THE INCOMING LEGISLATURE · 2027
Meet the people stepping into 42 changed seats after the 2026 election, including returning legislators and members moving chambers.
WHERE THE NEW MEMBERS WILL SERVE
Gold highlights the districts represented by the 42 people below. Switch chambers to see House and Senate geography separately.
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Shawn Olorundami · House District 1
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Steve Baier · Senate District 9
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29 incoming members, plus the two returning legislators below, make 31 changed House seats.
House District 1 · Democrat
A Sioux City educator, Olorundami taught English and coached at North High School. He earned an English–Language Arts Education degree at Buena Vista University, where he was a three-time NCAA All-American hurdler.
House District 3 · Republican
Reported winner for House District 3. A verified biographical profile is not yet available.
House District 5 · Republican
Glienke is a grain and livestock farmer from the Aurelia area. His agricultural background includes working land that has been in his family for several generations.
House District 15 · Republican
Sherer is a farmer and former volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician. His campaign describes a background running a family farm and volunteering in his western Iowa community.
House District 20 · Democrat
Armstrong is a Carter Lake resident with a career in railroad sales, business development and executive leadership. A Burlington native, he acquired rail-parts company Horst before its purchase by General Electric.
House District 28 · Democrat
Walton is an attorney with more than three decades of experience in trial practice, litigation and business law. He has served as general counsel for an Iowa nonprofit and on state criminal-justice and public-safety boards.
House District 32 · Democrat
Jones is the mayor of Windsor Heights and an attorney with the State Public Defender’s Office. He previously served four years on the city council and earned his law degree at Drake University.
House District 33 · Democrat
Muhammad is chief operating officer of Creative Visions Human Development Institute in Des Moines. Her nonprofit work includes programs supporting families, crime victims, youth and people transitioning from incarceration.
House District 37 · Republican
Sandholdt serves as Marion County sheriff, leading a county law-enforcement office based in Knoxville. His public-service background brings experience in policing and county emergency-response operations.
House District 38 · Republican
Oleson is an Iowa classroom teacher who began his education career in 1994. His campaign describes 32 years in public education and a focus on classroom fundamentals and parental involvement.
House District 40 · Democrat
Sievers is a registered nurse and family advocate from Altoona. Her community-service experience includes shelters, food banks and work supporting children with behavioral disorders and physical disabilities.
House District 42 · Democrat
Tagliareni served six years on the Ankeny School Board. Her professional background includes college athletics, nonprofit work and teaching sport and event management at AIB College of Business.
House District 43 · Democrat
Alesch is a lawyer and retired Iowa Army National Guard officer. She served in Afghanistan, worked as a federal prosecutor and now works at Principal Life Insurance Company in the Des Moines area.
House District 45 · Republican
Stubbs grew up on a farm in Runnells. He played and coached professional football in Europe before returning to Iowa, where he coached high-school football.
House District 46 · Democrat
Mandy Newton Rosenow is a physician assistant with more than 20 years of health-care experience, including community medicine, primary care, emergency medicine and neurology. She earned her physician-assistant master’s degree at Des Moines University.
House District 52 · Democrat
Mike Tupper retired after a 32-year law-enforcement career. He served as police chief in Nevada and then Marshalltown, where he helped develop the MPACT program integrating social workers into crisis responses.
House District 55 · Republican
Beau Klaver founded BK Air LLC, a drone-spraying business serving agricultural growers, in 2023. He studied agricultural studies at Iowa State University, with minors in agronomy and agricultural systems technology.
House District 59 · Democrat
Jacob Welper is a music educator and Iowa National Guard member raised in North Iowa. An Iowa State University graduate, he taught band for six years at a rural public school and coached high-school cross-country.
House District 60 · Republican
Dani Ollenburg grew up in North Iowa and is a longtime volunteer and homeschooling parent. Her campaign emphasizes property rights, property-tax relief, school choice and government ethics.
House District 61 · Democrat
Vincent Collis is a software engineer based in the Cedar Valley. His campaign biography describes a decade of work on digital campaigns for Democratic candidates, with policy priorities including schools, health care and clean water.
House District 69 · Democrat
Randy Meier is an Army veteran and retired Clinton Police Department detective commander. After a 33-year policing career, he led Seniors vs. Crime at the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office, helping residents address scams and fraud.
House District 71 · Democrat
Sam Wooden is a Dubuque trial lawyer whose work has included criminal cases, fair-housing disputes and injury cases. He earned his law degree at the University of Kentucky and his bachelor’s degree at Buena Vista University.
