Timi Brown-Powers

Democratic Party

Iowa House of Representatives District 61

Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$25,000/year

Per diem

$201/day for legislators who live outside of Polk County. $150.75/day for legislators who live within Polk County.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

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Timi Brown-Powers (Democratic Party) is a member of theIowa House of Representatives, representingDistrict 61. She assumed office on January 1, 2015. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Brown-Powers (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theIowa House of Representatives to representDistrict 61. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Brown-Powers was born on Beale Air Force Base in California and lives in Waterloo, Iowa. She graduated from Hoover High School in Des Moines and earned a degree from the University of Northern Iowa in therapeutic recreation. Her professional experience includes working as an employee of MercyOne.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Brown-Powers was assigned to the following committees:

• House Appropriations Committee
• Environmental Protection Committee
• House Ethics Committee
• House Human Resources Committee
• Fiscal Committee
• Public Safety Committee
• Legislative Council

2023-2024

Brown-Powers was assigned to the following committees:

• House Appropriations Committee,Ranking Member
• House Human Resources Committee
• Natural Resources Committee
• House Veterans Affairs Committee
• Fiscal Committee
• Health Policy Oversight Committee

2021-2022

Brown-Powers was assigned to the following committees:

• House Human Resources Committee
• Natural Resources Committee,Ranking member
• House Veterans Affairs Committee
• House Ways and Means Committee

2019-2020

Brown-Powers was assigned to the following committees:

• House Human Resources Committee
• Labor Committee
• House Veterans Affairs Committee
• House Ways and Means Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Brown-Powers served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers (D)	97.7	9,230
		Other/Write-in votes	2.3	215

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,445
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers	100.0	586

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 586
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers defeatedJohn Bothwell in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers (D)	74.6	6,440
		John Bothwell (L)	24.5	2,118
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	76

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,634
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers	99.7	1,549
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	4

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,553
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers (D)	97.5	9,589
		Other/Write-in votes	2.5	248

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,837
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers	99.9	2,373
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,376
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2018

See also:Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers (D)	97.5	7,596
		Other/Write-in votes	2.5	197

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,793
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 61 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timi Brown-Powers	100.0	1,051

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,051
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2016

See also:Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theIowa House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 61 general election.^[2][3]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 61 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Timi Brown-PowersIncumbent (unopposed)
Source:Iowa Secretary of State

IncumbentTimi Brown-Powers ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 61 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 61 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Timi Brown-PowersIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theIowa House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014.Timi Brown-Powers defeatedM. Brad Condon andAndrew Miller in the Democratic primary, whileNathan Bolton was unopposed in the Republican primary. Brown-Powers faced Bolton in the general election.^[6][7] Brown-Powers defeated Bolton in the general election.^[8]

Iowa House of Representatives District 61, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Timi Brown-Powers	59.3%	5,503
	Republican	Nathan Bolton	40.7%	3,782
Total Votes				9,285

Iowa House of Representatives, District 61 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Timi Brown-Powers	68.2%	835
M. Brad Condon	15.9%	195
Andrew Miller	15.8%	194
Total Votes		1,224

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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