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StateIowa Senate

Steve Baier

State senator-elect, Senate District 9

Won this seat Nov 3 (unofficial results). Takes office Jan 11.

Party
Republican
District
Senate District 9See it on a street map
Replaces
Tom Shipley
Until they take office

No record here yet

Steve Baier hasn’t served in the Iowa Senate, so there’s no voting record or committee list. Both appear here once they’re sworn in and the Legislature lists their seat, along with official contact details.

Until then, Senate District 9 is represented by Tom Shipley, who’s the one to contact about bills before the new session.

Where they serve

Senate District 9

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Steve Baier represents Senate District 9, which takes in parts or all of Cass, Ringgold, Page, Taylor, Adams, Montgomery and Union counties.

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District lines from the US Census Bureau, drawn in Iowa’s 2021 redistricting. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.

Campaign money

Who funds their campaign

Money given to Steve Baier’s campaign for the Iowa Senate, from reports it files with the state. It doesn’t include money raised for any other race, such as a run for Congress, which is reported to the Federal Election Commission instead. We show totals; we don’t name individual donors.

$12,300raised in 2025–26, through Oct 13

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party committees
From Iowa
96%
of money with an address on the report
Small gifts
68%
of individuals’ money came in gifts of $100 or less; 0% in gifts of $1,000 or more

Biggest donors

PACs, party committees, other campaigns and organizations.

  1. Associated General Contractors of Iowa PACPAC$5,000
  2. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action CommitteePAC$5,000
  3. Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPACPAC$750
  4. Deere & Company PAC - Iowa (Deere PAC-Iowa)PAC$500
  5. Adams County Republican Central CommitteeParty$100
See the numbers
Where the money came from, 2025–26
SourceAmountShare
Individuals People giving their own money$9508%
PACs Political action committees: unions, businesses, causes$11,25091%
Party committees State and county party committees$1001%
Other candidates Other politicians’ campaign committees$00%
Businesses and other Businesses, groups, unregistered committees and unitemized gifts$00%
In-kind gifts (included above)$00%

Totals cover their campaign committee only, not money spent by outside groups. In-kind gifts count at their reported value. Party money often passes through caucus committees, which show up here as PACs. How we count campaign money

From Iowa Campaign Contributions Received, published by the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission under CC BY-NC 4.0. We total and summarize the reports as campaigns filed them. Last checked Nov 7.