Political texting · Iowa
Political texting in Iowa
How campaigns and officials reach Iowa voters by text, compliantly - from the statewide races to every county.
The 2026 Iowa ballot
A U.S. Senate seat and all 4 U.S. House seats are on Iowa's 2026 ballot.
U.S. Senate 2026 · statewide
RepJoni K. Ernst Incumbent
DemJoshua "Josh" Turek
RepAshley Hinson Arenholz
LibThomas Raymond Laehn
U.S. House · District 1 2026
RepMariannette Jane Miller-Meeks Incumbent
DemChristina Bohannan
No PartyMichael Bridgford
U.S. House · District 2 2026
RepAshley Hinson Arenholz Incumbent
DemLindsay James
RepJoe Mitchell
LibRichard "Rick" Stewart
No PartyDave Bushaw
U.S. House · District 3 2026
RepZach Nunn Incumbent
DemSarah Trone Garriott
LibJacob "Jake" Heard
U.S. House · District 4 2026
RepRandall "Randy" Feenstra Incumbent
DemDave Dawson
RepChris McGowan
Compiled from official filings. Full coverage in the Iowa election center.
The rules for texting Iowa voters
Iowa campaigns text under two layers of rules. The federal TCPA is the floor: prior express consent before sending, honored opt-outs, and automated messages limited to 8 a.m.-9 p.m. in the recipient's local time. On top sit Iowa's own consumer-protection and telemarketing rules and the carrier standard (the CTIA Messaging Principles) that decides whether messages deliver at all.
The discipline is the same everywhere: text only people who opted in, identify yourself, honor STOP instantly, and gate every send to legal hours for each recipient. Do that and you are compliant with the law and welcome on the carriers' network.
Quiet hours run on the voter's clock. Every message has to be gated to each recipient's own local time, not the campaign's.
Run a compliant program in Iowa
- Build a consented list. Collect opt-ins with a clear call to action, and keep the record.
- Register properly. Complete 10DLC brand and campaign registration before you send.
- Gate every send to legal hours per recipient, so no voter gets a text outside 8 a.m.-9 p.m. their time.
- Honor STOP and HELP automatically, and keep the opt-out record as compliance evidence.
- Send things people want - useful, identified, on-cadence - so the messages land and complaints don't.
Iowa by county
Txtra covers campaigns in all 99 counties across Iowa.
Adair CountyAdams CountyAllamakee CountyAppanoose CountyAudubon CountyBenton CountyBlack Hawk CountyBoone CountyBremer CountyBuchanan CountyBuena Vista CountyButler CountyCalhoun CountyCarroll CountyCass CountyCedar CountyCerro Gordo CountyCherokee CountyChickasaw CountyClarke CountyClay CountyClayton CountyClinton CountyCrawford CountyDallas CountyDavis CountyDecatur CountyDelaware CountyDes Moines CountyDickinson CountyDubuque CountyEmmet CountyFayette CountyFloyd CountyFranklin CountyFremont CountyGreene CountyGrundy CountyGuthrie CountyHamilton CountyHancock CountyHardin CountyHarrison CountyHenry CountyHoward CountyHumboldt CountyIda CountyIowa CountyJackson CountyJasper CountyJefferson CountyJohnson CountyJones CountyKeokuk CountyKossuth CountyLee CountyLinn CountyLouisa CountyLucas CountyLyon CountyMadison CountyMahaska CountyMarion CountyMarshall CountyMills CountyMitchell CountyMonona CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyMuscatine CountyO'Brien CountyOsceola CountyPage CountyPalo Alto CountyPlymouth CountyPocahontas CountyPolk CountyPottawattamie CountyPoweshiek CountyRinggold CountySac CountyScott CountyShelby CountySioux CountyStory CountyTama CountyTaylor CountyUnion CountyVan Buren CountyWapello CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWebster CountyWinnebago CountyWinneshiek CountyWoodbury CountyWorth CountyWright County