Who is running in Scott County, Iowa in 2026
- Board of Supervisors, at-large
- Kevin Randle, Stephen Doerscher, Tim Carr, Jean Dickson, John Maxwell, Luana Stoltenberg and Wendy Walljasper
- County Treasurer
- Samuel Samara and Gregory T Guy
- County Recorder
- Toby Paone and Michael E Wulf
- U.S. Senator
- Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson and Thomas Laehn
- Governor / Lieutenant Governor
- Rob Sand / Dave Muhlbauer and Zach Lahn / Derek Wulf
- Secretary of State
- Ryan Peterman and Paul D. Pate
- Attorney General
- Nate Willems and Brenna Bird
- Auditor of State
- Taylor Wettach and Chris Cournoyer
- Treasurer of State
- John Norwood and Roby Smith
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Chris Jones and Mike Naig
- U.S. Representative, District 1
- Christina Bohannan, Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Michael Bridgford
- Iowa Senate District 35
- Mike Zimmer and Joe Stutting
- Iowa Senate District 41
- Tom Wieck and Kerry Gruenhagen
- Iowa Senate District 47
- Nikhil Wagle and Scott Webster
- Iowa House District 70
- George Pickup and Norlin Mommsen
- Iowa House District 81
- Daniel Gosa and Dillon Fillion
- Iowa House District 82
- James Behrmann and Bobby Kaufmann
- Iowa House District 93
- Keith Soko and Gary M. Mohr
- Iowa House District 94
- Karen Roebuck and Mike Vondran
- Iowa House District 97
- Adam Peters and Charlie Helmick
- Iowa House District 98
- Andrew Fitzgerald and Nathan Ramker
Scott County
County races in Iowa are partisan. The five supervisors are all elected countywide. Township trustee and clerk races, the soil and water commission and the agricultural extension council are not covered. Davenport, Bettendorf and the school boards elect in odd years, and there are no county, city or school measures on this ballot.
Board of Supervisors, at-large
Vote for threeThree seats, seven candidates. Independent Brendan O'Brien withdrew and is not on the ballot. We pick the three Democrats; Dickson is the Republican we'd consider, and we found nothing against her.
Kevin Randle
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratHolds a master's in urban and regional planning from the University of Iowa and runs the union local for Davenport city workers. Running on water quality, affordable housing and essential county services.
Sources: Campaign site, Scott County Democrats
Stephen Doerscher
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratA Davenport Central graduate who joined the Ironworkers in 2013. Says he will speak for working people who aren't represented on the board now, with a focus on clean water and fair wages.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Campaign site
Tim Carr
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratA 40-year county resident running on transparent budgets, clean water, responsible growth and support for small farmers.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Campaign site
Jean Dickson
Not enough info RepublicanServed two terms on the Pleasant Valley school board and sits on the Bettendorf Civil Service Commission. We found nothing on her board record either way.
Sources: Scott County, North Scott Press
John Maxwell
Compromised RepublicanIn October the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board opened an investigation into a complaint that he filmed campaign videos inside county facilities that are closed to the public. Maxwell says he didn't know it was a violation and took down a video shot at the county maintenance shop.
Sources: North Scott Press, Scott County
Luana Stoltenberg
Not good people RepublicanIn the Legislature she sponsored bills to deny in-state college tuition to students who can't prove citizenship or lawful presence and to bar "Satanic displays" on public property, plus a resolution backing Texas against federal immigration policy. Now running on lower property taxes and more open county government.
Sources: Ballotpedia, River Cities' Reader
Wendy Walljasper
Not enough info IndependentOn the ballot by petition with no party. We found no campaign site, statements or record.
Sources: Ballotpedia
County Treasurer
Vote for oneOpen seat: the sitting treasurer is not running.
Samuel Samara
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratAlready runs the county's network and enterprise IT systems, and was a volunteer firefighter and EMT with the Long Grove Fire Department. Won the June Democratic primary.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Ballotpedia
Gregory T Guy
Not enough info RepublicanRan for this office in 2018, citing 33 years in business finance and promising to modernize the office's technology. We found nothing recent.
