2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Iowa Senate District 49

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Cynthia Mensendick

Republican

Work: Registered nurse and clinical informatics project manager (Blue Grass)

Cynthia Mensendick served in the Air Force Reserve and worked in engineering publications for Goodyear Aerospace/Martin Marietta, then as a project manager building cell towers. She became a registered nurse (ASN 2006, MSN 2009) and has worked in clinical informatics, implementing electronic medical records across health systems in several states.

Sources for Mensendick

BIO (Cynthia Mensendick campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Cindy Winckler

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 49
Work: State senator; retired educator (family and consumer science teacher; Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency consultant)

Cindy Winckler is the sitting State Senator for District 49 in the Iowa General Assembly; the Legislature's records list service beginning with the 79th General Assembly (2001).

Cindy Winckler taught family and consumer science in the Davis County, Pleasant Valley, Calamus and Davenport school districts and retired as a quality learning consultant with the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency. She served 11 terms in the Iowa House before her election to the Senate in 2022.

Winckler's committees

Appropriations
Education
Ethics (Ranking Member)
State Government (Ranking Member)
Transportation
Ways and Means

Sources for Winckler

Cindy Winckler: official member information (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Iowa General Assembly: current member roster (Iowa Legislature, Public record)
Senator Cindy Winckler (Iowa Senate Democrats, 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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