Des Moines, Iowa — The deadline was 5 p.m. Friday. The Iowa Secretary of State’s office has a list of candidates for the June Primaries posted online.
In our area, for the new House District 3, Thomas Jeneary of Le Mars was the only Republican to file. District 3 covers southern portions of Sioux County and northern portions of Plymouth County. No Democrats filed. For the new House District 4: Skyler Wheeler is currently from Orange City which is not in the district, but has said he and his family are moving to Sioux Center or Hull. The other GOP candidate to file is Kendal Zylstra of Larchwood. No Democrats filed. The new District 4 is made up of all of Lyon County and the northern part of Sioux County, including all of Sioux Center and the extreme western part of Sheldon lying in Sioux County. For the new House District 5, your GOP candidates will be Dennis Bush of Cherokee, Zachary Dieken of Granville, and Thomas Kuiper of Sibley. No Democrats filed for that seat either.
For the State Senate, Senator Jeff Taylor will not need to run for his District 2 seat, as he was elected in 2020 and does not face another incumbent in the newly-redistricted District 2. Some of his area is at this time being represented by Senator Jim Carlin of Sioux City, who is challenging U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley for his seat in D.C. The new District 2 is made up of all of Lyon and Sioux counties and portions of northern Plymouth County.
The other State Senate District in our area is Senate District 3, where Lynn Evans of Auriela is taking on Anthony LaBruna of Storm Lake for the GOP nomination. District 3 is made up of all of Osceola and O’Brien counties and portions of Clay, Buena Vista, and Cherokee counties. No Democrats filed for the seat.
Senator Dave Rowley and Representative John Wills, both of Spirit Lake, who both serve portions of our area now, will not serve any of our four counties next year, as while they haven’t moved, due to redistricting, they will no longer live in this area’s districts. Both will run for the seats in the districts that now include Spirit Lake.
To qualify for the ballot, candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate must submit petitions with the signatures of at least 35-hundred eligible Iowa voters. Republican incumbent Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Deidre DeJear of Des Moines have met that threshold and are the only two candidates listed for governor. In the U.S. Senate race, incumbent Chuck Grassley and Jim Carlin of Sioux City are listed for the Republican Primary ballot. The list shows three candidates for the Democratic Party’s U.S. Senate Primary in June — Abby Finkenauer of Cedar Rapids, Michael Franken of Sioux City, and Glenn Hurst of Minden.
In other statewide races, Democratic Primary voters will decide whether Clinton County Auditor Eric Van Lancker or Linn County Auditor Joel Miller will face Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate in November. The other four statewide races for ag secretary, attorney general, state auditor, and state treasurer appear set for the General Election ballot.
Ag Secretary Mike Naig, a Republican, will face Democrat John Norwood of West Des Moines. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller will face Republican Brenna Byrd of Dexter. State Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, will face Republican Mary Ann Hanusa of Council Bluffs. State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, a Democrat, will face Republican Roby Smith of Davenport.
In Iowa’s 2022 congressional races, no Democrat has filed to run against Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra, who is seeking a second term in the U.S. House. Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks has a GOP primary opponent — Kyle Kuehl of Bettendorf.
