Dan Gehlbach
Dan Gehlbach (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 46. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Gehlbach (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 46. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Dan Gehlbach was born in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] Gehlbach earned a B.S. in business administration from the University of Kansas in 2000 and an M.B.A. from Arizona State University in 2008. His career experience includes owning Mathnasium - The Math Learning Center and working as an audit manager with CHAN Healthcare Auditors, a senior internal auditor with Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and a field auditor with Audit Bureau of Circulations.[1][2] Gehlbach has served on the board of the Waukee Area Chamber of Commerce and the boundary committee of Waukee Community Schools.[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
2023-2024
Gehlbach was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent Dan Gehlbach defeated Lynne Campbell in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Gehlbach (R) | 55.1 | 10,858 | |
 | Lynne Campbell (D) | 44.8 | 8,826 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 19,704 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Lynne Campbell advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lynne Campbell | 99.8 | 602 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 603 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent Dan Gehlbach advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Gehlbach | 97.4 | 515 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.6 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 529 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Dan Gehlbach defeated Bridget Carberry Montgomery in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dan Gehlbach (R) | 55.6 | 8,009 | |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery (D) | 44.3 | 6,393 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 14,415 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Bridget Carberry Montgomery advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bridget Carberry Montgomery | 99.9 | 1,350 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,351 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Jeremy Freeman | 32.4 | 584 | |
| Dan Kelley | 25.6 | 461 | ||
| Dan Gehlbach | 24.7 | 445 | ||
| Esperance Hope Ikora | 9.1 | 163 | |
| Dave Dicks | 8.1 | 146 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 1,801 | ||||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Iowa House of Representatives District 46
Dan Gehlbach defeated Dave Dicks, Jeremy Freeman, Esperance Hope Ikora, and Dan Kelley in the Republican convention for Iowa House of Representatives District 46 on June 27, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| Dave Dicks (R) | |
| Jeremy Freeman (R) | |
| ✔ | Dan Gehlbach (R) | |
| Esperance Hope Ikora (R) | |
| Dan Kelley (R) | ||
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Note: Since no candidates received at least 35% of the vote in the Republican primary on June 7, 2022, a convention was held on June 27 to choose the nominee. Dan Gehlbach was chosen as the nominee at the convention with about 55% of the vote. Dave Dicks received 17%, Jeremy Freeman had 12%, Esperance Hope Ikora earned 11%, and Dan Kelley received 6%.[3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Dan Gehlbach completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gehlbach's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dan Gehlbach is a conservative Republican running for Iowa House District 46. Dan is a proven leader with a track record of conservative voting while serving on the Waukee School Board. He is a former internal auditor that has worked both on the provider side and insurance side of healthcare. Dan owns and operates a successful small business, has taught high school overseas, and knows public school funding and finances. Dan is a native or Polk County Urbandale and has lived in Dallas County Urbandale for the past 16 years with his wife Staci and their 2 school aged daughters.
- Lowering and flattening tax rates - Iowa needs to be able to attract talent to the state. New and native Iowans (like me) need to be able to come home to start families and businesses. This begins with lower and competitive state taxes and returning unused revenue back to hard working Iowans.
- School choice for all Iowans - Parents deserve to have a voice in their children’s education. After observing the Waukee School District as a board member for the last two years, I know Iowa needs to support school choice so all Iowa families can make the best education decision for their children.
- Protecting individual freedoms - No government should be mandating what we put in our bodies or what we wear on our faces. I will fight to protect our God given rights. This includes protecting the rights of the unborn. The Constitution doesn’t grant us freedoms; it prohibits government from taking them.
School Choice
Protecting Life
Lowering Taxes and Regulations
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Campaign finance summary
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2023
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Iowa House of Representatives District 46 |
Officeholder Iowa House of Representatives District 46 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 4, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Dan Gehlbach," accessed May 13, 2023
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Dan Gehlbach, Waukee School Board member, wins Republican nomination for House District 46," June 27, 2022
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| Preceded by Ross Wilburn (D) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 46 2023-Present |
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