Sources: Quad-City Times (2018), Ballotpedia
County Recorder
Vote for oneOpen seat: Recorder Rita Vargas dropped her reelection bid in June, and Democrats named Paone in her place.
Toby Paone
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratHas served on the Davenport Civil Service Commission and Design Review Board and the Mississippi Bend AEA board. Running on prompt service and careful handling of county records.
Sources: Campaign site, North Scott Press
Michael E Wulf
Not enough info RepublicanA fourth-generation Scott County resident promising accurate property records and faster processing. First run, no record.
Sources: Campaign site, Ballot Brief
Unopposed county races
No contestCounty Attorney (Kelly Cunningham-Haan, Republican incumbent).
7th District judges (retention)
Not profiledYes or no on keeping District Judges Jeffrey McDaniel, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Joel William Barrows, Henry William Latham II, Mark Ray Lawson, Patrick A. McElyea and Tamra J. Roberts, and Associate District Judge Cheryl E. Traum. We haven't profiled judges yet.
State and federal
Scott County is in the 1st Congressional District. Iowa Senate Districts 35, 41 and 47 are on the ballot here; voters in Senate District 49 (most of Davenport's House Districts 97 and 98) have no Senate race this year. Check your sample ballot for your districts.
U.S. Senator
Vote for oneOpen seat: Sen. Joni Ernst is not running again.
Josh Turek
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratCalls himself a "common-sense" Democrat and won't take corporate PAC money. Wants to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stock, and is endorsed by Tom Harkin, the Iowa Federation of Labor and the state teachers' union.
Sources: Campaign platform, Campaign endorsements, Wikipedia
Ashley Hinson
Not good people RepublicanEndorsed by Donald Trump, and her campaign says she is "working alongside President Trump." In September 2026 a watchdog filed a House ethics complaint asking whether she used her office to help her husband's insurance trade group; her campaign says his role there was unpaid.
Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign site, Iowa Starting Line
Thomas Laehn
Not enough info LibertarianGreene County's attorney and the first Libertarian elected to a partisan office in Iowa. Says Congress has let presidents of both parties take its power, and that Republicans in Congress "are more loyal to Trump than they are to their own institution." Calls the carbon pipeline "the biggest boondoggle in the history of our state."
Sources: Bleeding Heartland, Bleeding Heartland, Campaign site, Bleeding Heartland, Ballotpedia
Governor / Lieutenant Governor
Vote for oneOpen seat: Gov. Kim Reynolds is not running again. Governor and lieutenant governor are elected together as a ticket.
Rob Sand / Dave Muhlbauer
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratAs a prosecutor he convicted the lottery insider behind the $25 million Hot Lotto fraud, and as auditor his office flagged $21 million in misused federal COVID money that the state paid back. Says he would veto "culture war" bills.
Sources: Iowa Capital Dispatch, The Gazette, Wikipedia
Zach Lahn / Derek Wulf
Not good people RepublicanEndorsed by Donald Trump, who called him "more Trump" than his primary opponent, and by Turning Point Action and former Rep. Steve King. The sheriff in Black Hawk County is investigating fraud and theft accusations against Wulf, whose farm business was put under a court-appointed manager in September 2026.
Secretary of State
Vote for oneThe secretary of state runs Iowa elections.
Ryan Peterman
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratWants voting made easier for eligible Iowans while keeping elections secure. "I'm not running to be a partisan warrior," he says. Endorsed by the Iowa Federation of Labor and VoteVets.
Sources: Campaign site, Scott County Democrats, iVoterGuide
Paul D. Pate
Compromised RepublicanBrought in online voter registration in 2016 and wrote Iowa's voter ID law. Days before the 2024 election he told county auditors to challenge the ballots of 2,176 people flagged as possible noncitizens, though he agreed most of them were likely citizens.
Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign site, KCRG
Attorney General
Vote for oneNate Willems
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratWon a settlement of about $15 million for hospital and clinic workers, and wants the office's first wage enforcement unit. Endorsed by former Attorney General Tom Miller, the Iowa Federation of Labor and the Sierra Club.
Sources: Campaign site, Iowa Podcast, Wikipedia
Brenna Bird
Not good people RepublicanEndorsed by Donald Trump in September 2026. In April 2023 her office stopped the state's practice of paying for emergency contraception for rape victims.
