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Des Moines Mayor · 2027
The arena · this cycle

Voter-education briefing for the 2027 Mayor race in Des Moines, Iowa. Confirm names, dates, and the sample ballot on official election sites — not on social media. Not 2026.

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2027 Election — Mayor of Des Moines

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This is Side Two

This page is the arena for this office, this cycle. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin.

It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot.

When

  • Next regular Mayor election: 2027 (odd-year November; confirm leftover dates on official city election sites)
  • Not 2026. Des Moines last elected a Mayor in November 2023 for a four-year term.

This is not a Governor race. Iowa’s 2026 Governor race is Governor · 2026.

Who is on the ballot

Do not take names from a news comment or a text thread.

  1. Official candidate list / sample ballot — dsm.city
  2. Polk County Elections
  3. Current Mayor of record — dsm.city
  4. Registration — official Iowa voter registration

If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.

What you are hiring

You are hiring the Mayor of Des Moines for this city — four years, council-manager-ward. Read the office page first.

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