Candidate · November 3, 2026
Rick Stewart
On the ballot for U.S. House · Iowa's 2nd District
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Iowa's 2nd District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1 |
| Status | Open seat — no incumbent is running for this seat. |
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§2Who they are
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Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Rick Stewart was the Libertarian Party's candidate for Iowa secretary of agriculture in 2018, for U.S. Senate in 2020 and for governor in 2022.2 Ballotpedia says he has worked as chief executive of Frontier Natural Products Co-Operative and as a law enforcement officer in Maquoketa, Iowa.2 It lists his education as an associate degree in agricultural mechanics from Kirkwood Community College, a 1991 bachelor's degree from Coe College and a 1993 master's degree from the University of Chicago.2