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Zach P WahlsD

Candidate for IA Senate

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Zach Wahls (Democratic Party) is a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 43. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 2, 2027. Wahls (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2026.

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Joni ErnstR

Candidate for IA Senate

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Joni Ernst (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Iowa. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Ernst (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. On September 2, 2025, Ernst announced that she would not seek re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Nathan Sage (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. He will not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 2, 2026.

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Jackie Norriswas an at-large member of the Des Moines Public Schools school boardin Iowa. She assumed office on November 16, 2021. She left office on November 25, 2025. Norris (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. She will not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 2, 2026.

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Thomas Laehn (Libertarian Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Libertarian Party convention on May 2, 2026.

Abby Finkenauer (Democratic Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing Iowa's 1st Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2019. She left office on January 3, 2021. Finkenauer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. She lost in the Democratic primary on June 7, 2022. On December 1, 2022, Finkenauer was appointed to serve as the Special Envoy for Global Youth Issuesunder the Biden administration. AnIowa Supreme Courtdecision on April 15, 2022, found that Finkenauer qualified to appear on the primary ballot for Iowa's 2022 Senate race. She was removed from the 2022 Democratic primary on April 10, 2022, after District Court Judge Scott Beattie ruled petition signatures from Allamakee and Cedar counties did not comply with state law. This meant Finkenauer did not meet the required 100 signatures from at least 19 counties. Finkenauer appealed the decision with the state Supreme Court. Finkenauer was one of the first two women to win election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa in history. The other,Cindy Axne (D), also won election in 2018.At the time of her election, Finkenauer was also the second-youngest woman at age 29 to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) in New York, who also won election in 2018, was also 29 but born later than Finkenauer. Prior to serving in the U.S. Congress, Finkenauer worked for a Dubuque-area nonprofit and served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.

John Berman (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. He will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 2, 2026.

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Rick Stewart (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Governor of Iowa. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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Theresa Greenfield (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. Greenfield was a 2018Democraticcandidate for Iowa's 3rd Congressional Districtin the U.S. House. Greenfield was disqualified from the election before the primary scheduled for June 5, 2018.