Candidate · November 3, 2026
Sarah Trone Garriott
On the ballot for U.S. House · Iowa's 3rd District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $8.1M
- cash on hand
- $1.2M
- issues with public statements
- 24
- outside spending for or against
- $5.0M
§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 3rd District1 |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democratic1 |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
The Iowa Legislature's website lists Sarah Trone Garriott as the Democratic state senator for District 14, with service in the Iowa Senate beginning in January 2021.2 Her campaign website says she is an ordained Lutheran pastor who served a congregation in rural Virginia and moved to Iowa in 2013 to lead Faith Lutheran Church in Clive.3 It says she worked as a hospital chaplain and as the Coordinator of Interfaith Engagement for the Des Moines Area Religious Council Food Pantry Network.3 It says she was an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer for a year, supporting victims of domestic violence, and that she studied at Harvard Divinity School.3
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running for Congress to ensure Iowans have a voice in Washington.3 It also says she is running because public service should mean serving the public rather than oneself, donors or a party.4
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesarahforiowa.com5
- Facebookfacebook.com/sarahforiowa5
- X (Twitter)x.com/SarahforIowa5
- Instagraminstagram.com/sarahforiowa5
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@sarahforiowa5
- TikToktiktok.com/@sarahforiowa5
- Blueskybsky.app/profile/sarahforiowa.bsky.social5
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she supports a full ban on stock trading by any member of Congress, the White House and their staff.4
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Her campaign website says she will push for term-limit legislation in Congress with a 12-year cap, equal to six House terms or two Senate terms.4
- Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
- Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
- No term limits
Her campaign website says she will push to ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide, and describes Iowa's system, in which a nonpartisan agency draws the maps and politicians can vote a map up or down.4
Her campaign website says she will work to ban corporate PACs and super PACs and to overturn Citizens United.4
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website says the Supreme Court needs a clear, enforceable ethics code in which justices step aside when they have a financial stake in a case, every gift and free trip is disclosed, and an independent body can enforce the rules.4
- Pass a law setting a binding ethics code, with outside review of complaints and recusal decisions
- Keep ethics rules in the court's hands, but have it add its own way to enforce them
- Keep the court's current code
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Her campaign website says she is committed to ending the tariff policy, which it says is raising prices on ordinary families and harming Iowa's economy.6
- Lower or remove most tariffs
- Targeted tariffs on some countries or goods
- Broad tariffs on most imports
Her campaign website says she will support passage of the PRO Act to strengthen and enforce the right to organize and bargain collectively.7
- Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
- Keep current rules
- Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized
Family and Social Policy
Her campaign website says she is committed to expanding the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.6
Her campaign website says she wants to provide families with paid family and medical leave so everyone can take a short time off to care for themselves or a loved one without losing a paycheck or a job.6
Health Care
Her campaign website says she will work to roll back the Medicaid cuts, which it says will cause 86,000 Iowans to lose their health insurance and close rural hospitals and clinics, and to expand access to Medicaid in rural communities.8,
- Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
- Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
- Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
Her campaign website says the ACA tax credits need to be extended to keep insurance affordable for working families.8
Her campaign website says she will work to let more Iowans access care earlier through Medicare.8
Social Security and Medicare
Her campaign website says she will fight for allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices to lower costs and give people more choices.8
Her campaign website says she will never support cuts to or privatization of Social Security and Medicare, and will fight to strengthen both programs.9
Immigration
Her campaign website says she will push for comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border, streamlines legal pathways, protects Dreamers and invests in preventing human trafficking and drug smuggling.10
Her campaign website says ICE must follow the law, be accountable to the American people, and protect rather than hurt communities.10
Education
Her campaign website says she will work to protect the Department of Education and the federal dollars that flow to Iowa classrooms each year.11
- Close the department and move or end its programs
- Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
- Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Her campaign website says private school vouchers divert millions of taxpayer dollars away from public schools while rural schools consolidate or close.11
Her campaign website says she will push to make community college and trade programs available to all, along with raising teacher pay and expanding early childhood education.11
Crime, Policing and Prisons
Her campaign website says she will support investing in what local law enforcement needs, more victim services and community-based mental health response teams.12
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website says she will work to restore nationwide protections for abortion access.13
- A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
- Leave abortion law to each state
- A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Her campaign website says she will work to restore nationwide protections for abortion access and that politicians should not interfere with medical decisions made between patients, doctors and family.13
Her campaign website says she will work to safeguard the right to contraception, IVF and prenatal care.13
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her campaign website says she will support policies that build out broadband access in rural areas.14
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.15
| Raised | $8,070,402 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $6,916,812 |
| Cash on hand | $1,153,590 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $1,307,981 supporting and $3,727,026 opposing Sarah Trone Garriott this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 26, 2026.16
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| NO GOING BACK PAC INC. | — | $3,379,640 |
| Project 218 | $747,118 | — |
| CFFE PAC | $342,410 | — |
| America PAC | — | $274,105 |
| Progressive Turnout Project | $98,874 | — |
| MAGA INC. | — | $51,225 |
| AB PAC | $37,455 | — |
| WelcomePAC | $35,145 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report17filed Aug 13, 2026
- Candidate financial disclosure report18filed Sep 1, 2025