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Iowa

What is on Iowa's ballot on Nov 3, 2026, 25 days from now.

Senate

United States Senate

Iowa — Senate

One of Iowa's two Senate seats is on the ballot this cycle. Which of its two senators holds that seat is not shown, because The Record cannot currently establish it. Senate classes belong to seats rather than to states, so naming the right senator needs each one's official term-end date, and Congress.gov does not publish one for a sitting member. Both senators are listed below; the candidate filings are from the FEC and are accurate.

Filed with the FEC (12)

  • ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • BERMAN, JOHN RRepublican Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • CARLIN, JAMES RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • ERNST, JONI K RRepublican Incumbent Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • HENRY, CHRIS DDemocrat Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • LAEHN, THOMAS RAYMOND DR. IIndependent Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • NORRIS, JACKIE DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • SAGE, NATHAN DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • SCHOLTEN, JAMES DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • SMITH, JOSHUA DANIEL RRepublican Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • TUREK, JOSHUA DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • WAHLS, ZACH P DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →

Filing with the FEC is not the same as being on a ballot — it costs nothing and requires no signatures. The status beside each name is the FEC's own.

House of Representatives

District 1

Iowa — District 1

Miller-Meeks, Mariannette RRepublican · currently holds this seat
30 recorded votes on file · see the record

Filed with the FEC (6)

  • BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA DDemocrat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • BRIDGFORD, MICHAEL IIndependent Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • HILL, GRANT D RRepublican Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • KRAUSE, BOB MR. DDemocrat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MILLER-MEEKS, MARIANNETTE JANE RRepublican Incumbent Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • PAUTSCH, DAVID ALFRED MR. RRepublican Statutory candidate FEC filing →

Filing with the FEC is not the same as being on a ballot — it costs nothing and requires no signatures. The status beside each name is the FEC's own.

District 2

Iowa — District 2

Hinson, Ashley RRepublican · currently holds this seat
30 recorded votes on file · see the record

Filed with the FEC (10)

  • ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON RRepublican Incumbent Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • BLUM, RODNEY RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • BUSHAW, DAVE IIndependent Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • DOLTER, KATHRYN J DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • JAMES, LINDSAY DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • LUNDGREN, SHANNON RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MCCLINTOCK, CHARLIE RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MITCHELL, JOE RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MORGAN, GUY DDemocrat Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • PRIMUS, DONALD K. DDemocrat Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →

Filing with the FEC is not the same as being on a ballot — it costs nothing and requires no signatures. The status beside each name is the FEC's own.

District 3

Iowa — District 3

Nunn, Zachary RRepublican · currently holds this seat
30 recorded votes on file · see the record

Filed with the FEC (4)

  • CARRIGAN, MICHAEL XAVIER MR. DDemocrat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • KONFRST, JENNIFER DDemocrat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • LIMON, TRACY L MFT DDemocrat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • NUNN, ZACH RRepublican Incumbent Statutory candidate FEC filing →

Filing with the FEC is not the same as being on a ballot — it costs nothing and requires no signatures. The status beside each name is the FEC's own.

District 4

Iowa — District 4

Feenstra, Randy RRepublican · currently holds this seat
30 recorded votes on file · 1 bill sponsored · see the record

Filed with the FEC (9)

  • DAWSON, DAVE DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • DECKER, JERMAINE IIndependent Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • FEENSTRA, RANDALL RRepublican Incumbent Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • JENSEN, DOUGLAS RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • LARSEN, KYLE RRepublican Open seat Not yet a statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MCGOWAN, CHRIS RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • MELTON, RYAN MICHAEL APPLETON DDemocrat Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • RHODES, RYAN RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →
  • SCHLAEFER, CHRISTIAN RRepublican Open seat Statutory candidate FEC filing →

Filing with the FEC is not the same as being on a ballot — it costs nothing and requires no signatures. The status beside each name is the FEC's own.

Governor

Governor

Iowa — Governor

Iowa elects a governor on Nov 3, 2026.

The Record doesn't publish candidates or the sitting governor for state races. The Federal Election Commission covers federal candidates only, and there is no free official feed for state offices — so rather than compile a list by hand that would quietly go out of date, this points at the authority that actually runs the election.

Iowa's election office →

Before You Vote

Registration deadlines, polling places, early voting, and what is actually printed on your ballot are all set by your state, not by any of this. Your state's election office is the authoritative source for every one of them.

Find Iowa's election office →