Complete Voter Guide

Supports keeping tariffs to pressure trading partners, especially China, and to expand U.S. manufacturing. Points to tax relief to lower household costs.

Sources: WHO13 debate (Oct 13); Daily Iowan (Oct 7)

Wants the current tariffs removed, though he supports tariffs that protect the auto industry. To lower fuel costs, he proposes suspending the federal gas tax, limiting diesel exports, and releasing oil from the strategic reserve.

Sources: WHO13 debate (Oct 13); Daily Iowan (Oct 7)

Would consider extending the expired ACA (Affordable Care Act) premium tax credits if income caps and other guardrails are added. Points to the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund she supported. Opposes a government-run public option.

Sources: CBS2 Iowa (Oct 11); Daily Iowan (Oct 7)

Wants the expanded ACA premium tax credits restored. Supports a public option that anyone can buy into alongside private insurance.

Source: Iowa PBS debate (Oct 7)

Supports more funding for border security and immigration enforcement. Voted for the Laken Riley Act, which expanded detention of immigrants charged with certain crimes. Supports body cameras for ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and Border Patrol agents. Opposes the Dignity Act, which she calls amnesty.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch via News From the States (Oct 13); Iowa PBS debate (Oct 7)

Supports strict border security and deporting undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes. Backs the Dignity Act, which grants renewable legal status and work permits, but not citizenship, to long-term undocumented immigrants who pass background checks.

Sources: PolitiFact (Oct 8); WHO13 debate (Oct 13)

Supports ending the war but says the president and the military, not Congress, should decide how. Has voted against six House resolutions directing an end to the war, most recently on September 15, 2026.

Sources: Iowa PBS debate (Oct 7); WHO13 debate (Oct 13); PolitiFact (Oct 8)

Wants the war ended and pledges to push for that in the Senate from his first day.

Source: Iowa PBS debate (Oct 7)

Co-sponsored a 2022 House bill for a national 15-week abortion ban, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. As a state legislator, she supported Iowa's 2018 six-week ban. In September 2026 she introduced a bill to expand access to long-acting birth control in rural areas.

Sources: Congress.gov (verify bill number); KTTC (Sept 24)

Wants to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade in federal law.

Source: KTTC (Sept 24)

Voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act (H.R. 7008), which would bar members of Congress and their families from buying stocks while in office. The bill exempts stock owned before taking office and private stock, and does not include members in the executive branch.

Source: KCRG fact check (Sept 5)

Supports banning members of Congress from owning and trading stock.

Source: Turek campaign release (June 5)

Would close the deficit by cutting spending through efficiencies and ending tax breaks for data centers. Supports eliminating the state income tax. Longer term, would eliminate property taxes on primary homes.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 14)

Would close the deficit with new revenue, including ending tax breaks for data centers and legalizing and taxing marijuana. Wants recent property tax changes to take effect before changing them further. Skeptical of further Republican tax cuts.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 14); Iowa Public Radio (Oct 7)

Defends Iowa's ESA (Education Savings Account) program, which pays private school tuition with state funds, and would expand it. Supports third-party audits of ESA spending.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 14); guides.vote

Would add income limits and audits to the ESA program. Proposes a 5% first-year increase in state funding for public schools.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 14)

Would cut nitrate runoff through more water monitoring and incentives for farmers to change how they apply nitrogen. Supports independent research into Iowa's cancer rates. Opposes giving chemical companies immunity from lawsuits.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 7); guides.vote

Would invest in conservation, water monitoring, and restoring wetlands and grazing land. Would address cancer through a broader approach that includes radon disclosure when homes are sold and lifestyle factors such as smoking and drinking. Proposes a cancer task force. Opposes giving chemical companies immunity from lawsuits.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 7); guides.vote

Would keep private insurers managing Iowa's Medicaid program, but with new limits on those insurers. Supports antitrust action against health care companies.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 7); guides.vote

Would end the private insurers' management of Medicaid. Would expand telehealth and crack down on PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen who negotiate drug prices).

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 7); guides.vote

Holds that life is protected from conception. Supports Iowa's six-week ban and further restrictions, opposes abortion pills sent by mail, and wants IVF (in vitro fertilization) regulated.

Source: guides.vote

Supports legal abortion. Opposes Iowa's six-week ban and any further restrictions, including on contraception, IVF, or surrogacy.

Source: guides.vote

Opposes legalizing recreational marijuana, saying revenue gains in states like Colorado have been small. Supports expanding access to medical marijuana.

Sources: KRUI 89.7 Iowa City interview (Sept 11); KIWA Radio (Sept 18)

Would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older and tax it like alcohol. Sales would be regulated through the state Alcoholic Beverages Division, with limits on THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive compound) per product, a ban on public use, and no advertising aimed at minors.

Source: Rob Sand campaign cannabis plan (Apr 2026)

Sent Iowa's voter registration data to the U.S. Department of Justice in May. Says he did so after his legal team and the Attorney General's office concluded the federal demand was lawful, and that the department assured him the data would be protected under federal law.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 15)

Says Pate was not required to share the data, which includes driver's license and partial Social Security numbers, and notes that officials in other states refused similar demands. Has filed public records requests to learn exactly what Iowa provided.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 15); CBS2 Iowa (July 9)

Proposed a 2025 law (HF 954) that expands citizenship checks on voter rolls and allows voters to be challenged over citizenship at the polls. Says the law adds layers of integrity to Iowa elections, and calls Iowa's election system safe and secure.

