John Berman

John Berman (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Iowa. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 2, 2026.

Biography

John Berman earned a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College in 1979 and a master's degree from Stanford University in 1990. His career experience includes working in electronic hardware design and as a test engineer.^[1]

Elections

2026

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2026 (June 2 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2026 (June 2 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Iowa

Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson, and Thomas Laehn are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Iowa on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Josh Turek (D)
		Ashley Hinson (R)
		Thomas Laehn (L)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Iowa

Josh Turek defeated Zach Wahls in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Iowa on June 2, 2026.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Josh Turek	62.6	120,287
	Zach Wahls	37.3	71,663
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	186

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 192,136
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Iowa

Ashley Hinson defeated Jim Carlin in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Iowa on June 2, 2026.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ashley Hinson	74.0	153,059
	Jim Carlin	25.7	53,196
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	531

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 206,786
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Iowa

Thomas Laehn advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Iowa on May 2, 2026.

		Candidate
✔		Thomas Laehn (L)

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2024

U.S. Senate Minnesota

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Royce White, Rebecca Whiting, and Joyce Lacey in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Amy Klobuchar (D)	56.2	1,792,441
	Royce White (R)	40.5	1,291,712
	Rebecca Whiting (L)	1.7	55,215
	Joyce Lacey (Independence-Alliance Party of Minnesota)	1.5	46,377
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3,578

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,189,323
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Amy Klobuchar defeated Steve Carlson, Ahmad Hassan, Ole Savior, and George Kalberer in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Klobuchar	94.3	305,055
		Steve Carlson	2.9	9,535
		Ahmad Hassan	1.5	4,891
		Ole Savior	0.8	2,478
	Submit photo	George Kalberer	0.5	1,578

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 323,537
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Derek Logan (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Royce White	38.5	74,814
	Submit photo	Joe Fraser	29.3	56,909
	Submit photo	Raymond Petersen	8.4	16,237
		Alycia Gruenhagen	7.7	15,017
		John Berman	7.3	14,158
		Patrick Munro	4.9	9,444
		Christopher Seymore	2.6	5,020
		Loner Blue	1.4	2,727

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194,326
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Endorsements

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U.S. Senate Massachusetts

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Incumbent Elizabeth Warren defeated John Deaton in the general election for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Elizabeth Warren (D)	59.8	2,041,693
	John Deaton (R)	40.0	1,365,445
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	6,221

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,413,359
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Shiva Ayyadurai (Unenrolled)
Brandon James Griffin (Workers Party)
Joseph Schena (Unenrolled)
Louis Marino (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Incumbent Elizabeth Warren advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Elizabeth Warren	98.6	562,709
	Other/Write-in votes	1.4	8,078

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,787
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

John Deaton defeated Robert Antonellis and Ian Cain in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Massachusetts on September 3, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John Deaton	64.5	136,773
	Robert Antonellis	25.9	54,940
	Ian Cain	9.1	19,374
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	924

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 212,011
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Endorsements

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2022

U.S. Senate New Hampshire

General election

General election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Maggie Hassan defeated Don Bolduc, Jeremy Kauffman, and Tejasinha Sivalingam in the general election for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maggie Hassan (D)	53.5	332,193
	Don Bolduc (R)	44.4	275,928
	Jeremy Kauffman (L)	2.0	12,390
	Tejasinha Sivalingam (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	464

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 620,975
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Thomas Sharpe V (Independent)
Kevin Kahn (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Incumbent Maggie Hassan defeated Paul Krautmann and John Riggieri in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Hassan	93.8	88,146
		Paul Krautmann	3.9	3,629
	Submit photo	John Riggieri	1.8	1,680
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	546

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,001
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate New Hampshire on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Don Bolduc	36.9	52,629
		Chuck Morse	35.7	50,929
		Kevin Smith	11.7	16,621
		Vikram Mansharamani	7.5	10,690
		Bruce Fenton	4.5	6,381
		John Berman	0.7	961
		Andy Martin	0.6	920
		Tejasinha Sivalingam	0.6	832
	Submit photo	Dennis Lamare	0.5	773
		Edmond Laplante	0.5	723
		Gerard Beloin	0.4	521
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	623

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 142,603
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Devon Fuchs (R)

U.S. Senate Ohio

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.D. Vance (R)	53.0	2,192,114
		Tim Ryan (D)	46.9	1,939,489
		John Cheng (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	702
		Shane Hoffman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	403
		LaShondra Tinsley (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	362
		Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	194
	Submit photo	Matthew Esh (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	78

