Attorney General — Iowa
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What this office is
The Attorney General of Iowa is the state’s lawyer. One office. The whole state. The term is four years. The next regular election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Confirm the clock, and the Attorney General of record, on official Iowa sites. This office has no term limit — that is a clock fact, not a crown.
This is not the Governor. The Governor file lives at Governor of Iowa. This is not a United States Attorney. This is not a county attorney. This office is the lawyer for Iowa.
Des Moines is the capital, in Polk County, under the gold dome. It is the largest city. That does not make Des Moines the map. Ninety-nine counties hire the same Attorney General — the Mississippi towns, the Missouri river counties, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Iowa City, Davenport, and the farm counties included.
This page is Side One. For this cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the Attorney General of record on iowaattorneygeneral.gov.
How the job fits this community
The inbox is a state inbox: a capital file from the gold dome that is not a river town, a farm-and-market consumer file that is not Polk County, a flood file on the Mississippi or the Missouri, a university-and-lab file, and a public-integrity file that never makes a downtown broadcast.
Staff who only know downtown Des Moines, or only know a university town as the whole state, are not doing the job. Minnesota is a different state. Wisconsin is a different state. Illinois is a different state. Missouri is a different state. Nebraska is a different state. South Dakota is a different state.
What the job entails
- Represent the state. Not a legislator. Not the Governor.
- Opinions where Iowa law actually gives them.
- Civil and criminal matters the constitution and statutes actually assign — not every county attorney’s case.
- Consumer and public-integrity files that are state files.
- Two homes. Des Moines for the job. The rest of the state for the people who hired the office.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: Iowa · Office: Attorney General
- Next regular election: 3 November 2026
- Always verify on iowaattorneygeneral.gov
What this is not
- Not the Governor. Not a U.S. Attorney. Not a county attorney.
- Not a United States Senator (Class II is 2026).
- Not the Mayor of Des Moines.
- Not a campaign flyer.
Official doors
The arena: 2026 election — Attorney General of Iowa