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
No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. Silence is not a position.
0 statements · 1 vote on the record
Photo: official portrait, public domain, source (opens in a new tab).
Democratic
No sourced statement on the record as of October 23, 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 20, 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 Ashley Hinson.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Ashley Hinson.
1 vote on data center measures: 0 in favor of data centers, 1 against.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Josh Turek.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Josh Turek.
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Thomas Laehn.
No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Thomas Laehn.
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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