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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Iowa, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:Iowa election calendar

Statewide election dates in Iowa are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June 2, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Iowa gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026
• Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
• Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
• Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
• Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)
• United States Senate election in Iowa, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Iowa. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
John Berman	U.S. Senate Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jim Carlin	U.S. Senate Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ashley Hinson	U.S. Senate Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joshua Smith	U.S. Senate Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Henry	U.S. Senate Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nathan Sage	U.S. Senate Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Josh Turek	U.S. Senate Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zach Wahls	U.S. Senate Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Thomas Laehn	U.S. Senate Iowa	Libertarian	Candidacy Declared General
Mariannette Miller-Meeks Incumbent	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tyler Hegewald	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Grant Hill	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Pautsch	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christina Bohannan	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bob Krause	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Travis Terrell	U.S. House Iowa District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlie McClintock	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Mitchell	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kathryn Dolter	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lindsay James	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Guy Morgan	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Clint Twedt-Ball	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dave Bushaw	U.S. House Iowa District 2	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Zach Nunn Incumbent	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Xavier Carrigan	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tracy Limon	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sarah Trone Garriott	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Easton Wolfe	U.S. House Iowa District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Randy Feenstra Incumbent	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris McGowan	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ryan Rhodes	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christian Schlaefer	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dave Dawson	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stephanie Steiner	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ashley WolfTornabane	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jermaine Decker	U.S. House Iowa District 4	Independent	Candidacy Declared General

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Eddie Andrews	Governor of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Randy Feenstra	Governor of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zach Lahn	Governor of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad Sherman	Governor of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Steen	Governor of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Dahl	Governor of Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rob Sand	Governor of Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julie Stauch	Governor of Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brenna Bird Incumbent	Attorney General of Iowa	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nate Willems	Attorney General of Iowa	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ryan Peterman	Iowa Secretary of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Cournoyer	Iowa Auditor of State	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Taylor Wettach	Iowa Auditor of State	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Naig Incumbent	Iowa Secretary of Agriculture	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Jones	Iowa Secretary of Agriculture	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Norwood	Iowa Secretary of Agriculture	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Roby Smith Incumbent	Iowa Treasurer of State	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
K. Lynn Evans Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stacy Besch	Iowa State Senate District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mandee Shivers	Iowa State Senate District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jon Thorup	Iowa State Senate District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sinikka Waugh	Iowa State Senate District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Barb Kniff McCulla	Iowa State Senate District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Bousselot Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 21	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Annette Sweeney Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 27	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Blake Clyde	Iowa State Senate District 33	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Randolph Scott	Iowa State Senate District 33	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Zimmer Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 35	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Stutting	Iowa State Senate District 35	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kerry Gruenhagen Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 41	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Janice Weiner Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 45	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Scott Webster Incumbent	Iowa State Senate District 47	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nikhil Wagle	Iowa State Senate District 47	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Henderson Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	Iowa House of Representatives District 5
Steven Holt Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 12	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brady Meyer	Iowa House of Representatives District 12	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Sherer	Iowa House of Representatives District 15	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cody Smith	Iowa House of Representatives District 33	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Jacobs	Iowa House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Oleson	Iowa House of Representatives District 38	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Teresa Perin	Iowa House of Representatives District 51	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
India May	Iowa House of Representatives District 58	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Schmidt	Iowa House of Representatives District 60	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	Iowa House of Representatives District 61
Norlin Mommsen Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 70	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
George Pickup	Iowa House of Representatives District 70	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Drew Stensland	Iowa House of Representatives District 75	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Thompson	Iowa House of Representatives District 80	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dillon Fillion	Iowa House of Representatives District 81	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Thomas Gerhold Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 84	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Thomas O'Donnell	Iowa House of Representatives District 87	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Grant Hill	Iowa House of Representatives District 88	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Zabner Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 90	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Heather Hora Incumbent	Iowa House of Representatives District 92	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Peters	Iowa House of Representatives District 97	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Fitzgerald	Iowa House of Representatives District 98	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Mohrfeld	Iowa House of Representatives District 100	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

Local election officials

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