2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa House District 23

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Ray Bubba Sorensen

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 23
Work: State representative (since 2019); artist and co-owner, Sorensen Studios (murals and photography)

Ray Bubba Sorensen is the sitting State Representative for District 23 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 88th General Assembly (2019).

Ray Bubba Sorensen studied art at Iowa State University and has painted the Freedom Rock near Menlo since 1999; he co-owns Sorensen Studios and earlier worked as a graphic designer. He has served in the Iowa House since 2019 and chairs the Economic Growth Committee.

Sorensen's committees

Appropriations
Economic Growth and Technology (Chair)
Veterans Affairs

Sources for Sorensen

Ray Bubba Sorensen: official member information (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Iowa General Assembly: current member roster (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Ray Sorensen (politician) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts summarized))

Karen Varley

Democratic

Work: Attorney, Varley & Kearns Law Offices (Stuart); agronomist by training

Karen Varley grew up on a dairy farm in Allamakee County, worked as a court reporter, and studied agronomy at Iowa State University and plant genetics at Cornell University. She worked in farm business consulting for ISU Extension and as a patent agent for Pioneer Hi-Bred, earned a law degree from Drake University in 2015 and practices law in Stuart.

Sources for Varley

About Karen Varley (Karen Varley 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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