3 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Iowa Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election (Iowa Secretary of State) (Last Updated 8/14/2026 12:25 PM).
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Republican · In office
No sourced statement on the record as of October 11, 2026. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 1 vote on the record
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Democratic
Christina Bohannan said no data center should come into a community over local opposition and that the decision should belong to locals, not a member of Congress.
Their newest statement on the record, October 9, 2026, Iowa Starting Line (opens in a new tab).
2 statements · 0 votes on the record
No Party / Unaffiliated
No sourced statement on the record as of October 11, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
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No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
1 vote on data center measures: 0 in favor of data centers, 1 against.
Christina Bohannan has 2 statements on data centers on the record.
Christina Bohannan said no data center should come into a community over local opposition and that the decision should belong to locals, not a member of Congress.
Iowa Starting Line (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources
Christina Bohannan, Democrat running for Congress in Iowa's 1st District, said no data center should be allowed to come into communities against local opposition, and criticized U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks for voting for data center tax breaks in the 2025 federal budget law and for a bill easing data center siting and permitting rules.
Iowa Starting Line (opens in a new tab) · [Archived Copy] (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Michael Bridgford.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Michael Bridgford.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
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