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 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.
Austin Baeth - District 36
Sean Bagniewski - District 35
Eric Gjerde - District 74
Dave Jacoby - District 86
Elinor Levin - District 89
Mary Madison - District 31
Megan L. Srinivas - District 30
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell - District 49
Aime J Wichtendahl - District 80
Ross Wilburn - District 50
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.
