A note on the 2026 elections

Every election cycle, the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club endorses candidates running for public office.  The candidates that the Sierra Club endorses are selected based on their support of the critical environmental issues facing Iowans such as clean water, renewable energy, voter access to the polls, and protection of the bottle deposit law.  They are leaders who truly care about public policy and its effect on the citizens of Iowa.  True leadership means dealing with the problems the state faces.  Being a leader requires courage, vision, and an interest in the future.

The Sierra Club has endorsed the following candidates:

Iowa Attorney General - Nate Willems

Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship - Chris Jones

Iowa Senate - Check back - we will be making additional endorsements over the next few weeks.

Liz Bennett - District 39

Tony Bisignano - District 15

Timi Brown-Powers - District 31

Molly Donahue - District 37

Herman Quirmbach - District 25

Janice Weiner - District 45

Cindy Winckler - District 49

Mike Zimmer - District 35

Iowa House - Check back - we will be making additional endorsements over the next few weeks.

Eric Armstrong - District 20

Austin Baeth - District 36

Sean Bagniewski - District 35

Michael Coonrad - District 67

Tracy Ehlert - District 79

Andrew Fitzgerald - District 98

Eric Gjerde - District 74

Calvin Horn - District 76

Dave Jacoby - District 86

Rob Johnson - District 34

Mike Jones - District 32

Benjamin Thomas Larson - District 19

Elinor Levin - District 89

Mary Madison - District 31

Larry McBurney - District 44

Brian Meyer - District 29

Teresa Perin - District 51

Angel Ramirez - District 78

Megan L. Srinivas - District 30

Leila Ann Staton - District 54

Rory Taylor - District 22

 Beth Wessel-Kroeschell - District 49

Aime J Wichtendahl - District 80

Carolyn Wiezorek - District 65

Ross Wilburn - District 50

Kristofer Williams - District 8

The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club announces its list of candidate endorsements for the 2026 general election.

The Iowa Chapter is announcing the list of candidates being endorsed for the 2026  election.  These candidates have been selected based on their support of the critical environmental issues facing Iowans such as clean water, renewable energy, voter access to the polls, and protection of the bottle deposit law.  They are leaders who truly care about public policy and its effect on the citizens of Iowa.  True leadership means dealing with the problems the state faces.  Leadership is not kicking the can down the road, leadership is not pretending the problems are being solved when they are not being addressed, and leadership is not denying there are problems.  Being a leader requires courage, vision, and an interest in the future.  

The Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club conducts a rigorous process for endorsing state candidates.  Chapter leaders primarily base their endorsements for incumbents on their voting records.  Candidates who are not incumbents are endorsed based on their answers to the Chapter’s questionnaire.

Endorsements require two entities to endorse.  Groups evaluate candidates representing the group districts and make recommendations to the Political Committee and the Chapter Executive Committee.  Candidates in districts not represented by Chapter Groups are evaluated by the Political Committee and the Chapter Executive Committee.  Endorsement votes by two of any of these three entities (Groups, Political Committee and Executive Committee) constitute the combination of two entities required for endorsement.