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,133,342
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Shawn Mousourakis (Independent)
Chad Taylor (Independent)
Eric Meiring (Independent)
Samuel Ronan (Independent)
Dominic LaCavera (Independent)
Shannon Taylor (Independent)
Kelli Prather (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

Tim Ryan defeated Morgan Harper and Traci Johnson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Ryan	69.6	359,941
	Morgan Harper	17.8	92,347
	Traci Johnson	12.6	65,209

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 517,497
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.D. Vance	32.2	344,736
		Josh Mandel	23.9	255,854
		Matt Dolan	23.3	249,239
		Mike Gibbons	11.7	124,653
		Jane Timken	5.9	62,779
	Submit photo	Mark Pukita	2.1	22,692
		Neil Patel	0.9	9,873

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,069,826
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U.S. Senate Wisconsin

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Incumbent Ronald Harold Johnson defeated Mandela Barnes, Adam Nicholas Paul, and Scott Aubart in the general election for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ronald Harold Johnson (R)	50.4	1,337,185
		Mandela Barnes (D)	49.4	1,310,467
	Submit photo	Adam Nicholas Paul (Logic Party) (Write-in)	0.0	67
	Submit photo	Scott Aubart (American Independent Party) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	4,758

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,652,477
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Bradford Spencer (Independent)
Aaron Frank (Independent)
Neal Long (L)
Deliala Gaustad (Patriot Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mandela Barnes	77.8	390,279
	Alex Lasry (Unofficially withdrew)	8.9	44,609
	Sarah Godlewski (Unofficially withdrew)	8.1	40,555
	Tom Nelson (Unofficially withdrew)	2.2	10,995
	Steven Olikara	1.1	5,619
	Darrell Williams	0.7	3,646
	Kou Lee	0.7	3,434
	Peter Peckarsky	0.5	2,446
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	177

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 501,760
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Incumbent Ronald Harold Johnson defeated David Schroeder in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ronald Harold Johnson	83.6	563,871
	David Schroeder	16.3	109,917
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	693

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 674,481
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2020

U.S. Senate Minnesota

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Minnesota

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Minnesota on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tina Smith (D)	48.8	1,566,522
		Jason Lewis (R)	43.6	1,398,145
		Kevin O'Connor (Legal Marijuana Now Party)	5.8	185,064
		Oliver Steinberg (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)	1.8	57,174
	Submit photo	Rob Barrett Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	22
		George Dennis Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
		Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3
		John Berman (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2
	Submit photo	Jason Shaver (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Josh Ondich (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,261

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,209,198
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Incumbent Tina Smith defeated Paula Overby, Ahmad Hassan, Steve Carlson, and Christopher Seymore in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tina Smith	87.1	497,501
	Paula Overby	5.3	30,497
	Ahmad Hassan	3.5	20,037
	Steve Carlson	2.9	16,429
	Christopher Seymore	1.1	6,480

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570,944 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Alexandra Marie Holker (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Jason Lewis defeated Cynthia Gail, John Berman, Bob Carney Jr., and James Reibestein in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jason Lewis	78.1	191,288
		Cynthia Gail	7.2	17,675
		John Berman	6.6	16,212
		Bob Carney Jr.	4.3	10,503
	Submit photo	James Reibestein	3.8	9,210

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,888 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Oliver Steinberg advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Oliver Steinberg	100.0	3,275

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,275 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Legal Marijuana Now Party primary election

Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Kevin O'Connor advanced from the Legal Marijuana Now Party primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin O'Connor	100.0	6,996

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,996 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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U.S. Senate Kansas

United States Senate election in Kansas, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Kansas, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kansas

Roger Marshall defeated Barbara Bollier and Jason Buckley in the general election for U.S. Senate Kansas on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Roger Marshall (R)	53.2	727,962
	Barbara Bollier (D)	41.8	571,530
	Jason Buckley (L)	5.0	68,263

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,367,755
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Paul Tuten (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

Barbara Bollier defeated Robert Tillman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Bollier	85.3	168,759
	Submit photo	Robert Tillman	14.7	28,997

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 197,756 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Marshall	40.3	167,800
		Kris Kobach	26.1	108,726
		Bob Hamilton	18.7	77,952
		Dave Lindstrom	6.6	27,451
		Steve Roberts	2.0	8,141
		Brian Matlock	1.7	7,083
	Submit photo	Lance Berland	1.5	6,404
	Submit photo	John Miller	1.1	4,431
		Derek Ellis	1.0	3,970
	Submit photo	Gabriel Mark Robles	0.9	3,744
		John Berman	0.2	861

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 416,563 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2024

U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Ballotpedia survey responses

