2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa House District 48

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Chad Behn

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 48
Work: State representative (since 2025)

Chad Behn is the sitting State Representative for District 48 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 91st General Assembly (2025).

Chad Behn won the House District 48 seat in 2024 and serves as vice chair of the House Agriculture Committee.

Behn's committees

Agriculture (Vice Chair)
Education
Transportation
Ways and Means

Sources for Behn

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

Benjamin Olsen

Democratic

Work: Engineer (aerospace engineering graduate, Iowa State University, 2025); former product order engineer, Emerson

Benjamin Olsen was born in Ames, earned an associate degree from DMACC in 2020 and a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University in 2025. He has worked as a product order engineer at Emerson and as a lubrication technician, and served as a page in the 87th Iowa General Assembly.

Sources for Olsen

Olsen for Iowa (Benjamin Olsen 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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