2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa Secretary of State

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Paul D. Pate

RepublicanIncumbent

Paul D. Pate is an American businessman and politician serving as the 32nd Secretary of State of Iowa since 2015, previously holding the office from 1995 to 1999. Pate is the past president of the National Association of Secretaries of State.

Campaign website

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Paul Pate (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ryan Peterman

Democratic

Ryan Peterman is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: former legislative assistant to Jeanne Shaheen.

Campaign website

About sources

2026 Iowa Secretary of State election (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election (last updated Aug. 19, 2026) (Iowa Secretary of State, Public record)
2026 United States secretary of state elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
2026 Iowa Secretary of State election (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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