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ELECTION DAY

November 3, 2026

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Wednesday,
October 14

In-person early voting begins at the Woodbury County Courthouse.
It is open daily from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.

 

 
Monday,
October 19

Final day to request an absentee ballot.

 

 
Saturday,
October 24

Suggested final mailing date for absentee ballots to be returned by Election Day.

 

 
Monday,
November 2

Last day for early-in person voting. 

 

 
ON YOUR BALLOT

Meet Your Democratic Candidates

The 2026 candidates for national, state and county elections are ready to work for a better world for all.

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HOW DO THE CANDIDATES STACK UP?

Democrats have YOU in mind.

Sand’s agenda can reverse the damage the GOP has done to Iowa.

Rob Sand’s agenda centers on reversing Medicaid privatization by executive order on day one, redirecting private-school voucher funding into public education and universal pre-K, and restoring his own office’s investigative powers after the legislature stripped them.

Woodbury County Board needs fresh perspective.

Adding Democrats Jody House and Brittney Wilson to the Board could break up one-party groupthink, forcing decisions to be judged on the merits rather than through a partisan lens — and giving Woodbury County residents a genuine check when the majority’s instincts run toward blame instead of problem-solving.

Dave Dawson requests debates with opponent Chris McGowan.

Dave Dawson has challenged Chris McGowan to three debates across the district’s largest cities, arguing that voters deserve to see both candidates answer the same questions side by side before deciding who represents them in Congress. It’s a chance for Siouxland and the wider district to move past soundbites and actually weigh the candidates’ records and priorities directly.

As County Attorney, Mulford will refocus the office on what really matters.

Ben Mulford wants to shift the County Attorney office’s focus from “quantity to quality” — pursuing fewer low-stakes cases like the flower-painting prosecution and directing more resources toward root causes of crime. His centerpiece proposal is tripling participation in the county’s mental health court and expanding it to cover non-violent felonies.

Iowa has been failing under unitary Republican control for a decade.


Under a decade of unitary Republican control, Iowa’s rural areas have lost population every year since 2020. The state is now losing obstetric care faster than any other state, as Medicaid cuts strain rural hospitals nationwide. Meanwhile, ESA vouchers have redirected public school dollars to private education even as rural districts face enrollment declines and consolidation pressure. With the highest cancer rate in the nation, a failing economy and polluted water, it’s time for balance in Iowa.

Partisan Board places blame rather than finding solutions.

All-Republican since 2020, the board has let partisan framing undercut basic governance. A 2024 staffing crisis in the county attorney’s office turned into a partisan grudge match when a board leader publicly framed union pushback in terms of D versus R, even though a union leader countered that most of the union’s members were actually Republicans. Similar defensiveness resurfaced this year when supervisors claimed they’d been blindsided by a city annexation despite documentation showing the county had been notified months earlier.

We’re still waiting for McGowan to respond to a request to debate.

Back in June, before the formal challenge, McGowan said in general terms that he’d debate “if invited to do so” and would “absolutely participate.” Now, when faced with the concrete prospect of facing voters, he has declined to respond. For now, it appears that McGowan may plan to follow the Feenstra playbook of hiding and avoiding constituents. 

Mulford opponent Loomis wastes taxpayer dollars pursuing frivolous case.

James Loomis’s prosecution of the “flower guy” who spray-painted colorful flowers on manhole covers and streets in Morningside — cost taxpayers a two-day jury trial that ended in a full acquittal, after Loomis rejected a resolution that had already been worked out with Bradshaw.

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