Sources: KCRG (June 2, 2025); CBS2 Iowa (Oct 14)

Would push the Legislature to lengthen the 20-day early voting window. Would advocate restoring voter identification by attestation, where another registered voter vouches for a voter's identity, which a 2026 law removed. Says there is no evidence of fraud from attestation, and that recent election laws add confusion without improving security.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 15); CBS2 Iowa (July 9)

Voted for the 2023 law as a state senator. Says the limits it placed on the auditor help keep audits independent and fair.

Source: KWQC (Oct 19)

Would work to reverse the 2023 law. Says the auditor needs full investigative authority, or public money gets wasted, misspent, or stolen.

Sources: KWQC (Oct 19); News From the States (Aug 22)

Would modernize audits and investigations so they finish sooner. Would focus on rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, and partner with local governments on best practices.

Source: KWQC (Oct 19)

Wants the office to stay an independent watchdog no matter which party holds the governorship. Would continue Rob Sand's Public Innovations and Efficiencies (PIE) program and expand the office's support for rural communities to catch corruption early.

Sources: News From the States (Aug 22); KWQC (Oct 19)

Says ESAs (Education Savings Accounts) already have strict spending rules and that accredited providers are audited every year. Plans to check on the program as auditor.

Source: KWQC (Oct 19)

Says the program has almost no oversight. Would audit it as thoroughly as other state spending, following up on the review Sand's office did.

Sources: KWQC (Oct 19); News From the States (Aug 22)

Supports an independent, transparent IPERS (Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System) board of professionals and says the treasurer should not gain sole control of the system. Would fully fund IPERS every year and keep its reporting consistent.

Source: Des Moines Register (May 11)

Wants the IPERS board, not the governor, to choose the system's CEO. Says that after this year's CEO resignation and the firing of the chief benefits officer, he would have preferred an independent investigation and an interim CEO. As a board member, he would work to hire and oversee a CEO focused on members' retirement security.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 15); Des Moines Register (May 11)

Says he manages state funds to protect principal, keep money available when it's needed, and earn a fair return without unnecessary risk. Cites more than $1 billion in earnings for Iowa through the state's Pooled Money Fund.

Source: Des Moines Register (May 11)

Would move short-term state deposits from out-of-state institutions to Iowa banks and credit unions, so they can lend that money locally to support the economy and agriculture.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 15)

Would keep growing ISave 529 college savings (273,000 accounts) and IAble disability savings (4,000+ accounts), and expand the treasurer's other public investment programs. Would modernize unclaimed property systems and expand outreach through the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt to return more money to Iowans.

Source: Des Moines Register (May 11)

Would advocate for the Legislature to redirect state money from corporate incentives toward homeownership, small business, trade skills, retirement savings, and college.

Source: Des Moines Register (May 11)

Supports the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, the state's mostly voluntary plan for cutting farm runoff, and points to record adoption of conservation practices. Backed the Farm to Faucet law, which funds conservation practices and water treatment infrastructure. Favors incentives over mandates.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 2); Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 2)

Would regulate fertilizer and manure use by watershed, including possible limits or taxes on fertilizer sales and livestock numbers. Would ban spreading manure in winter, require 50-foot farming setbacks along streams, and return control over siting large livestock operations to counties.

Source: Jones campaign platform

Supports ethanol, which he says adds about $5 billion to Iowa's economy and supports thousands of jobs, and backs year-round E15 (gasoline with 15% ethanol) sales. Has floated a diesel tax holiday to ease farm input costs.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 2); Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 2)

Would create a strategic plan to move Iowa away from corn ethanol and toward more diverse crops and pasture-based livestock. Proposes a local food program with a $10 million annual budget. Says a diesel tax cut doesn't go far enough and wants farming less dependent on fossil fuels.

Sources: Iowa Public Radio (Oct 2); Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 2); Jones campaign platform

Says Iowa already has strong limits on foreign and corporate ownership of farmland. Supports incentives to keep land in Iowa owners' hands and to help retiring farmers transfer their land.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 2)

Wants Iowa farmers to own the land they farm. Would require cover crops on rented cropland, paid for by the landowner, which he says could push absentee owners to sell to the farmers who work the land.

Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Oct 2); Jones campaign platform

Doubled the number of prosecutors in her office handling serious violent crimes. Would continue the cold case unit she created, which works with local police on Iowa's 400+ unsolved homicides. Will use part of Iowa's Meta settlement to fund a special victims unit focused on protecting children.

Sources: CBS2 Iowa (June 23); CBS2 Iowa (Oct 14)

Would make sure every county attorney has the resources to prosecute the most violent felonies.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 21)

Sued crypto ATM companies over scams that cost Iowans more than $20 million, and enforces Iowa's crypto ATM law. Takes to court online platforms that market themselves as safe for kids but aren't, including Roblox and TikTok. Says wage violations are mostly federal and should be handled by federal enforcement.

Sources: Iowa AG newsroom; CBS2 Iowa (Oct 14); Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 21)

Would strengthen the office's Consumer Protection Division. Would create a small state unit that works with private attorneys, nonprofits, labor groups, and law enforcement to fight wage theft, which he estimates costs Iowa workers $900 million a year.

Sources: Stateside race profile (July); Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 21)

Joins multistate lawsuits against rules that other states or the federal government try to impose on Iowa, such as California's plastics law. On pollution, her office says it reviews any case the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) refers to it, and it has pursued pollution cases, including a 2024 fish-kill case against NEW Co-op.

Sources: CBS2 Iowa (June 23); KCRG fact check (Sept 3)

Would focus the office on Iowans and Iowa law rather than out-of-state lawsuits. Says current penalties against polluters are too weak and would seek larger ones.

Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch (Aug 21)