Chris Cournoyer
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RepublicanNot in office · last served 20262026 general: counting

Chris Cournoyer

Last held office: Iowa State Senate, District 35 (2022–2026). Ran for Iowa Auditor in 2026; the count goes on.

Last office: Iowa State Senate, District 35Born 1970

Last margin
+22.1
Won 2022

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 11:01 PM ET

Career

Offices held, and every time Cournoyer was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Cournoyer has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Cournoyer won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

YearOfficeStageResultOpponentsShareMarginBaselineAgainst baseline
2026Iowa AuditorGeneralCountingTaylor Wettach (D), Write-in (I)49.7%D+0.5R+13.4−13.9
2022Iowa State Senate, District 35GeneralWonJed O. V. Ganzer (D)61%R+22.1—
2018Iowa State Senate, District 49GeneralWonPatti Robinson (D)54.9%R+9.9—

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Iowa Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Seats Cournoyer has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Cournoyer has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Iowa Secretary of State (unofficial)

How we know Cournoyer

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 11:01 PM ET