4 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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Democratic
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
Republican
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 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
Libertarian
No sourced statement on the record as of October 21, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 0 votes on the record
Labels are applied by the record's published rules: two readings of each statement, and a third that reads its source where the two differ. Every label sits beside its statement and its source, and any label can be challenged through Report a change, with the correction logged on the corrections page.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Lindsay James.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Lindsay James.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Joe Mitchell.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Joe Mitchell.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Dave Bushaw.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Dave Bushaw.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Rick Stewart.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Rick Stewart.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
Candidates and their order come from the Iowa Secretary of State's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.
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