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Boone County, IA

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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13 races and 1 ballot question in your ZIP preview.

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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address: use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Iowa voter hub.

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U.S. House, Iowa District 4
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Chris McGowan
REP
Biography
Chris McGowan is the Republican candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. McGowan is president of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, known in Sioux City and Des Moines for his economic development work, per Iowa Capital Dispatch / KLEM. McGowan ran unopposed in the Republican primary, per Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Securing the Border and Stopping Illegal Immigration
  • Supporting Farmers and Iowa Agriculture
  • America First, Iowa Always
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Dave Dawson
DEM
Biography
Dave Dawson was born in Cherokee, Iowa, and raised in Washta, Iowa, in a family agricultural business, per his campaign site. He worked nearly two decades as a prosecutor and previously served as a member of the Iowa Legislature, per the campaign site. He is running for Congress in Iowa's 4th District, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Supports expanding rural health care options, including keeping rural hospitals open
  • Supports rural broadband expansion and infrastructure investment
  • Supports antitrust enforcement and raising wages for workers
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Chris McGowan (Republican), Dave Dawson (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot for Iowa's 4th Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. The seat is open on this ballot: Rep. Randy Feenstra, the sitting member per the House roster, is not among the filed candidates for Iowa's 4th District in the SOS's 2026 general election candidate list. Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 2 primary; No Party candidates qualify by nominating petition.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Josh Turek
DEM
Biography
Josh Turek is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist for Team USA and a state legislator from his hometown of Council Bluffs, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes his platform as a prairie populist's platform to rebuild the American Dream.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Cut taxes for the middle class and working families
  • Impose a federal ban on price gouging on food
  • Raise the minimum wage and tie raises to inflation
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ashley Hinson
REP
Biography
Ashley Hinson is the congresswoman for Northeast Iowa, per the campaign site. She is an award-winning journalist who also served in the Iowa House, representing the 67th district, per the campaign site. The campaign site says she is running to be Iowa's next senator in 2026.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lowering costs and growing the economy
  • Healthcare
  • Agriculture and rural Iowa
Record in office
Introduced legislation aimed at preventing states from imposing certain agricultural production standards on goods sold in interstate commerce.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Thomas Laehn
Libertarian
Biography
Thomas Laehn is the elected Greene County Attorney in Iowa and a former professor, and he is the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, per the campaign site. The campaign site describes him as a Preacher's Kid, Professor, Prosecutor and Populist.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Restoring political power to the people
  • Ending eminent domain abuse
  • Stopping wasteful wars
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Rob Sand
DEM
Biography
Sand is Iowa's State Auditor, first elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022, and previously served as an assistant Iowa attorney general prosecuting public corruption, per the campaign site. As auditor he has led investigations into misspent public funds and created a state program to identify government efficiencies later adopted by other states, per the campaign site. He is running with Dave Muhlbauer as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per Iowa's certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Strengthen government accountability and anti-corruption oversight
  • Lower costs and protect public services
  • Compete for rural and independent voters
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Zach Lahn
REP
Biography
Zach Lahn is Iowa's Republican nominee for governor, a businessman and farmer. His campaign emphasizes an Iowa-first economic message, agriculture, water quality, health concerns, and a challenge to large agribusiness power. He is running with Derek Wulf as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per Iowa's certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Support family farms and Iowa-first economic policy
  • Improve water quality and public health safeguards
  • Challenge entrenched political and agribusiness interests
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Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Brenna Bird
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Brenna Bird is Iowa's incumbent attorney general and a Republican candidate for re-election. Her office has emphasized criminal prosecution, litigation against federal policy, consumer protection, victim services, and conservative legal priorities.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Use the attorney general's office for public safety and prosecutions
  • Challenge federal policy through state litigation
  • Protect consumers and crime victims
Campaign siteFull profile
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Nate Willems
DEM
Biography
Nate Willems is a Democratic candidate for Iowa attorney general, an attorney, and a former Iowa House member. His campaign emphasizes restoring independence to the office, protecting consumers, defending rights, and using legal experience for accountable public service.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protecting workers & wages
  • Consumer protection
  • Keeping communities safe
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Secretary of State
2 candidates
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Paul Pate
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Paul Pate is Iowa's incumbent secretary of state and a Republican candidate for another term. His office oversees elections, business filings, notary services, land-records coordination, and voter information across Iowa.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Administer elections and voter information
  • Maintain business and public-record services
  • Promote election security and confidence
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Ryan Peterman
DEM
Biography
Ryan Peterman is a Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of state, a Navy veteran, and a former legislative aide. His campaign emphasizes voting access, election administration, service experience, and rebuilding trust in the office that runs Iowa's elections and business filings.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect voting access and election administration
  • Improve public trust in elections
  • Bring military and legislative-service experience to the office
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Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Roby Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Roby Smith is Iowa's incumbent state treasurer and a Republican candidate for re-election. His office manages state cash, investments, college savings programs, unclaimed property, and public-finance services.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Safeguard state cash and investments
  • Manage college savings and public-finance programs
  • Return unclaimed property and improve treasury services
Campaign siteFull profile
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John Norwood
DEM
Biography
Norwood has more than 30 years of experience in finance and public service and has served since 2019 as a Business Advisor with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, coaching Iowa entrepreneurs; he holds a BA from Williams College and an MBA in Finance and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Strengthen transparency in state finance
  • Bring conservation and local-government experience to treasury work
  • Protect public funds and improve service to Iowans
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Auditor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Taylor Wettach
DEM
Biography
Taylor Wettach is a Democratic candidate for Iowa state auditor and an attorney. After Rob Sand chose to run for governor, Wettach entered the auditor race with a message focused on independent oversight, transparency, taxpayer accountability, and protecting the auditor's watchdog role.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect independent oversight of state government
  • Strengthen transparency and taxpayer accountability
Campaign siteFull profile
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Chris Cournoyer
REP
Biography
Chris Cournoyer is Iowa's lieutenant governor and a Republican candidate for state auditor. A former state senator with technology and education experience, she has emphasized government efficiency, financial oversight, public accountability, and using management experience in the auditor's office.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Improve financial oversight and accountability
  • Use technology and management experience in audits
  • Promote efficient state government
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of Agriculture
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
MN
Mike Naig
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Naig is the incumbent Iowa Secretary of Agriculture who grew up on his family's fourth-generation crop and livestock farm near Cylinder, Iowa, and is a graduate of Buena Vista University, per the campaign site. He has spent his entire career working in agriculture, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Support Iowa farmers and agricultural markets
  • Promote conservation and water-quality programs
  • Advance renewable fuels and rural economic development
Campaign siteFull profile
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Chris Jones
DEM
Biography
Chris Jones is a Democratic candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture, an author, and a water-quality advocate. His campaign emphasizes nitrate pollution, rural health, accountability in agricultural policy, family farms, and a more independent approach to Iowa's agriculture department.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Address water quality and nitrate pollution
  • Support family farms and rural communities
  • Increase accountability in agriculture policy
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Boone County

