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Jeff Edler

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Jeff Edler
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Iowa State Senate District 36
Iowa State Senate District 26
Successor: Kara Warme
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Jeff Edler (Republican Party) was a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 26. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. He left office on January 2, 2025.

Edler (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 36. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Edler was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Edler was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Edler was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture
• Education, Vice chair
• Judiciary
• Veterans Affairs
• Ways and Means

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

2024

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024

Elder did not file for re-election.

2020

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 36

Incumbent Jeff Edler defeated David Degner in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 36 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Jeff Edler (R)
 
60.5
 
16,841
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David Degner (D)
 
39.4
 
10,957
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
39

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,837
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 36

David Degner advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 36 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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David Degner
 
99.5
 
3,807
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
21

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,828
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 36

Incumbent Jeff Edler advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 36 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Jeff Edler
 
99.3
 
3,585
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
26

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,611
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2016

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Jeff Edler defeated incumbent Steven Sodders in the Iowa State Senate District 36 general election.[1][2]

Iowa State Senate, District 36 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Edler 52.91% 14,731
     Democratic Steven Sodders Incumbent 47.09% 13,111
Total Votes 27,842
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


Incumbent Steven Sodders ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 36 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Iowa State Senate, District 36 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Steven Sodders Incumbent (unopposed)


Jeff Edler ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 36 Republican primary.[3][4]

Iowa State Senate, District 36 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jeff Edler  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

Edler's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Protecting Our Tax Dollars

  • If our families must budget to make ends meet, so should our government. Jeff Edler will protect our tax dollars from wasteful spending to ensure we are providing for today without jeopardizing our future.

Investing in Education

  • Jeff Edler will ensure Iowa has the educational resources to provide a quality education for our children that prepares them to compete and thrive as a part of tomorrow’s workforce.

Defending Our Rights

  • As our State Senator, Jeff Edler will work to align the Iowa Constitution with the U.S. Constitution to defend our most sacred rights and liberties. To protect our voice, Jeff Edler will stand strong for voter ID.[5]
 ”
—Jeff Edler[6]

Campaign finance summary

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Jeff Edler campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Iowa State Senate District 36Won general$282,011 N/A**
2016Iowa State Senate, District 36Won $674,379 N/A**
Grand total$956,390 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections 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

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2024

In 2024, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 20.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
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2019


2018


2017




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Candidate

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "General Candidate List, 2016," accessed August 24, 2016
    2. ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Canvass Summary," accessed December 16, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," March 21, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Canvass Summary," accessed August 22, 2016
    5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    6. ↑ Jeff Edler, "Common Sense Solutions for Iowa," accessed September 19, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Iowa State Senate District 26
    2023-2025    		 Succeeded by
    Kara Warme (R)
    Preceded by
    -     		Iowa State Senate District 36
    2017-2023    		 Succeeded by
    -


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