Brian Bruening
Brian Bruening (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 64. Bruening declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.[source]
Elections
2026
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on June 2, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64
Brian Bruening (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64 on June 2, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64
Incumbent Jason Gearhart (R) is running in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64 on June 2, 2026.
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2024
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 32
Incumbent Michael T. Klimesh defeated Brian Bruening in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael T. Klimesh (R) | 64.6 | 22,097 |
| Brian Bruening (D) | 35.3 | 12,080 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 27 | ||
| Total votes: 34,204 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 32
Incumbent Michael T. Klimesh advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 32 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael T. Klimesh | 99.3 | 3,664 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 3,690 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bruening in this election.
2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 64
Incumbent Anne Osmundson defeated Brian Bruening in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 64 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anne Osmundson (R) | 68.8 | 9,176 |
| Brian Bruening (D) | 31.1 | 4,151 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 13,333 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64
Incumbent Anne Osmundson advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 64 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anne Osmundson | 99.9 | 2,207 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 2,210 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
Brian Bruening completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bruening's responses.
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- Support funding of public schools and do not support private school vouchers.
- I do not support the use of Eminent Domain to that private land for private companies.
- I support access healthcare, including reproductive care.
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See also
2026 Elections
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