Labor lawyer and former state representative Nate Willems is running for Iowa attorney general in 2026. Republican Brenna Bird currently holds the job.

An eastern Iowa attorney who served two terms in the Iowa House is running for attorney general. Nate Willems, a Democrat from Mount Vernon, said his top priorities would be assisting county attorneys in gaining convictions for violent felonies and protecting Iowans from corporate crimes.

The Anamosa native, now living in Mount Vernon, previously served two terms as a Democrat in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2008 to 2012. Willems is an attorney with Rush