2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa Senate District 39

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Liz Bennett

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 39
Work: State senator (since 2022); employee of web company Wix.com (Cedar Rapids)

Liz Bennett is the sitting State Senator for District 39 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 86th General Assembly (2015).

Liz Bennett graduated from Cornell College and has worked for the LGBT advocacy organization One Iowa and in the private sector for Yellow Book, GoDaddy and Wix.com. She served four terms in the Iowa House before being elected to the Senate in 2022.

Bennett's committees

Agriculture
Natural Resources and Environment
Technology (Ranking Member)
Transportation
Veterans Affairs

Sources for Bennett

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

Edward Bernie Hayes

Republican

Work: Retired systems engineer, Rockwell Collins (1978-2015)

Edward Bernie Hayes earned a B.S. from LeTourneau University in 1977 and worked as a systems engineer at Rockwell Collins for 37 years. He has chaired the Linn County Republican Party and served on the Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee, and ran for the Iowa Senate in 2018 and 2022.

Sources for Hayes

Candidate profile: Edward Bernie Hayes (iVoterGuide, 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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