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Sarah Trone Garriott
2023 - Present
2029
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Sarah Trone Garriott (Democratic Party) is a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 14. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Trone Garriott (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Biography
Sarah Trone Garriott was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from Cloquet High School. Trone Garriott earned a B.A. in history from the College of St. Scholastica in 1999, an M.A. in theological studies from Harvard University Divinity School in 2003, and an M.Div. from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in 2008.[1][2][3][4]
Trone Garriott’s career experience includes working as a coordinator of interfaith engagement with the Des Moines Area Religious Council, as an associate pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Clive, Iowa, and as a pastor of Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bergton, Virginia. She co-founded the Iowa Interfaith Exchange. She has been affiliated with the Lutheran Church ELCA and the Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry Network[1][2][3][4]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Trone Garriott was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Commerce Committee
- Senate Education Committee
- Health and Human Services, Ranking Member
- Natural Resources & Environment Committee
- Rules and Administration Committee
- Health Policy Oversight Committee
- Legislative Council
- Studies Committee
2021-2022
Trone Garriott was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Human Resources Committee (decommissioned)
- Natural Resources & Environment Committee, Ranking member
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2026
See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Zach Nunn (R) | |
 | Lanon Baccam (D) | |
 | Xavier Carrigan (D) | |
 | Jennifer Konfrst (D) | |
| Tracy Limon (D) | ||
 | Sarah Trone Garriott (D) | |
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Endorsements
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2024
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 14
Incumbent Sarah Trone Garriott defeated Mark Hanson in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott (D) | 50.0 | 20,467 |
| Mark Hanson (R) | 49.9 | 20,438 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 40,964 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 14
Incumbent Sarah Trone Garriott advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 14 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott | 99.7 | 1,485 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 1,490 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 14
Mark Hanson advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 14 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Hanson | 98.5 | 1,485 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 1,507 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 14
Incumbent Sarah Trone Garriott defeated incumbent Jake Chapman in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott (D) | 51.4 | 15,095 |
 | Jake Chapman (R) | 48.5 | 14,222 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 29,346 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 14
Incumbent Sarah Trone Garriott advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 14 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott | 99.9 | 3,223 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 3,225 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 14
Incumbent Jake Chapman advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 14 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jake Chapman | 99.1 | 3,088 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 3,117 | |||
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2020
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 22
Sarah Trone Garriott defeated Scott Cirksena in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 22 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott (D) | 50.1 | 23,110 |
 | Scott Cirksena (R) | 49.8 | 22,946 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 61 | ||
| Total votes: 46,117 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 22
Sarah Trone Garriott defeated Tricia Gavin and Michael Libbie in the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 22 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Trone Garriott | 47.8 | 4,300 |
 | Tricia Gavin | 38.6 | 3,480 | |
| Michael Libbie | 13.4 | 1,206 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 9,004 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 22
Scott Cirksena defeated Porsha Hart in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 22 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Cirksena | 78.9 | 3,683 |
 | Porsha Hart | 20.7 | 964 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 4,667 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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- Like a lot of people who live in this district, my family also counts on strong public schools for our children. The future of our state depends on our public schools.
I have a record of standing up for our public schools, educators, families, and students.
I opposed private school vouchers, book bans, the destructive AEA bill, and the misguided attendance policy. I filed bills to invest in early childhood education and voted to fund mental health supports in the schools. When the State Senate President called teachers “sinister,” I ran against him and defeated him. - The right to make deeply personal, private reproductive health care decisions should belong to the Iowans themselves—not politicians. In the State Senate I have been a passionate advocate to protect our rights and improve access to reproductive care. I sponsored legislation to protect the right to contraception, IVF, and abortion access. I argued against the Governor kicking thousands of Iowans off of Medicaid coverage for pregnancy and the year that followed. When our state passed one of the most extreme abortion bans in the nation, I was on the Senate floor sharing the stories of Iowans right up until the moment the Republican Majority cut off debate.
- I am an advocate for the economic policies that truly help our neighbors and build a stronger economy. I stand up for quality affordable child care, strong public schools, tax policies that are fair, higher wages, accessible health care, and a government that listens to regular Iowans—not out of state big money interests. I know what it is like to be caught between child care bills that costs more than our mortgage and student loans. Even with two incomes our family has often struggled to make ends meet. Not only can I relate to the economic pressures that Iowans are facing, for years I have worked with the non-profits that are on the front lines assisting our neighbors.
They do seem very interested in what big out-of-state money has to say.
The main character thinks he wants to be a pastor, but drops out of seminary when he realizes that he does not have all the answers. He instead becomes a barber in a small town in Kentucky, digging graves to make some extra money. Over the course of his life he comes to realize that he has been pastor to the community, in more meaningful ways that the official pastor had been.
State legislators may work on and vote on nearly any issue. We don't know everything--and some legislators need to be reminded they don't know everything. That's why it is so important for the public to have a voice in the process. One of the best things about being a State Senator is that I am constantly learning new things about my state.
When I was a hospital chaplain and later a parish pastor, I invested a lot of my time in getting to know my communities (the hospital, the rural communities I served). When I had built relationships and trust, my neighbors were more likely to reach out for assistance or to share their thoughts honestly. I was also better able to respond because I knew the resources. This is the same approach I take to serving in the state legislature.
Right now Iowa does not have a separation of powers, so essential to protecting our democracy. The Governor spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to challenges members of her own party who stood against her private school voucher scheme. Now the Republican majority is a rubber stamp for any policy that the Governor puts forward, no matter how unpopular with the public: private school vouchers, dismantling the AEAs, an extreme abortion ban.
Commerce
Natural Resources
Education
and I am the ranking Democrat on Health and Human Services
When the Dallas County Supervisors refused year after year to expand the County Board from 3-5, the citizens were able to conduct a petition drive to put it on the ballot. This spring 15 cities sent a letter to the board asking them to expand the board and they did not even respond. The cities spent weeks collecting 5,000 signatures. As a result, this year the people of Dallas County will have a choice, and be able to hold accountable long-time politicians who ignored the public.
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2022
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2020
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- Sarah is the parent of two children in the West Des Moines Public Schools, and has witnessed what a decade of miserably low funding has done in her children's classrooms. As Senator, Sarah will invest in our state's future by funding public education at the level it takes to be the best in the nation.
- Serving on the board of area nursing home, Sarah has seen the harmful impact of Medicaid Privatization on care institutions, providers, and patients. The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed how a broken healthcare system puts us all at risk. When elected, Sarah is committed to making quality, accessible healthcare a top priority for our state.
- Poor water quality and flooding are some of the most immediate ways that Iowans experience the impacts of the climate crisis. Like many in the district, Sarah worries about the safety of the water coming out of her tap or how spring flooding will put her neighbors' property, or even their lives, at risk. As a Senator, Sarah will continue her work of building partnerships to address big problems like climate change.
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2024
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In 2024, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 8 to April 20.
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2023
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In 2023, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 4.
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2022
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In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24.
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2021
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In 2021, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 19.
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House Iowa District 3 |
Officeholder Iowa State Senate District 14 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 9, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iowa Interfaith Exchange, “About,” accessed May 21, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Iowa Legislature, "Sarah Trone Garriott - All Years," accessed May 16, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 9, 2024
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Iowa State Senate District 14 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Charles Schneider (R) |
Iowa State Senate District 22 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
