Staphanie Steiner
IA-04 Democratic nominee?
$1.3K
JUN 3, 2026
Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleWomen's health nurse
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationIowa
BackgroundWomen's health nurse
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Notable personal detailsStephanie Steiner is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She has worked in women’s health care for Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City and later as a traveling nurse. She lives near Sutherland, Iowa, and has described herself as a small livestock producer and a mother of seven.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate emphasizes affordability, support for family farmers over corporate agribusiness, and policies such as universal health care and a living wage. Campaign messaging frames her as a progressive Democrat who opposes corporate influence and prioritizes economic policies aimed at helping working families and rural communities.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All and expanded public healthcare access; prioritizes rebuilding rural healthcare, protecting Medicaid access, and opposing legislative efforts that would remove people’s access to care.
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Immigration & Border
Supports humane, justice‑aligned immigration reform including a pathway to citizenship for long‑term contributors, protections for asylum seekers and migrants, limits on family separation and indefinite detention, expanded immigration judges/courts, and reforms to reduce deaths and abuses in detention and at the border.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports reproductive rights and access to reproductive health care and opposes strict abortion bans such as Iowa’s six-week restrictions. She frames reproductive care as part of rural health care access and says she will defend reproductive rights for Iowans.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate expresses support for the Second Amendment but has not published clear, detailed positions on specific gun-policy measures such as universal background checks, assault-weapons bans, or red-flag laws. Available public reporting highlights general support for gun rights while focusing campaign messaging on health care, rural issues, and farms.
News
Staphanie Steiner is in the news as a Democratic candidate in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District race. She is part of a growing primary field that also includes Dave Dawson and Ashley WolfTornabane. The district is expected to stay Republican-leaning, so the Democratic candidates are trying to make gains ahead of the primary and general election.
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