Sources: Iowa Starting Line, Wikipedia
Auditor of State
Vote for oneOpen seat: Auditor Rob Sand is running for governor.
Taylor Wettach
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratRunning on rooting out waste and fraud. Says his federal job was cut by DOGE and that Trump went after his law firm. Endorsed by former Gov. Tom Vilsack and former Attorney General Tom Miller.
Sources: Campaign site, Daily Iowan
Chris Cournoyer
Compromised RepublicanAs a senator she voted for the 2023 law that took away the auditor's power to go to court when state agencies refuse to hand over records, the job she now wants.
Sources: Iowa Public Radio, Wikipedia
Treasurer of State
Vote for oneJohn Norwood
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratHis first priority is protecting IPERS, the public employees' pension fund, from privatization. Also running on paying down debt and returning unclaimed money to Iowans.
Sources: Iowa Public Radio, Campaign site
Roby Smith
Compromised RepublicanSays the state's pooled money fund has earned more than $1 billion since he took office. In the Senate he sponsored the 2021 law that cut early voting from 29 days to 20 and closed the polls an hour earlier.
Sources: Iowa Treasurer, Iowa Capital Dispatch, American Oversight
Secretary of Agriculture
Vote for oneChris Jones
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratCalls Iowa's water quality the "biggest failure of our state government in the history of the state" and wants tighter rules on large livestock operations. Wrote The Swine Republic, a 2025 book on farming and water.
Sources: Iowa Public Radio, Iowa PBS
Mike Naig
Compromised RepublicanBacked by the Iowa Farm Bureau and corn growers' PACs, the industry his office oversees. Funds voluntary cover crop and runoff programs but opposes new water quality rules, saying they would hurt small and mid-sized farms.
Sources: Iowa Public Radio, Iowa Farm Bureau, Iowa Corn
Constitutional amendment and judicial retention
PropositionsWe describe these and don't make recommendations.
- Amendment 1, income tax increases: Requires a two-thirds vote of each house of the Legislature to raise the individual or corporate income tax rate or create a new state tax on income. Local option taxes are exempt, and any lawsuit claiming a tax bill wasn't passed properly must be filed within a year. A yes vote adds that rule; a no vote leaves tax increases at a simple majority.
- Judicial retention: Yes or no on keeping Court of Appeals Judges Sharon Soorholtz Greer, John M. Sandy and Julie A. Schumacher. No Supreme Court justices are up this year. District judges on your ballot vary by county. We haven't profiled judges yet.
U.S. Representative, District 1
Vote for oneThe third Bohannan and Miller-Meeks matchup; Miller-Meeks won in 2024 by under 1,000 votes. Bridgford seems decent, but Bohannan is closer to our side and has the better chance.
Christina Bohannan
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratWants a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, plus term and age limits. Endorsed by the UAW, the League of Conservation Voters and Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign news
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Not good people RepublicanRunning with what House Republicans' campaign arm calls Trump's "full and complete endorsement," which helped her beat a primary challenger. Also endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Sources: NRCC, Ballotpedia, Quad-City Times
Michael Bridgford
Seems like good people IndependentRunning on term limits and a congressional stock trading ban, and criticized immigration enforcement that rounds up longtime residents. Endorsed by the Forward Party.
Sources: Iowa Public Radio, Forward Party
Iowa Senate District 35
Vote for oneNorthern Scott County, with parts of Clinton and Jackson counties.
Mike Zimmer
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratFlipped a Republican seat in a January 2025 special election. Running on public school funding, a higher minimum wage, paid family leave and cheaper child care.
Sources: Bleeding Heartland, Scott County Democrats
Joe Stutting
Not enough info RepublicanA former National Guard member running on tax relief and "small-town conservative values." Endorsed by the NFIB small-business PAC; no record in office.
Sources: North Scott Press, Sway
Iowa Senate District 41
Vote for oneTom Wieck
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratSays Iowa should work for "the families," not lobbyists, and that Trump's tariffs have hurt farmers. Running on costs, rural health care and water quality.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Blog for Iowa
Kerry Gruenhagen
Compromised RepublicanOrganizer of the Quad City Conservative Breakfast Club. Endorsed by Americans for Prosperity.
