Karen Varley
Candidate for Iowa House District 23 · Democrat
On the 2026 ballotChallenger · Iowa House District 23 · Nov 3 General
Ballot status source: Iowa Secretary of State — Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election: State Representative District 23 — 'Karen Varley', Democratic · read Oct 4, 2026
The District
What Iowa House District 23 covers
Covers all of Adair County and Madison County; parts of Union County, Dallas County and Clarke County.
Includes Winterset, Adair (part), De Soto (part), Dexter, Earlham, East Peru, Fontanelle, Greenfield, Macksburg, Murray, Redfield, Stuart (part) and 8 more.
21 precincts · District lines: State house lines: Iowa Legislative Services Agency, Plan 2 Iowa House districts enacted November 4, 2021 (2021 Iowa Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session; effective with the 2022 elections), gis.legis.iowa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Districts/IowaDistricts/MapServer/0, · Precinct lines: Iowa Legislative Services Agency, Iowa Precincts (as of the 2022 reprecincting) statewide layer (services.arcgis.com/vPD5PVLI6sfkZ5E4 Iowa_Precincts); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer; Iowa Legislative Services Agency precincts (2016 file) for the 2020 general
Results
Certified results for Iowa House District 23
State Representative District 23
Iowa General Election 2024-11-05 · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bubba SorensenRepublican | Republican | 12,837 | 72.1% |
| Karen VarleyDemocrat | Democrat | 4,939 | 27.7% |
| Write-in | 36 | 0.2% |
Certified — Iowa county canvass results as published by the Iowa Secretary of State (Clarity ENR final county uploads; county totals reconcile exactly to the State Board of Canvassers canvass summary) · Iowa Secretary of State — Election Night Reporting / Precinct Results by County
State Representative District 23
Iowa General Election 2022-11-08 · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bubba SorensenRepublican | Republican | 11,399 | 97.9% |
| Write-in | 249 | 2.1% |
Certified — Iowa county canvass results as published by the Iowa Secretary of State (Clarity ENR final county uploads; county totals reconcile exactly to the State Board of Canvassers canvass summary) · Iowa Secretary of State — Election Night Reporting / Precinct Results by County
State Representative District 23
Iowa General Election 2020-11-03 · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| David A. SieckRepublican | Republican | 12,917 | 98.3% |
| Write-in | 219 | 1.7% |
Certified — Iowa county canvass results as published by the Iowa Secretary of State (Clarity ENR final county uploads; county totals reconcile exactly to the State Board of Canvassers canvass summary) · Iowa Secretary of State — Election Night Reporting / Precinct Results by County
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for Iowa House District 23
- Bubba SorensenRepublican · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot
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