House District 72 · Democrat
Matt Robinson is a Dubuque building-trades worker and member of Carpenters Local 678. A Hempstead High School graduate, he has also served as chair of the Dubuque County Democratic Party.
House District 75 · Democrat
Drew Stensland is a Cedar Falls resident who has worked in the Iowa State Auditor’s office leading the Public Innovations and Efficiencies program. He previously served as student body president at the University of Northern Iowa.
House District 76 · Republican
Matt Reisetter is a small-business owner and Hudson City Council member. He has also worked as a high-school head basketball coach and director of the Cedar Falls Bible Conference.
House District 96 · Democrat
Nick Salazar was raised in Muscatine and built a career at Heinz, progressing from union production work to supply-chain management. He has also worked with local organizations and community storytelling efforts.
House District 97 · Democrat
Adam Peters is a Davenport community organizer with experience in hospitality, political campaigns and performing-arts education. He served as operations director at Clock, Inc., a Quad Cities community center.
House District 98 · Democrat
Andrew Fitzgerald is a Davenport native and automation technician at Invio Automation. His skilled-trades background includes automotive repair and union maintenance work at Kraft.
House District 99 · Democrat
Jennifer Kirkman is a Burlington attorney and small-business owner who has practiced law in Southeast Iowa for more than 20 years. Her general-practice firm handles family law, estates, guardianships and conservatorships.
These two incoming House members have served in the Iowa Legislature before.
House District 39 · Democrat
Returning · previously served in the Senate
Boulton is a partner at Hedberg & Boulton in Des Moines, practicing workers’ compensation, labor, personal-injury and employment law. He holds law and public-administration degrees from Drake University.
House District 41 · Democrat
Returning · House service 2023–2025
Buck is an Ankeny teacher and former state representative. She previously represented House District 41 from January 2023 to January 2025 and has served as president of the Ankeny Area Education Association.
11 incoming senators, including three members moving from the House.
Senate District 9 · Republican
Steve Baier serves on the Cass County Board of Supervisors. His county assignments include housing, watershed management, regional development and correctional services.
Senate District 11 · Republican
Hollie Zajicek has led economic development work for Norwalk and Warren County. Her earlier experience includes work as a USDA loan specialist and ownership of a fitness business.
Senate District 13 · Republican
Jeff Kulmatycki chairs the Appanoose County Board of Supervisors. His public-service assignments include workforce development, transit and community services.
Senate District 17 · Democrat
Samy El-Baroudi is a retired Des Moines public-school educator who taught at East High School, Scavo and Virtual Campus. He also served as treasurer of the Des Moines Education Association.
Senate District 19 · Republican
Moving from House to Senate
Barb Kniff McCulla is an entrepreneur and small-business owner who has served in the Iowa House since 2023. Her community involvement includes business-development and nonprofit boards in Marion County.
Senate District 21 · Democrat
Moving from House to Senate
Heather Matson is an Ankeny state representative with a background in public-policy advocacy and development. She holds degrees in government and legislative affairs and has worked on education and budget policy in the House.
Senate District 23 · Republican
Wes Enos is a former Bondurant City Council member with experience on regional public-service boards. His professional work includes serving as deputy chief of staff for U.S. Representative Zach Nunn.
Senate District 31 · Democrat
Moving from House to Senate
Timi Brown-Powers has served in the Iowa House since 2015. Her health-care background at MercyOne includes exercise-specialist credentials and mental-health and chronic-pain support programming.
Senate District 35 · Republican
Joe Stutting is an educator and National Guard veteran whose career includes leading the North Scott Community School District. He has also served in local government and civic organizations.
Senate District 43 · Democrat
Meghann Foster is a former mayor of Coralville. Her local-government experience also includes service on the City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission and regional boards.
Senate District 47 · Democrat
Nikhil Wagle is a Bettendorf ophthalmologist and medical-practice partner. He has served on the Pleasant Valley School Board, including as its president, and on the Iowa Board of Medicine.
Source-reported outcomes, not certified results. The 42-seat roster follows the site’s sourced turnover record. It is not a count of 42 first-time legislators: it includes two returning members and three House-to-Senate moves. The roster includes two previously vacant districts. HD81 has no named-source outcome in this roster and is excluded. SD14’s future replacement is not yet known and is not included.
Short biographies summarize linked campaign, professional or official sources reviewed November 10, 2026. Campaign biographies describe candidates’ own accounts of their backgrounds; they are not endorsements. Robert Driesen’s biographical details remain unverified.
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