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2026 general election · Iowa

Iowa 2026 elections

The Iowa races on the November 3 ballot that we track, in one place. Statewide and federal races link to their own page with the candidates, money and polls on file.

Last verified: October 25, 2026. Statewide and federal candidates are checked against Iowa’s certified candidate list (source file). 135 races on file.

Facts about Iowa’s offices were last read on October 25, 2026 from General Election (Offices on the 2026 General Election Ballot), Iowa Legislature, Representatives.

Statewide 5 races

Governor/Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Secretary of Agriculture, Attorney General.

  • Governor/Lt. Governor · 2 candidates on the certified ballotZach Lahn RepublicanRob Sand Democratic
  • Attorney General · 2 candidates on the certified ballotBrenna Bird RepublicanNate Willems Democratic
  • Auditor of State · 2 candidates on the certified ballotChris Cournoyer RepublicanTaylor Wettach Democratic
  • Secretary of State · 2 candidates on the certified ballotRyan Peterman DemocraticPaul D. Pate Republican
  • Treasurer of State · 2 candidates on the certified ballotRoby Smith RepublicanJohn Norwood Democratic

Federal 5 races

The 4 U.S. House seats and a U.S. Senate seat.

  • U.S. Senate · 3 candidates on the certified ballotAshley Hinson RepublicanJosh Turek DemocraticThomas Laehn Libertarian
  • U.S. House, District 1 · 3 candidates on the certified ballotMariannette Miller-Meeks RepublicanChristina Bohannan DemocraticMichael Bridgford Independent
  • U.S. House, District 2 · 4 candidates on the certified ballotDave Bushaw IndependentRick Stewart LibertarianJoe Mitchell RepublicanLindsay James Democratic
  • U.S. House, District 3 · 2 candidates on the certified ballotZach Nunn RepublicanSarah Trone Garriott Democratic
  • U.S. House, District 4 · 2 candidates on the certified ballotChris McGowan RepublicanDave Dawson Democratic

State legislature 125 races

Senate and House of Representatives.

  • State Senate: IA-1Catelin Drey DemocraticChristopher Prosch Republican
  • State Senate: IA-3Lynn Evans RepublicanMike Frantz Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-5Dave Rowley RepublicanRachel Gravert Independent
  • State Senate: IA-7Kevin Alons Republican
  • State Senate: IA-9James Uhlenkamp DemocraticSteve Baier Republican
  • State Senate: IA-11Hollie Arlene Zajicek RepublicanSinikka Waugh Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-13Brenda Case DemocraticJeff Kulm atycki Republican
  • State Senate: IA-15Tony Bisignano Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-17Ronald Langston RepublicanSamy El-Baroudi Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-19Barb Kniff McCulla RepublicanZachary Mecham Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-21Heather Matson DemocraticJohn Hollinrake Republican
  • State Senate: IA-23Tony Thompson DemocraticWes Enos Republican
  • State Senate: IA-25Herman C. Quirmbach DemocraticPaul Wacker Republican
  • State Senate: IA-27Annette Sweeney Republican
  • State Senate: IA-29Jim Vowels DemocraticSandy Salmon Republican
  • State Senate: IA-31Timi Brown-Powers Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-33Carrie Koelker RepublicanMary Ungs-Sogaard Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-35Joe Stutting RepublicanMike Zimmer Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-37Molly Donahue DemocraticRandy Marzen Republican
  • State Senate: IA-39Edward Bernie Hayes RepublicanLiz Bennett Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-41Kerry Gruenhagen RepublicanTom Wieck Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-43Meghann Foster Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-45Janice Weiner Democratic
  • State Senate: IA-47Nikhil Wagle DemocraticScott Webster Republican
  • State Senate: IA-49Cindy Winckler DemocraticCynthia Mensendick Republican
  • State House / Assembly: IA-1Josh Steinhoff RepublicanShawn Olorundami Democratic
  • State House / Assembly: IA-2Jessica Lopez-Walker DemocraticRobert Henderson Republican
  • State House / Assembly: IA-3Robert Driesen Republican
  • State House / Assembly: IA-4Garth Van Donselaar IndependentSkyler Wheeler Republican
  • State House / Assembly: IA-5Keith Glienke RepublicanStephanie Steiner Democratic

County 0 races

County executives, councils and commissions, sheriffs, prosecutors, clerks and registers.

No races are on file at this level yet. We list only what we have checked, so a gap here means we are still working on it, not that nothing is on the ballot.

Local 0 races

School boards, cities, judges and special districts.

No races are on file at this level yet. We list only what we have checked, so a gap here means we are still working on it, not that nothing is on the ballot.

Statewide ballot measures 1

  1. 1: Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted?

Source: Polk County Iowa, County Auditor (Election Office), read October 19, 2026.

Not on this page: races we have not finished importing. Candidate lists are never edited by hand to look complete; a missing race stays missing until we have checked it. For every Iowa contest, see Iowa Secretary of State, Elections Division.