Brooke Boden

Brooke Boden

Republican Party

Candidate, Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor: Tom Moore (R)

Prior offices:

Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Years in office: 2021 - 2023

Predecessor: Scott Ourth (D)

Successor: Austin Harris (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$25,000/year

Per diem

$201/day for legislators who live outside of Polk County. $150.75/day for legislators who live within Polk County.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

June 2, 2026

Personal

Birthplace

Indianola, IA

Profession

Business owner

Contact

Official website

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Brooke Boden (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 21. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Boden (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 21. She declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on June 2, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Brooke Boden was born in Indianola, Iowa. Boden's career experience includes owning a business and working as an insurance agent and repairwoman. She served as a co-chair of the Warren County GOP.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Boden was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• House Government Oversight Committee
• House Veterans Affairs Committee, Chair
• House Ways and Means Committee

2023-2024

Boden was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• House Government Oversight Committee, Chair
• House Human Resources Committee
• House Ways and Means Committee

2021-2022

Boden was assigned to the following committees:

• House Human Resources Committee
• House State Government Committee, Vice chair
• House Veterans Affairs Committee
• House Ways and Means Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

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 21

Spencer Waugh (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Spencer Waugh

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Incumbent Brooke Boden (R) is running in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 2, 2026.

		Candidate
		Brooke Boden

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2024

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Incumbent Brooke Boden defeated Spencer Waugh in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden (R)	58.6	10,184
		Spencer Waugh (D)	41.2	7,166
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	23

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,373
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Spencer Waugh advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Waugh	99.5	633
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	3

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 636
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Incumbent Brooke Boden advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden	98.1	1,485
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9	29

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,514
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Incumbent Brooke Boden defeated Joseph Kerner in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden (R)	62.1	7,931
		Joseph Kerner (D)	37.8	4,828
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	7

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Joseph Kerner advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Kerner	99.7	1,324
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,328
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21

Incumbent Brooke Boden advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 21 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden	99.5	1,967
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	10

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,977
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Brooke Boden defeated incumbent Scott Ourth in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden (R)	53.6	9,784
		Scott Ourth (D)	46.2	8,431
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	26

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Incumbent Scott Ourth advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Ourth	99.4	2,955
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	17

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,972
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Brooke Boden advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brooke Boden	99.2	2,135
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	18

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,153
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Brooke Boden campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Iowa House of Representatives District 21	Won general	$76,467	$50,924
2022	Iowa House of Representatives District 21	Won general	$61,119	$53,342
2020	Iowa House of Representatives District 26	Won general	$547,078	N/A**
Grand total			$684,664	$104,266
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Iowa

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• 2025
• 2024
• 2023
• 2022
• 2021

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2025.

• The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2024.

• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2023.

• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2022.

• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
• National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2021.

• Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
• Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
• The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by Tom Moore (R)	Iowa House of Representatives District 21 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Scott Ourth (D)	Iowa House of Representatives District 26 2021-2023	Succeeded by Austin Harris (R)

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

Minority Leader:Brian Meyer

Representatives

District 1

J.D. Scholten (D)

District 2

Robert Henderson (R)

District 3

Thomas Jeneary (R)

District 4

Skyler Wheeler (R)

District 5

Zach Dieken (R)

District 6

Megan Jones (R)

District 7

Wendy Larson (R)

District 8

Ann Meyer (R)

District 9

Henry Stone (R)

District 10

John Wills (R)

District 11

Craig Williams (R)

District 12

Steven Holt (R)

District 13

Travis Sitzmann (R)

District 14

Jacob Bossman (R)

District 15

Matt Windschitl (R)

District 16

David Sieck (R)

District 17

Devon Wood (R)

District 18

Tom Moore (R)

District 19

Brent Siegrist (R)

District 20

Josh Turek (D)

District 21

Brooke Boden (R)

District 22

Samantha Fett (R)

District 23

Ray Sorensen (R)

District 24

Sam Wengryn (R)

District 25

Hans Wilz (R)

District 26

Austin Harris (R)

District 27

Kenan Judge (D)

District 28

David Young (R)

District 29

Brian Meyer (D)

District 30

Megan Srinivas (D)

District 31

Mary Madison (D)

District 32

Jennifer Konfrst (D)

District 33

Ruth Gaines (D)

District 34

Rob Johnson (D)

District 35

Sean Bagniewski (D)

District 36

Austin Baeth (D)

District 37

Barb McCulla (R)

District 38

Jon Dunwell (R)

District 39

Rick Olson (D)

District 40

Bill Gustoff (R)

District 41

Ryan Weldon (R)

District 42

Heather Matson (D)

District 43

Eddie Andrews (R)

District 44

Larry McBurney (D)

District 45

Brian Lohse (R)

District 46

Dan Gehlbach (R)

District 47

Carter Nordman (R)

District 48

Chad Behn (R)

District 49

Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)

District 50

Ross Wilburn (D)

District 51

Brett Barker (R)

District 52

David Blom (R)

District 53

Dean Fisher (R)

District 54

Joshua Meggers (R)

District 55

Shannon Latham (R)

District 56

Mark Thompson (R)

District 57

Pat Grassley (R)

District 58

Charley Thomson (R)

District 59

Christian Hermanson (R)

District 60

Jane Bloomingdale (R)

District 61

Timi Brown-Powers (D)

District 62

Jerome Amos (D)

District 63

Michael Bergan (R)

District 64

Jason Gearhart (R)

District 65

Shannon Lundgren (R)

District 66

Steven Bradley (R)

District 67

Craig Johnson (R)

District 68

Chad Ingels (R)

District 69

Tom Determann (R)

District 70

Norlin Mommsen (R)

District 71

Lindsay James (D)

District 72

Jennifer Smith (R)

District 73

Elizabeth Wilson (D)

District 74

Eric Gjerde (D)

District 75

Bob Kressig (D)

District 76

Derek Wulf (R)

District 77

Jeff Cooling (D)

District 78

Angel Ramirez (D)

District 79

Tracy Ehlert (D)

District 80

Aime Wichtendahl (D)

District 81

Daniel Gosa (D)

District 82

Bobby Kaufmann (R)

District 83

Cindy Golding (R)

District 84

Thomas Gerhold (R)

District 85

Amy Nielsen (D)

District 86

David Jacoby (D)

District 87

Jeff Shipley (R)

District 88

Helena Hayes (R)

District 89

Elinor Levin (D)

District 90

Adam Zabner (D)

District 91

Judd Lawler (R)

District 92

Heather Hora (R)

District 93

Gary Mohr (R)

District 94

Mike Vondran (R)

District 95

Taylor Collins (R)

District 96

Mark Cisneros (R)

District 97

Ken Croken (D)

District 98

Monica Kurth (D)

District 99

Matthew Rinker (R)

District 100

Blaine Watkins (R)

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Democratic Party (33)