ZIP 50036 sits in Boone County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Boone County races (5).

Boone County Board of Supervisors
1 candidate
County ▾
SB
Shawn Bryant
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Bryant is a Boone County supervisor and vice-chairman of the board who retired from the U.S. Army as a master sergeant after service including combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, for which he received the Bronze Star, per the county's Board of Supervisors roster. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Fiscal responsibility within local government, per per the county's Board of Supervisors roster
  • Strengthening law enforcement operations and support for veterans, per per the county's Board of Supervisors roster
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
At-large seat (one of three staggered supervisor seats). Incumbent Republican Shawn Bryant finished ahead of Wayne Lynch in the June 2, 2026 Republican primary, 1,051 votes (54%) to 864 (46%), per Ames-area press coverage citing unofficial results. No Democrat filed, so Bryant is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Boone County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Lauren Novak
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Lauren Novak currently serves as Boone County Treasurer, per Boone County government. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Lauren Novak ran unopposed on the June 2, 2026 primary ballot; no Democrat filed. She is the only candidate on the November ballot, per the county's official primary sample ballot.
Boone County Recorder
1 candidate
County ▾
MD
MacKenzie Davis
REP
Biography
Davis is a Boone native who graduated from Boone High School in 2010, spent nearly five years in Colorado working in retail management, hospitality and outdoor recreation, and now works as an administrative assistant in the Boone County Engineer's office handling payroll, billing and bid coordination, per her campaign interview on KWBG Radio. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Expanding online access to records while keeping in-person service available, per per her campaign interview on KWBG Radio
  • Explaining regulatory constraints to residents rather than simply denying requests, per per her campaign interview on KWBG Radio
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Republican MacKenzie M. Davis finished ahead of incumbent Erin Canfield in the June 2, 2026 Republican primary; no Democrat filed. Davis is the only candidate on the November ballot, per the county's official primary sample ballot and the two candidates' own campaign interviews on Boone's KWBG Radio.
Boone County Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
MS
Matthew Speers
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Matthew Speers is the incumbent Boone County Attorney, the county's chief prosecuting attorney and legal advisor to county government, running unopposed, per the county attorney office's own page. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Incumbent Republican Matthew Speers ran unopposed on the June 2, 2026 primary ballot; no Democrat filed. He is the only candidate on the November ballot, per the county's official primary sample ballot.
Iowa House District 48
2 candidates
County ▾
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Chad Behn
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Chad Behn serves his first term in the Iowa House, has a communication degree from Presentation College and an associate degree from Des Moines Area Community College, and was a Boone County supervisor from 2016 to 2020, per the Iowa Legislature's biography. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.
Full profile
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Benjamin Olsen
DEM
Biography
Benjamin Olsen is the Democratic candidate for Iowa House District 48 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Olsen, of Ames, is a product order engineer at Emerson with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University, per Campaign site / AOL. Olsen previously worked as a lubrication technician and served as a page for the 87th Iowa General Assembly, per Campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Addressing nitrate levels in water through USDA-recommended prevention measures
  • Investing in Iowa's public schools
  • Expanding rural job opportunities
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Chad Behn (Republican), Benjamin Olsen (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Iowa House District 48; Chad Behn is the sitting member, per the legis.iowa.gov legislator roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the June 2 primary; No Party candidates qualify by nominating petition. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list, as read September 11, 2026. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Every address in Boone County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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