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Waylon Brown

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Iowa State Senate District 30

Years in office: 2023 - 2024

Successor:Doug Campbell (R)

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Iowa State Senate District 26

Years in office: 2017 - 2023

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal

Birthplace

Osage, IA

Profession

Business owner

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Waylon Brown (Republican Party) was a member of theIowa State Senate, representingDistrict 30. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. He left office on July 10, 2024.

Brown (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theIowa State Senate to representDistrict 30. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Brown resigned from theIowa State Senate District 30 on July 10, 2024.^[1]

Biography

Waylon Brown was born in Osage, Iowa. Brown graduated from St. Ansgar High School.^[2] His career experience includes owning Waylon Brown Construction Inc. and working as a farmer.^[2][3] Brown has been affiliated with the Mitchell County Farm Bureau and the Cedar Valley Seminary Board.^[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Brown was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Ways and Means Committee
• Senate Commerce Committee,Chair
• Senate State Government Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee
• Rules and Administration Committee

2021-2022

Brown was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Commerce Committee
• Senate State Government Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee,Chair
• Senate Ways and Means Committee

2019-2020

Brown was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture Committee
• Senate Commerce Committee
• Labor and Business Relations Committee (decommissioned)
• Senate Transportation Committee,Vice Chair
• Senate Ways and Means Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 30

Doug Campbell defeatedRichard Lorence in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Doug Campbell (R)	61.3	20,272
	Submit photo	Richard Lorence (D)	38.6	12,762
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	58

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,092
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Waylon Brown (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Richard Lorence advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Richard Lorence	98.2	937
		Other/Write-in votes	1.8	17

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 954
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

IncumbentWaylon Brown defeatedDoug Campbell in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown	52.8	2,547
		Doug Campbell	47.1	2,273
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	6

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,826
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

2022

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 30

IncumbentWaylon Brown defeatedWhitney Mixdorf in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 30 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown (R)	60.2	15,288
		Whitney Mixdorf (D)	39.7	10,082
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	12

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,382
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Whitney Mixdorf advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Whitney Mixdorf	99.7	2,360
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	8

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,368
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

IncumbentWaylon Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown	99.3	4,333
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	32

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,365
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2020

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 26

IncumbentWaylon Brown defeatedDeb Scharper in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown (R)	65.5	20,655
	Submit photo	Deb Scharper (D)	34.4	10,858
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	23

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,536
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

Deb Scharper advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Deb Scharper (Write-in)	50.6	222
		Other/Write-in votes	49.4	217

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 439
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

IncumbentWaylon Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Waylon Brown	99.6	3,848
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	15

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,863
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2016

See also:Iowa State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theIowa State Senate were held in2016. 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.

Waylon Brown defeated incumbentMary Jo Wilhelm in the Iowa State Senate District 26 general election.^[4][5]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Waylon Brown	62.38%	19,165
	Democratic	Mary Jo WilhelmIncumbent	37.62%	11,557
Total Votes				30,722
Source:Iowa Secretary of State

IncumbentMary Jo Wilhelm ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 26 Democratic primary.^[6][7]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Mary Jo WilhelmIncumbent (unopposed)

Waylon Brown ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 26 Republican primary.^[6][7]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Waylon Brown (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Waylon Brown did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Waylon Brown did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Brown's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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2024

In 2024, theIowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 20.

• Club for Growth Foundation

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.

• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

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