Kenan Judge
Kenan Judge (Democratic Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 27. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Judge (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 27. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kenan Judge was born in Georgetown, Iowa. Judge graduated from Albia High School. His career experience includes working as the vice president of meat, seafood, and deli with HyVee. Judge has served as the chair of the Waukee Area Christian Services Annual Gala Committee and has been affiliated with the Iowa Homeless Youth Center.[1]
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Judge was assigned to the following committees:
- House Agriculture Committee
- House Commerce Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
2023-2024
Judge was assigned to the following committees:
- House Agriculture Committee
- House Commerce Committee, Ranking Member
- Natural Resources Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
2021-2022
Judge was assigned to the following committees:
- House Agriculture Committee, Ranking member
- House Commerce Committee
- Economic Growth Committee
- Natural Resources Committee
2019-2020
Judge was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Incumbent Kenan Judge defeated Oliver Bardwell in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kenan Judge (D) | 55.7 | 11,886 |
| Oliver Bardwell (R) | 44.2 | 9,429 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 21,333 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Incumbent Kenan Judge advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge | 99.7 | 697 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 699 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Oliver Bardwell advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Oliver Bardwell | 98.5 | 637 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 647 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Incumbent Kenan Judge defeated Kristen Stiffler in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge (D) | 55.2 | 8,337 |
 | Kristen Stiffler (R) | 44.8 | 6,757 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 15,099 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Incumbent Kenan Judge advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge | 100.0 | 1,503 |
| Total votes: 1,503 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27
Kristen Stiffler advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 27 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Stiffler | 99.1 | 1,463 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 1,476 | |||
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2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Kenan Judge defeated Dave Lorenzen and Dave Stock in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge (D) | 53.0 | 15,244 |
| Dave Lorenzen (R) | 45.7 | 13,138 | ||
 | Dave Stock (Independent) | 1.2 | 346 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 28,749 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Incumbent Kenan Judge advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge | 99.7 | 4,305 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 4,320 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Dave Lorenzen defeated Paul Knupp in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dave Lorenzen | 80.3 | 2,184 | |
 | Paul Knupp | 19.1 | 520 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 2,719 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Kenan Judge defeated Anna Bergman and Gabriel Thomson in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge (D) | 51.7 | 11,169 |
| Anna Bergman (R) | 46.1 | 9,959 | ||
| Gabriel Thomson (L) | 2.2 | 469 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 21,607 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Kenan Judge advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenan Judge | 100.0 | 2,049 |
| Total votes: 2,049 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44
Anna Bergman defeated Travis Grassel in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 44 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anna Bergman | 66.9 | 708 | |
| Travis Grassel | 33.1 | 350 | ||
| Total votes: 1,058 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Kenan Judge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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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.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2020.
- 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.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Iowa General Assembly in 2019.
- 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.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Iowa House of Representatives District 27 |
Officeholder Iowa House of Representatives District 27 |
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Joel Fry (R) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 27 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Rob Taylor (R) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 44 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by John Forbes (D) |
