2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa House District 46

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Dan Gehlbach

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 46
Work
State representative (since 2023); small business owner (Mathnasium, West Des Moines); former internal auditor

Dan Gehlbach is the sitting State Representative for District 46 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 90th General Assembly (2023).

Dan Gehlbach holds degrees from the University of Kansas and Arizona State University, worked as a certified internal auditor and taught high school in Japan, and owns a Mathnasium learning center. He served on the Waukee school board from 2019 to 2022 and in the Iowa House since 2023.

Gehlbach's committees

  • Appropriations
  • Economic Growth and Technology
  • Education
  • Health and Human Services

Sources for Gehlbach

Mandy Newton Rosenow

Democratic

Work
Physician assistant, Primary Health Care (Des Moines-area federally qualified health center)

Mandy Newton Rosenow grew up in Sioux City, attended the University of Iowa and earned a physician assistant master's degree from Des Moines University. She has worked more than 20 years in health care, including community medicine, emergency medicine, neurology and at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune.

Sources for Rosenow

  • About Mandy (Mandy Newton Rosenow campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

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