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U.S. House · IA-04 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Dave Dawson

Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District

Lawton attorney and former Iowa state representative focused on rural health care, family farms, infrastructure, worker rights and retirement security.

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DistrictIA-04
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Dave stands.

Campaign position

Offer a voluntary public health plan

  • Supports a voluntary public insurance option, Medicare drug-price negotiation and protections for existing private coverage

Campaign position

Support beginning and family farmers

  • Would pass a long-term Farm Bill, expand USDA loans and land access for beginning farmers, and challenge agribusiness monopolies

Campaign position

Invest in rural infrastructure

  • Supports federal investment in rural broadband, roads, bridges and water systems to strengthen communities and local businesses

Campaign position

Protect workers and family incomes

  • Supports the PRO Act, a higher federal minimum wage, an expanded Child Tax Credit and federal childcare investment

Campaign position

Strengthen Social Security and Medicare

  • Opposes benefit cuts and privatization
  • Supports lifting the Social Security payroll-tax cap and protecting local service offices

Campaign position

Ban trading and curb lobbying

  • Supports a congressional individual-stock ban, six House terms or two Senate terms, and a five-year post-Congress lobbying moratorium

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. Began in 2002

    Experience

    Woodbury County prosecutor

    Returned to Iowa in 2002 to work in the Woodbury County Attorney's Office, prosecuting criminal cases.

  2. Elected in 2012

    Experience

    Iowa state representative

    First elected in 2012 and served two terms in the Iowa House of Representatives.

  • Accomplishment

    Won child-protection court case

    Successfully argued a case before the Iowa Supreme Court to safeguard children's rights.

  • Experience

    Child-abuse prevention council president

    Served as president of the Siouxland Council on Child Abuse and Neglect.

  • Experience

    Chicago attorney

    Worked in Chicago's legal sector for three years before returning to Iowa.

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