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U.S. Senate Minnesota=

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

U.S. Senate New Hampshire

Ballotpedia survey responses

John Berman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

U.S. Senate Ohio

Ballotpedia survey responses

John Berman completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Berman's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Electronic hardware design and test; MSEE Stanford/Ginzton Lab-applied physics; B.A. Oberlin College, physics, math (minor English, unrecorded). Decades in research labs and at test benches, analyzing and solving real problems that must be solved and cannot be “written around;” building equipment with milling machines & a Hardinge lathe (whose gears I bruised because I thought I could shift it like a Muncie 22, see my websites for that and other notes); some years under my '69 SS Chevelle and pulling the M21 close-ratio twice because "that flywheel face sure felt right to me and didn't need turning"...that is, screwing up and breaking things and learning, often the hard way (J. Croce), so you really learn it and from the best teacher. It takes a few decades facing "adult" challenges (and not always succeeding but always learning), together with a constant drive to understand how the physical world works & how the pros get the job done right—because they have learned by doing, as well as by reading carefully. And almost always by teamwork & paying attention to those who know the tricks and the gotchas. My body was shattered, hitting the ground at 150mph in a plane crash. I returned to thank the team of a hundred first-responding pros who braved the worst cold and wind in 50 years. When I read my medical records, of the surgical pros who performed miracles reassembling me over two weeks and six surgeries while I was hallucinating in a medical coma, I re-evaluated many things.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Feeling helpless under the thumb of abusive/corrupt power has, through the ages, led to riots (and more), which are rightly ILLEGAL & not productive in the modern US because there are still, at this time, more effective alternatives. Contrary to popular belief, there are not three “coequal” branches of government. Congress is the Big Magilla, controlled by Mr. & M(r)s. Peebles (formerly known as We the People). “Impeachment” is not just a majority vote by the House. It means “to call into question the integrity or validity.” A State’s Congressional delegation can impeach, on Congress' record, a judge’s decisions as egregious affronts to the law; & there are plenty. Schoolchildren care about their "permanent record." That is only Step 1.
Stewing in isolation is especially bad for health & leads some people to pop. Reducing those chances is part of "public health," as well as promoting "healthy govt." Better access to petitioning & assembly can only help that. Our vaunted govt can't sink much lower than it has. A Mid-US Congress Center (KC, generally) would force media to reorient/relocate & actually focus on those who are most politically-neglected—the Mid-US. DJT’s appeal is no mystery requiring Hollywood "analysis." He attacked, as no one had, sacrosanct "institutions" (fed & state) at the root of an ossified protection racket, particularly in the courts. Has DJT always been "fair" about it? At my sites, you can read what judges say about "fairness:" you don't count.
The Senate writes its own rules. The Senate has the power to expel a member. This is in the Constitution, article I, section 5. No one changes the Senate's rules but the Senate. (Same with the House.) Compared to a Constitutional amendment, the Senate's adopting and enforcing a Removal-Replacement rule is a piece of cake. For example: "The Senate shall expel a member whose State certifies a removal/replacement resolution to recall the member with at least 75% of a yes-no vote in a special election held not less than one year after the member takes his or her position in the Senate; and the State elects a replacement Senator." (Edit this example to your heart's content; you get the picture.) There is more at my sites.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

A great many judges believe they are royalty and can do whatever they want. Due process & more hold they cannot. From 2/10/20 to 4/7/20, Hennepin County (Minneapolis) and Minnesota's appeals ct showed they are a protection racket for lawyers & other “connected” individuals; and believed they could do anything to serve that goal. On 4/15, I wrote to the Minn Supreme Court that Hennepin courts were a "military regime," making arbitrary decisions just because a judge dictates, "I believe." No actual reason, let alone legal authority. This is the definition of abuse of power ("discretion"). On May 18, I filed in Minneapolis fed. court because, under the conditions that existed, a federal court has authority over civil rights violations by a state court. More of the same there. A few days later Mr. Floyd was denied his right to oxygen. I was appalled but not surprised. I've written that the thought of messing with politics makes the exoskeletons of the bugs crawling on my skin, crawl. But that week, I decided to file in both Minnesota & Kansas for Senate. The first should be obvious. The second, because abuse of power naturally arises from its concentration. Congress must begin to decentralize by building a "chamber" & offices in the mid-US for easier mid-US access. The Senate first, as it would require a smaller facility—fully-networked and in full authoritative combination with DC. Crazy idea, for sure: citizens who can drive <8 hrs, find parking, then assemble peacefully. Nuts.

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Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. Senate Iowa	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2024	U.S. Senate Massachusetts	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2024	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate New Hampshire	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate Ohio	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate Wisconsin	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Kansas	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. Senate Minnesota	Lost general	$0	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)

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