Sarah Trone Garriott
Photo: Iowa General Assembly, Copyrighted free use (Iowa General Assembly official portrait permission)
DemocratIn office since Nov 2020

Sarah Trone Garriott

Iowa State Senator, District 14 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Won the 2026 race for Iowa's 3rd District.

Iowa State Senator, District 14

In office
6 yrs
Since 2020
Bills became law
0
88 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
9.5%
Chamber median 2.9%
With party
91%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+7.3
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Health and Human Services · ranking member
  • Education

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 88 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Garriott sits in the Iowa State Senate

Garriott is closer to the center than 67% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianGarriottMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Tony Bisignano, Tom Townsend, Catelin Drey

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:49 PM ET

With Garriott’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats91%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Iowa State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Garriott’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Garriott 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)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026U.S. House, IA-3WonD+7.3R+4.5+11.8
2024Iowa State Senate, District 14WonD+0.1R+0.4+0.5
2022Iowa State Senate, District 14WonD+3.0D+2.0+1.0
2020Iowa State Senate, District 22WonD+0.4——

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

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$8.1M
Spent
$6.9M
Cash
$1.2M

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

SARAH FOR IOWA
FEC
Active

Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET

Seats Garriott has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Garriott has run against

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

In the polls

Included in 1 poll; Garriott’s best result was 42% (Iowa's 3rd District, 2026).

Garriott’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Garriott

One person, matched across every source we use.

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