Sources: Iowa Legislature, Americans for Prosperity
Iowa Senate District 47
Vote for oneNikhil Wagle
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratSays reproductive care decisions belong to patients and their doctors. Endorsed by the Iowa AFL-CIO, the Iowa Farmers Union, the state teachers' union and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Iowa Farmers Union
Scott Webster
Compromised RepublicanVoted for Iowa's six-week abortion ban in 2023. Endorsed by Americans for Prosperity and the NRA.
Sources: Planned Parenthood Advocates, Americans for Prosperity, Sway
Iowa House District 70
Vote for oneGeorge Pickup
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratWants schools funded at 5% a year, compared with the roughly 2% they get now, and collective bargaining restored for public employees. Wants local control over data centers.
Sources: WVIK, Scott County Democrats
Norlin Mommsen
Not enough info RepublicanAs chair of the agriculture and natural resources budget committee he steered money to water quality and helped create the Choose Iowa local food program. We found nothing more on his record either way.
Sources: WVIK, Iowa Legislature
Iowa House District 81
Vote for oneDaniel Gosa
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratA union insulator who served on the Davenport school board from 2015. Running on public schools and jobs, and says Des Moines has "lost sight of what's important to the people of Davenport."
Sources: Wikipedia, Scott County Democrats
Dillon Fillion
Not good people RepublicanWorked as a field operator for Trump's Iowa campaign and a precinct caucus captain for him. Endorsed by Veterans for America First and Majority Leader Bobby Kaufmann.
Sources: Ballotpedia, Campaign site
Iowa House District 82
Vote for oneJames Behrmann
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratRunning on Iowa's cancer rates, a higher minimum wage, public schools and family farms. Endorsed by AFSCME Council 61 and the Iowa Federation of Labor.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Sway
Iowa House District 93
Vote for oneKeith Soko
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratSays "we cannot have a just society built on lies" and is running on women's, LGBTQ and immigrant rights, public schools and rural health care.
Sources: Campaign site, Scott County Democrats
Gary M. Mohr
Not enough info RepublicanWrites the state budget as appropriations chair and helped end state income tax on retirement income. Says his 2026 priorities are slowing property tax growth and limiting eminent domain for CO2 pipelines.
Sources: WVIK, Iowa Legislature
Iowa House District 94
Vote for oneKaren Roebuck
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratFounded Breath of Encouragement, a nonprofit offering arts and education programs, and sits on the Illinois-Iowa Independent Living board. Running on public schools and keeping young Iowans in the state.
Sources: Campaign site, Scott County Democrats
Mike Vondran
Not good people RepublicanIn 2025 he co-sponsored an amendment to keep gender identity protections in the Iowa Civil Rights Act, then said he had been "mislead" and pledged to vote for the bill removing them. Wrote a column titled "Iowa will stand strong with President Trump's immigration enforcement."
Sources: Bleeding Heartland, North Scott Press
Iowa House District 97
Vote for oneOpen seat: Peters beat Rep. Ken Croken in the Democratic primary.
Adam Peters
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratRunning on a higher minimum wage, public schools, health care and civil rights protections. Worked on Pete Buttigieg's 2020 campaign and as digital director for Mike Franken's 2024 Senate run.
Sources: Campaign site, Scott County Democrats
Charlie Helmick
Not enough info RepublicanRan in Illinois before this: for Congress in the 2022 Republican primary and for the Illinois House in 2024, losing both. Calls himself a "union Republican."
Sources: Ballotpedia
Iowa House District 98
Vote for oneOpen seat: Democrat Monica Kurth, who beat Ramker by 45 votes in 2024, is not running.
Andrew Fitzgerald
Seems like good people (best choice in this race) DemocratA Davenport West graduate running on public schools and health care costs, and says universal health care would save the country money.
Sources: Scott County Democrats, Ballotpedia
Nathan Ramker
Compromised RepublicanTold a conservative voter guide "I don't believe racism is a problem" and that teachers should be allowed to carry guns at school. Endorsed by Veterans for America First.
Sources: iVoterGuide, Ballotpedia, Campaign site
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