THE 2026 CANDIDATE FILE
Candidate for U.S. House · Iowa · District 2
THE PERSON
Joe Mitchell is a workforce-housing developer and former Iowa state representative. His campaign biography also describes service at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Background sources checked October 27, 2026.
THE POLICIES
Campaign promises are labeled separately from past actions. These are sourced positions, not endorsements or predictions. No stance is assigned from party affiliation.
Supports 12 years in each congressional chamber, bans on congressional stock and prediction-market trading, and rejecting corporate PAC money.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports stronger border enforcement, deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and a temporary H-1B visa ban.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports natural gas, oil, nuclear, coal, hydropower, solar and wind.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports retaining key ACA protections, international drug-price comparisons, price transparency, patient-directed subsidies and expanded over-the-counter access.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports reducing homebuilding regulations to increase housing supply.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports lower taxes for middle-class families and small businesses and simplifying the tax code.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports reduced regulation, expanded export markets and domestic fertilizer production.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports parental decision-making and tying federal college funding to transparency, affordability and outcomes.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports voter identification requirements for federal elections.
Source checked October 27, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.THE ELECTION
U.S. House · District 2 · November 3, 2026
Candidate listing checked October 23, 2026.
Iowa Secretary of State · November 3, 2026 general-election candidate list ↗Portrait source ↗Photo: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped to fit
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