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Cynthia Mensendick

Republican · Iowa · 2026

Running for Iowa Senate District 49, Iowa

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Healthcare reform
  • Protecting families
  • Efficient education
Biography

Mensendick is a registered nurse and certified project manager (ASN, BSBA, MSN, PMP) with about twenty years of experience improving nursing and healthcare practice as a clinical project manager and bedside nurse, per the campaign site. Mensendick has served as chief nursing informatics officer, nursing director and program manager, led more than 75 projects including electronic medical record implementations, and now works as a contract project manager and travel nurse in the Midwest, per the campaign site. Mensendick joined the Air Force Reserves, has lived in Blue Grass since 2016, and is a member of the Scott County Republican Women of Iowa, per the campaign site.

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