Waylon Brown

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Waylon Brown
Image of Waylon Brown
Prior offices
Iowa State Senate District 26

Iowa State Senate District 30
Successor: Doug Campbell

Personal
Birthplace
Osage, Iowa
Profession
Business owner
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Waylon Brown (Republican Party) was a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 30. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. He left office on July 10, 2024.

Brown (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 30. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.

Brown resigned from the Iowa State Senate District 30 on July 10, 2024. [1]

Biography

Waylon Brown was born in Osage, Iowa. Brown graduated from St. Ansgar High School.[2] His career experience includes owning Waylon Brown Construction Inc. and working as a farmer.[2][3] Brown has been affiliated with the Mitchell County Farm Bureau and the Cedar Valley Seminary Board.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Brown was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Brown was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Brown 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, Vice chair
Labor and Business Relations
State Government
Transportation
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

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 30

Doug Campbell defeated Richard Lorence in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Doug Campbell
Doug Campbell (R)
 
61.3
 
20,272
Richard Lorence (D)
 
38.6
 
12,762
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
58

Total votes: 33,092
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Richard Lorence advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Richard Lorence
 
98.2
 
937
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.8
 
17

Total votes: 954
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Incumbent Waylon Brown defeated Doug Campbell in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Waylon Brown
Waylon Brown
 
52.8
 
2,547
Image of Doug Campbell
Doug Campbell
 
47.1
 
2,273
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
6

Total votes: 4,826
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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 30

Incumbent Waylon Brown defeated Whitney Mixdorf in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 30 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Waylon Brown
Waylon Brown (R)
 
60.2
 
15,288
Image of Whitney Mixdorf
Whitney Mixdorf (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.7
 
10,082
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
12

Total votes: 25,382
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Whitney Mixdorf advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Whitney Mixdorf
Whitney Mixdorf Candidate Connection
 
99.7
 
2,360
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
8

Total votes: 2,368
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30

Incumbent Waylon Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 30 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Waylon Brown
Waylon Brown
 
99.3
 
4,333
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
32

Total votes: 4,365
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2020

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Iowa State Senate District 26

Incumbent Waylon Brown defeated Deb Scharper in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Waylon Brown
Waylon Brown (R)
 
65.5
 
20,655
Deb Scharper (D)
 
34.4
 
10,858
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
23

Total votes: 31,536
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

Deb Scharper advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Deb Scharper (Write-in)
 
50.6
 
222
 Other/Write-in votes
 
49.4
 
217

Total votes: 439
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26

Incumbent Waylon Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 26 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Waylon Brown
Waylon Brown
 
99.6
 
3,848
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
15

Total votes: 3,863
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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.

Waylon Brown defeated incumbent Mary Jo Wilhelm in the Iowa State Senate District 26 general election.[4][5]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Waylon Brown 62.38% 19,165
     Democratic Mary Jo Wilhelm Incumbent 37.62% 11,557
Total Votes 30,722
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


Incumbent Mary Jo Wilhelm ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 26 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mary Jo Wilhelm Incumbent (unopposed)


Waylon Brown ran unopposed in the Iowa State Senate District 26 Republican primary.[6][7]

Iowa State Senate, District 26 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Waylon Brown  (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Brown's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Putting Our Families First

  • Waylon will work to keep taxes low for our hardworking families and cut wasteful government spending to create jobs and grow our economy.

Keeping Big Government Out of the Way

  • Waylon Brown will fight needless government regulations that hurt farmers, working families and small businesses that provide good local jobs.

Securing Our Future

  • As a proud father of two, Waylon Brown is concerned about the future we are leaving for our children. That’s why Waylon will work to ensure our students receive an education that prepares them to compete in tomorrow’s economy.[8]
—Waylon Brown[9]

Campaign finance summary


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Waylon Brown campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Iowa State Senate District 30Withdrew general$254,042 $262,712
2022Iowa State Senate District 30Won general$258,076 $201,447
2020Iowa State Senate District 26Won general$284,981 N/A**
2016Iowa State Senate, District 26Won $604,836 N/A**
Grand total$1,401,935 $464,159
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

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.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.


2023


2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017




See also


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Iowa State Senate District 30
2023-2024
Succeeded by
Doug Campbell (R)
Preceded by
-
Iowa State Senate District 26
2017-2023
Succeeded by
-


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