Michael Bergan

Michael Bergan

Republican Party

Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Sandy Salmon

Prior offices

Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Successor: Shannon Latham

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Compensation

Base salary

$25,000/year

Per diem

$178/day for legislators who live outside of Polk County. $133.50/day for legislators who live within Polk County.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Luther College

Personal

Birthplace

Decorah, Iowa

Profession

Accountant

Contact

Official website

Campaign Facebook

Michael Bergan (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 63. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Bergan (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 63. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Michael Bergan was born in Decorah, Iowa. Bergan graduated from Decorah High School. He earned a bachelor’s degrees in accounting and economics from Luther College. Bergan's career experience includes working as a tax accountant, an income tax preparer and office accountant with the Miller Law Firm, and the director of HAWC Partnerships for Children. He has served on the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Commission, the Iowa Early ACCESS Council, and the Iowa State Empowerment Board.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Bergan was assigned to the following committees:

• House Appropriations Committee
• House Human Resources Committee
• Labor Committee
• House State Government Committee

2021-2022

Bergan was assigned to the following committees:

• Economic Growth Committee
• House Human Resources Committee
• Labor Committee
• House Ways and Means Committee

2019-2020

Bergan was assigned to the following committees:

• House Human Resources Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• House State Government Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Iowa committee assignments, 2017
• Human Resources, Vice chair
• State Government
• Ways and Means

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

2024

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Michael Bergan won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan (R)	97.9	13,566
		Other/Write-in votes	2.1	288

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,854
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Michael Bergan advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan	99.3	566
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	4

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bergan in this election.

2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Michael Bergan defeated Tim Lecander in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan (R)	61.4	8,613
		Tim Lecander (D)	38.6	5,409
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	6

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,028
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Tim Lecander advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tim Lecander	100.0	1,513

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,513
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63

Incumbent Michael Bergan advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 63 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan	99.4	1,634
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	10

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,644
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2020

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Michael Bergan defeated Kayla Koether in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan (R)	54.3	8,886
		Kayla Koether (D)	45.6	7,463
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	14

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,363
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Kayla Koether advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kayla Koether	99.7	2,861
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	10

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,871
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Michael Bergan advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan	99.5	2,288
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	12

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,300
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2018

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Michael Bergan defeated Kayla Koether in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan (R)	50.0	6,924
		Kayla Koether (D)	49.9	6,915
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	7

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,846
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Kayla Koether advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kayla Koether	100.0	1,494

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,494
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55

Incumbent Michael Bergan advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 55 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Bergan	100.0	675

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 675
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2016

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa House of Representatives took place 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. Incumbent Darrel Branhagen (R) did not seek re-election.

Michael Bergan defeated Pat Ritter in the Iowa House of Representatives District 55 general election.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 55 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Bergan	57.18%	8,943
	Democratic	Pat Ritter	42.82%	6,697
Total Votes				15,640
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Pat Ritter defeated Steve McCargar in the Iowa House of Representatives District 55 Democratic primary.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 55 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pat Ritter	51.95%	881
	Democratic	Steve McCargar	48.05%	815
Total Votes				1,696

Michael Bergan defeated Alex Popenhagen in the Iowa House of Representatives District 55 Republican primary.

Iowa House of Representatives, District 55 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Bergan	60.15%	714
	Republican	Alex Popenhagen	39.85%	473
Total Votes				1,187

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Michael Bergan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Michael Bergan did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Bergan's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Work for effective and efficient government that provides for public safety, infrastructure, and education Encourage economic growth and development Limit government control and regulation – keep it local	”
—Michael Bergan

Campaign finance summary

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Michael Bergan campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Iowa House of Representatives District 63	Won general	$60,811	$43,085
2022	Iowa House of Representatives District 63	Won general	$55,206	$40,962
2020	Iowa House of Representatives District 55	Won general	$667,213	N/A**
2018	Iowa House of Representatives District 55	Won general	$228,337	N/A**
2016	Iowa House of Representatives, District 55	Won	$302,348	N/A**
Grand total			$1,313,914	$84,047
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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2023

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2022

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In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24. 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.

2021

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In 2021, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 19. 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.

2020

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In 2020, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 14. The session was suspended from March 16 through June 3. 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.

2019

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In 2019, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 through April 27. 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.

2018

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In 2018, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 5. 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.

2017

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In 2017, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 through April 22. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Legislators are scored on their votes on bills tracked by CCI Action. 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 Sandy Salmon (R)	Iowa House of Representatives District 63 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Iowa House of Representatives District 55 2017-2023	Succeeded by Shannon Latham (R)

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Current members of the Iowa House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bobby Kaufmann

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

Mike Sexton (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)

Republican Party (67)

Democratic Party (33)