2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa House District 21

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Brooke Boden

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 21
Work: State representative (since 2021); former dance studio owner; licensed insurance agent

Brooke Boden is the sitting State Representative for District 21 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 89th General Assembly (2021).

Brooke Boden ran a dance studio for 24 years, worked for her family's hot air balloon manufacturer, National Ballooning Ltd., and holds an insurance agent license. She has served in the Iowa House since 2021 and chairs the Local Government Committee.

Boden's committees

Education
Government Oversight
Local Government (Chair)
Ways and Means

Sources for Boden

Brooke Boden: official member information (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Iowa General Assembly: current member roster (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Brooke Boden (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts summarized))

Spencer A Waugh

Democratic

Work: Associate dean, Simpson College (Indianola); former high school teacher and debate coach

Spencer A Waugh began teaching high school in Indianola in 1998, was Indianola's 2008 Educator of the Year and coached its debate team to state titles in 2009 and 2010. He directed speech, debate and mock trial at Simpson College from 2013, where the debate team won several national championships, and now serves as an associate dean there.

Sources for Waugh

Meet Spencer (Spencer Waugh campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election (last updated Aug. 19, 2026) (Iowa Secretary of State, Public record)

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