Austin Harris (Iowa)

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Austin Harris
Image of Austin Harris
Iowa House of Representatives District 26
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor

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

Associate

Indian Hills Community College, 2015

Personal
Profession
Farmer
Contact

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Austin Harris (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 26. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.

Harris (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 26. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Austin Harris earned an A.A. from Indian Hills Community College in 2015.[1] Harris' career experience includes working as a farmer.[2]

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.


Committee assignments

2023-2024

Harris was assigned to the following committees:

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Elections

2024

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Incumbent Austin Harris defeated Darcie Whitlow and Donald Gier in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Austin Harris
Austin Harris (R)
 
71.5
 
10,842
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Darcie Whitlow (D)
 
24.1
 
3,658
Image of Donald Gier
Donald Gier (L)
 
4.2
 
635
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
32

Total votes: 15,167
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Incumbent Austin Harris advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Austin Harris
Austin Harris
 
98.5
 
2,447
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
38

Total votes: 2,485
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Harris in this election.

2022

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Austin Harris won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Austin Harris
Austin Harris (R)
 
98.5
 
9,635
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
151

Total votes: 9,786
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26

Austin Harris defeated Mark Chelgren in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 26 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Austin Harris
Austin Harris
 
54.9
 
1,610
Image of Mark Chelgren
Mark Chelgren
 
44.9
 
1,315
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
5

Total votes: 2,930
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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Campaign finance summary


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Austin Harris campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Iowa House of Representatives District 26Won general$52,952 $12,441
2022Iowa House of Representatives District 26Won general$52,074 $44,773
Grand total$105,026 $57,214
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

Scorecards

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Footnotes

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Preceded by
Brooke Boden (R)
Iowa House of Representatives District 26
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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