2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa Senate District 25

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Herman C Quirmbach

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 25
Work: State senator; retired economics professor, Iowa State University

Herman C Quirmbach is the sitting State Senator for District 25 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 80th General Assembly (2003).

Herman C Quirmbach holds a government degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University and taught economics at Iowa State University for 29 years. He was elected to his sixth Iowa Senate term in 2022, representing Ames.

Quirmbach's committees

Agriculture
Education (Ranking Member)
Judiciary
Local Government
Ways and Means

Sources for Quirmbach

Herman C Quirmbach: official member information (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Iowa General Assembly: current member roster (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Senator Herman Quirmbach (Iowa Senate Democrats, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Paul Wacker

Republican

Work: Retired UPS employee (30-plus years); former farmer (Ames)

Paul Wacker grew up in north central Iowa, farmed near Klemme for eight years and attended North Iowa Area Community College and Iowa State University. He worked for UPS for more than 30 years before retiring.

Sources for Wacker

Meet Paul (Paul Wacker 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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