa State House 065 election, 1994{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=739443|title=Our Campaigns - IA State House 065 Race - Nov 08, 1994}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Lamberti
|votes = 7,455
|percentage = 56.43
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark A. Haverland (inc.)
|votes = 5,756
|percentage = 43.57
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =
|votes = 1
|percentage = 0.01
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 13,212
|percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Iowa State House 065 election, 1996{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=226740|title=Our Campaigns - IA State House 065 Race - Nov 05, 1996}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Lamberti (inc.)
|votes = 9,299
|percentage = 59.89
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Paul Gnade
|votes = 6,211
|percentage = 40.00
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{{Election box candidate no change
|party = Other
|candidate =
|votes = 16
|percentage = 0.10
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 15,526
|percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = Iowa State Senate 33 election, 1998{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=738961|title=Our Campaigns - IA State Senate 33 Race - Nov 03, 1998}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Lamberti
|votes = 17,147
|percentage = 84.23
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Reform Party (United States)
|candidate = Alan Palmer
|votes = 3,146
|percentage = 15.45
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Blank/Scattering
|votes = 64
|percentage = 0.34
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 20,357
|percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
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| title = Iowa State Senate 35 election, 2002{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28038|title = Our Campaigns - IA State Senate 35 Race - Nov 05, 2002}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Lamberti
|votes = 18,117
|percentage = 98.35
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate =
|votes = 304
|percentage = 1.65
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 18,421
|percentage = 100.00
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}
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| title = Iowa's 3rd congressional district election, 2006
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Leonard Boswell (inc.)
|votes = 115,769
|percentage = 51.90
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Lamberti
|votes = 103,722
|percentage = 46.50
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Socialist Workers Party (US)
|candidate = Helen Meyers
|votes = 3,591
|percentage = 1.61
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{{Election box total no change
|votes = 223,082
|percentage = 100.00
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [http://www.jefflamberti.com Jeff Lamberti's Congressional campaign site]
- {{Twitter|stormerone}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120411181909/http://www.blocklambertigocke.com/Attorneys/Jeffrey-M-Lamberti.shtml Jeffrey M. Lamberti profile @ Block, Lamberti & Gocke, P.C.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061101135738/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=133&ga=81 Iowa General Assembly page on Lamberti] - from when he was in the Iowa Senate.
- [http://biz.yahoo.com/t/13/7728.html Jeff Lamberti Casey's stock history]
- {{C-SPAN|1015610}}
{{Iowa Barnstormers}}
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Category:People from Ankeny, Iowa
Category:Drake University alumni
Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Iowa state senators
Category:Drake University Law School alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
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