State Representative District 15
State House District 15; Iowa
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 71 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 31,537 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(3,210,507 ÷ 31,537) ÷ ln(50,000) = 71.36, measured against a statewide vote in IA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Benjamin Schauer is a Dunlap City Council member and teaches band for the Boyer Valley Community School District.
No Party · declared
Republican · declared
Jason Sherer farms and runs small businesses in Harrison County and once owned two local nursing homes. He has served on his local school board and puts property tax relief and limits on eminent domain at the top of his list.
Records: Public Education Quality 1 for
No Party · declared
Marilyn "Mari Jo" Mentzer has spent her career as a real estate broker in Harrison County. She focuses on rising cancer rates in Iowa, clean well water for farm families, and property tax reform.
Sources: sos.iowa.gov2