Other Races

State Treasurer

Michael L. Fitzgerald

Age: 70

Education: University of Iowa

Key Policy Issues:

• Establish retirement programs for Iowans without pension or retirement benefits
• Return matured savings bonds to Iowans

Residence: Marshalltown, Iowa

Family: Fitzgerald is married and has 2 children.

Roby Smith

Age: 45

Education: Concordia University

Occupation: State legislator, District 47

Key Policy Issues:

• Improve financial literacy for teens and young adults
• Protect Iowan’s financial privacy

Residence: Davenport, Iowa

Family: Smith is married and has four children.

State Auditor

Iowa Auditor Rob Sand

Age: 40

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Brown University, Law degree from University of Iowa

Key Policy Issues: 

• Non-partisanship
• Efficiency
• Accountability

Residence: Des Moines, IA

Occupation: Incumbent State Auditor, previously assistant Attorney General of Iowa

Family: Sand is married and has 2 children.

Name: Todd Halbur, Republican

Education: Bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa

Policy Issues: 

• Integrity
• Accountability
• Openness

Age: 55

Hometown: Clive, IA

Occupation: Small business owner and licensed realtor

Family: Halbur is married and has two children.

Local State Senate Races

Dawn Driscoll

Running for reelection for State Senator in District 46, facing Kevin Kinney.

Education: Western Illinois University

Age: Unknown.

Key Policy Issues:

• Cut taxes.
• Increase support for family farmers.
• Uphold parental rights within their child’s education.

Occupation: Consultant at Hummer AgriBusiness Search, Inc.

Residence: Williamsburg, Iowa.

Family: Driscoll is married and has three children.

Kevin Kinney

Running for State Senator in District 46, facing Dawn Driscoll.

Education: Clear Creek/Amana High School

Age: 59

Key Policy Issues:

• Extend the civil statute of limitations for sexual abuse survivors.
• Create better paying jobs and economic opportunities in rural communities and throughout the state of Iowa by increasing funding and resources to educational systems.
• Advocate for dependable access to high-quality childcare for working families.

Occupation: Currently acting as an Iowa State Senator representing District 39. Retired from position as a Lieutenant in the Investigations Division of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office after serving for twenty-eight years in law enforcement in 2014. Owns and operates family’s Century Farm south of Oxford.

Residence: Oxford, Iowa

Family: Kinney is married and has two children.

Janice Weiner

Running for State Senator in District 45, facing Harold Weibrenner.

Education: Princeton University, A.B., Stanford Law School, J.D.

Age: 64

Key Policy Issues:

• Prioritize the funding of public education in Iowa by providing a five percent increase in funding to K-12 schools, restoring Chapter 20 collective bargaining rights for teachers and using the state’s surplus to expand free pre-K for four-year-olds.
• Advocate for abortion as a fundamental right.
• Overturn restrictions on absentee ballot voting and expand the window for early voting to make voting easier for Iowans.

Occupation: Currently serves as an at-large member of the Iowa City City Council, and is a former member of the U.S. Foreign Service Office.

Residence: Iowa City, IA

Family: Weiner has one child and on grandchild.

Zach Wahls

Running for State Senator in District 43, unopposed.

Education: University of Iowa (B.A.), Princeton (M.P.A.)

Age: 31

Key Policy Issues:

• Support Iowa’s working mothers and their children
• Support Iowa’s small businesses
• Public education funding

Occupation: Co-founder and executive director, Scouts for Equality. Currently serving as Treasurer on the Board of Directors. Co-founder of Wahls Enterprises LLC.

Residence: Coralville, Iowa

Family: Wahls is married.

Dave Jacoby

Running for State Representative in District 86, unopposed.

Education: University of Northern Iowa, B.A.

Age: 66

Key Policy Issues:

1. Get Iowa to number one in education by increasing student participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) programs,
2. Combat the “culture wars” dividing political parties
3. Restore a system that will make voting accessible and safe for all citizens.

Occupation: STEM Outreach Coordinator at the University of Iowa, currently serves in the Iowa House of Representatives for District 74.

Residence: Coralville, Iowa

Family: Jacoby is married and has 2 children.

Adam Zabner

Running for State Representative in District 90, unopposed.

Education: University of Chicago

Age: 23

Key Policy Issues:

• Make public universities and community colleges tuition-free for students who commit to staying in Iowa after graduation
• Welcome immigrants with open arms
• Restore bargaining rights to strengthen Unions and raise the minimum wage and connect Iowa City to Chicago via Amtrak to spur economic growth

Residence: Iowa City, Iowa

Family: Unmarried.

Johnson County Board of Supervisors

Two seats available. Read our coverage of each candidate’s life leading up to politics by clicking on their names.

Jon Green

Education: Morningside University

Key Policy Issues:

• Using ARPA funds to help those most in need
• Build affordable communities
• Police reform

Age: 39

Residence: Lone Tree, Iowa

Occupation: Johnson County Supervisor

Family: Green lives with his partner, Eleanore.

Jammie Bradshaw

Education: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Key Policy Issues:

• Listening to the people
• Lowering taxes and government waste
• Serving the community, including by not raising her salary as Board of Supervisor

Age: 35

Residence: Lone Tree, Iowa

Occupation: Service Now Administrator, Quidel

Family: Bradshaw is married and has 4 children.

V Fixmer-Oraiz

Education: Durham Technical Community College, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master’s at the University of Iowa

Key Policy Issues:

• Inclusive economic development
• Affordable housing
• Racial equity and LGBTQ+ inclusion

Age: 44

Residence: Iowa City, Iowa

Occupation: Founder and CEO of Astig Planning LLC

Family: Fixmer-Oraiz is married to their partner, Natalie, and they have 2 kids.

Phil Hemingway

Education: West Branch High School

Key Policy Issues:

• Rural representation
• Construction
• Spending, including ARPA money

Age: 62

Residence: West Liberty, Iowa

Occupation: Auto mechanic shop owner.

Eric Heick

Education: Bachelors in Agronomy and Seed Science

Age: 23

Residence: West Branch, Iowa

Occupation: Research associate, Syngenta