Jim Van Engelenhoven
{{Short description|American politician (1943–2021)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = James Van Engelenhoven - Official Portrait - 84th GA.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| name = Jim Van Engelenhoven
| state_house = Iowa
| district = 71st
| term_start = January 11, 1999
| term_end = 2012
| preceded = Harold van Maanen
| succeeded =
| prior_term = 95th (1999 – 2003)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|9|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|9|20|1943|9|8|mf=y}}
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| spouse = Carol
| relations =
| children = Jeff
| residence = Leighton, Iowa
| alma_mater =
| occupation =
| profession =
| signature =
| website = [http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=95 Van Engelenhoven's website]
| footnotes =
}}
James L. Van Engelenhoven (September 8, 1943 – September 20, 2021) was an American politician, serving as the Iowa State Representative from the 71st District. He had served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 1999, when he was elected to represent the 95th district. In addition to winning re-election in general election challenges, Van Engelenhoven had won three primary elections (1998, 2008, and 2010), though he went one year (2004) without any primary or general election opponents.
{{As of|September 2011}}, Van Engelenhoven served on several committees in the Iowa House, including the Ethics, Local Government, Natural Resources, and Transportation committees. His prior political experience included serving as County Supervisor in Mahaska County from 1992 to 1998. He died in 2021 at the age of 78.[https://www.gardenchapel.com/obituary/James-VanEngelenhoven Obituary for James Van Engelenhoven]
Electoral history
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|District 95 and early District 71 elections (1998 – 2004)
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 1998
|election_note =District 95
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/elections/10-7.pdf|title=Iowa Primary Election - June 2, 1998|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|accessdate=2011-09-25|page=409}}
|turnout_votes =3,065
|result =
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =1,348
|winner_percent =44.0
|candidate2 =Marty Racheter
|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes =937
|candidate2_percent =30.6
|candidate3 =Bill Augustine
|candidate3_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate3_votes =742
|candidate3_percent =24.2}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 1998
|election_note =District 95
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/10-8.pdf|title=Iowa General Election - November 3, 1998|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|accessdate=2011-09-22|page=432|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130050231/https://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/10-8.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2008|url-status=dead}}
|turnout_votes =9,135
|result =hold
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =6,015
|winner_percent =65.8
|candidate2 =Nancy M. Van Zee
|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes =2,960
|candidate2_percent =32.4
|candidate3 =Gerald Sullivan
|candidate3_party =Reform Party (United States)
|candidate3_votes =146
|candidate3_percent =1.6}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000
|election_note =District 95
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfS/2000%20G%20IH.pdf|title=November 7, 2000 - General Election, Iowa Official Results, State House of Representatives|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|date=2002-07-16|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115100006/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfS/2000%20G%20IH.pdf|archive-date=November 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}
|turnout_votes =9,836
|result =hold
|winner =James L. Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =9,797
|winner_percent =99.6}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2002
|election_note =District 71
|election_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|date=2002-12-02|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=36}}
|turnout_votes =10,446
|result =(newly redistricted)
|loser_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =6,470
|winner_percent =61.9
|candidate2 =Martin Duffy
|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes =3,974
|candidate2_percent =38.0}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004
|election_note =District 71
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/primary/PrimaryCanvassSummaryFinal.pdf|title=Canvass Summary - Final - 2004 Primary Election (6/8/2004)|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|date=2004-12-06|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=43|archive-date=2008-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081130071340/https://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/primary/PrimaryCanvassSummaryFinal.pdf|url-status=dead}}
|turnout_votes =937
|result =
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =776
|winner_percent =82.8
|candidate2 =Donald Zoutte
|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes =161
|candidate2_percent =17.2}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004
|election_note =District 71
|election_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 |date=2004-12-06 |accessdate=2011-09-19 |page=34 |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 }}
|turnout_votes =11,153
|result =hold
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =11,088
|winner_percent =99.4}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006
|election_note =District 71
|election_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 |date=2006-11-21 |accessdate=2011-09-19 |page=42 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |archivedate=2007-07-15 }}
|turnout_votes =11,490
|result =hold
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =6,587
|winner_percent =57.3
|candidate2 =Catherine Haustein
|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes =4,271
|candidate2_percent =37.2
|candidate3 =Steve Woody Fisher
|candidate3_party =Independent (politician)
|candidate3_votes =324
|candidate3_percent =2.8}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2008
|election_note =District 71
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2008/OfficialResultsReport2008Primary.pdf|title=Official Results Report - Statewide, 2008 Primary Election 06-03-2008 Party:All|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|date=2008-06-19|accessdate=2011-09-25|archive-date=2010-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827040721/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2008/OfficialResultsReport2008Primary.pdf|url-status=dead}}
|turnout_votes =1,576
|result =
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =1,074
|winner_percent =68.1
|candidate2 =Marc Held
|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes =410
|candidate2_percent =26.0}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008
|election_note =District 71
|election_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|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}}
|turnout_votes =15,284
|result =hold
|loser_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =9,442
|winner_percent =61.6
|candidate2 =Pat VanZante
|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes =5,829
|candidate2_percent =38.1}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2010
|election_note =District 71
|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2010PrimaryResults.html|title=June 8, 2010 Primary Election Results|publisher=Iowa Secretary of State|accessdate=2011-09-25|archive-date=2011-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929105122/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2010PrimaryResults.html|url-status=dead}}
|turnout_votes =3,436
|result =
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =2,455
|winner_percent =71.4
|candidate2 =Marc Held
|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes =755
|candidate2_percent =22.0}}
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|election_title =Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010
|election_note =District 71
|election_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|date=2010-12-16|accessdate=2011-09-19|page=112}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|turnout_votes =12,270
|result =hold
|loser_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|winner =Jim Van Engelenhoven*
|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes =8,285
|winner_percent =67.5
|candidate2 =Pat VanZante
|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party
|candidate2_votes =3,640
|candidate2_percent =29.7}}
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References
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External links
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{{Portal|Iowa}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060527210802/http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=95 Representative Jim Van Engelenhoven] official Iowa General Assembly site
- [http://www.iowahouserepublicans.com/members/jim-van-engelenhoven Profile] at Iowa House Republicans
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{{succession box| title=95th District |before=Harold van Maanen | years=1999 – 2003 |after=Michael Reasoner}}
{{succession box| title=71st District |before=Wayne Ford | years = 2003 – 2012|after=N/A}}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Oskaloosa, Iowa
Category:County supervisors in Iowa