2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa House District 83

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Mike Bergman

Democratic

Work
Retired U.S. Air Force colonel; farmland owner (Linn County); former court mediator

Mike Bergman grew up in Cedar Rapids, earned a B.S. in microbiology from Iowa State and master's degrees from Webster University and the Eisenhower School. He served 26 years in the Air Force, managing development of new systems and working on budget issues at the Pentagon, and retired as a colonel in 2006; he later served as a mediator for the Sixth Judicial District and manages 330 acres of Linn County land.

Sources for Bergman

  • Meet Mike (Mike Bergman campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Cindy Golding

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now
State Representative, District 83
Work
State representative; owner-operator, Sweet Maple Farms, and sole proprietor, CNJ Investments (Linn County)

Cindy Golding is the sitting State Representative for District 83 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 90th General Assembly (2023).

Cindy Golding worked as an analytical research chemist for Esmark Corp. (1973-1977) and as an executive vice president of Differentiation Strategies, Inc. (1995-2018). She has run CNJ Investments since 1981 and Sweet Maple Farms since 1991, and served 22 years on the Linn County Farm Bureau board.

Golding's committees

  • Local Government
  • Natural Resources (Vice Chair)
  • Transportation

Sources for Golding

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