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Polk County, IA

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

13 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. Senate1U.S. House1Statewide5Local4Measures1
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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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50032 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Polk County races

U.S. House, Iowa District 3
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Zach Nunn
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Zach Nunn is a sixth-generation Iowan and Air Force veteran of nearly two decades who served as an airborne intelligence officer and as Director of Cybersecurity at the White House National Security Council, according to his official House biography. He previously served in the Iowa House and Senate and is seeking a second term representing Iowa's 3rd Congressional District.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sarah Trone Garriott
DEM
Biography
Sarah Trone Garriott is a Lutheran minister from West Des Moines who has served in the Iowa Senate since a 2020 special election, according to The Gazette. She won the Democratic nomination for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, challenging incumbent Rep. Zach Nunn.
Top Priorities
  • government accountability standards
  • immigration policy
  • protecting Iowa's land, water and clean energy resources
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Zach Nunn (Republican), Sarah Trone Garriott (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election candidate list. Zachary Nunn is the sitting member, per the U.S. House roster. 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 Iowa's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026, a state representative from Council Bluffs and a Paralympic gold medalist in wheelchair basketball. His campaign emphasizes health care, disability rights, public education, reproductive rights, rural hospitals, and a moderate, prairie-populist message in the open-seat race.
Top Priorities
  • Lower health-care costs and protect rural hospitals
  • Support disability rights, veterans, and working families
  • Protect public education and reproductive rights
Key voting record
Used his state House platform and campaign to emphasize disability rights, health-care access, and rural hospital concerns. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ashley Hinson
REP
Biography
Ashley Hinson is Iowa's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026 and the current U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. A former television journalist and Iowa state legislator, she is running to succeed retiring Senator Joni Ernst with a message focused on taxes, agriculture, border security, federal spending, and Trump-aligned Republican priorities.
Top Priorities
  • Cut taxes and restrain federal spending
  • Support Iowa agriculture and rural communities
  • Strengthen border security and public safety
Key voting record
Voted with a group of House Republicans to codify federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. Supported
Voted against the bipartisan infrastructure package, arguing it included too much spending and waste. Opposed
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
Biography
Thomas Laehn is the elected Greene County Attorney in Iowa and the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Supports reducing the influence of the two major political parties on policymaking
  • Supports returning policymaking authority to the states
Per the campaign site.
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
  • Strengthen government accountability and anti-corruption oversight
  • Lower costs and protect public services
  • Compete for rural and independent voters
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
  • Support family farms and Iowa-first economic policy
  • Improve water quality and public health safeguards
  • Challenge entrenched political and agribusiness interests
Campaign siteFull profile
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
  • 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
  • Restore independence and professionalism to the attorney general's office
  • Protect consumers and civil rights
  • Use legal and legislative experience for accountable enforcement
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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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
  • Administer elections and voter information
  • Maintain business and public-record services
  • Promote election security and confidence
Campaign siteFull profile
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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
  • Protect voting access and election administration
  • Improve public trust in elections
  • Bring military and legislative-service experience to the office
Campaign siteFull profile
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
  • 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
  • Strengthen transparency in state finance
  • Bring conservation and local-government experience to treasury work
  • Protect public funds and improve service to Iowans
Campaign siteFull profile
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
  • Protect independent oversight of state government
  • Strengthen transparency and taxpayer accountability
  • Use legal experience to review public spending
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Address water quality and nitrate pollution
  • Support family farms and rural communities
  • Increase accountability in agriculture policy
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Polk County

ZIP 50032 sits in Polk County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Polk County races (27).

Polk County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Mary L. Wells
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Mary L. Wells is a Des Moines native who earned a bachelor's degree cum laude in business administration from Upper Iowa University and spent more than 20 years in operations management leadership roles at three Fortune 100 companies, per the Polk County government website. She served in the Army National Guard and has been Polk County Treasurer since March 2021, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 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
Mary L. Wells, the Democratic nominee, is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot; no Republican candidate filed, per the Polk County Auditor's certified candidate list.
Polk County Recorder
1 candidate
County ▾
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Lisa J. Chiodo
DEM
Biography
Lisa J. Chiodo has spent nine years in the Polk County Recorder's Office, rising from roles in vital records and real estate to her current position as deputy recorder overseeing daily operations, per her campaign website. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and earned an HR management certification with honors in 2024, per the same source.
Top Priorities
  • Ensure a seamless transition as the office changes leadership after Recorder Julie Haggerty's retirement
  • Maintain strong records security and address evolving fraud risks
  • Provide reliable, respectful public service
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull 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
Lisa J. Chiodo, the Democratic nominee, is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot; no Republican candidate filed, per the Polk County Auditor's certified candidate list. The sitting recorder, Julie Haggerty, is not a candidate, per the Polk County Recorder's office.
Polk County Attorney
2 candidates
County ▾
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Jonah Dyer
REP
Biography
Jonah Dyer is an attorney with 15 years of experience in the Polk County courthouse, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Equal justice under the law regardless of who a person is, what they earn or who they know
  • Prioritizing victims so they are never lost in the shuffle of a case
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Kimberly Graham
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kimberly Graham has 26 years of legal experience in Iowa's criminal, juvenile and family court systems and has served as Polk County Attorney since January 2023, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Child protection and advocacy for vulnerable youth
  • Public safety, working with law enforcement and holding offenders accountable
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Incumbent Democrat Kimberly Graham, sworn in as Polk County Attorney in January 2023, faces Republican challenger Jonah Dyer, per the Polk County Attorney's office and the campaign sites. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Polk County Hospital Trustees
3 candidates
County ▾
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Emily Webb
Biography
Emily Webb brings legal, business, technology, privacy, health care and nonprofit leadership experience to the Polk County Hospital Trustee board, per Bleeding Heartland. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Full profile
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Abu Bakarr Sillah
Biography
Abu Bakarr Sillah appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Polk County Hospital Trustees, per the official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Full profile
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Emily Westergaard
Biography
Emily Westergaard has more than two decades of experience in nonprofit leadership, partnership building, fundraising and community engagement, per Bleeding Heartland. She was appointed to the Polk County Hospital Trustee board in 2025, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Three candidates for two seats on the countywide nonpartisan Hospital Trustees race (Broadlawns Medical Center), per the Polk County Auditor's certified candidate list.

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