Lindsay James

Lindsay James has been a Presbyterian pastor and an interfaith chaplain.¹ She and her husband, Christopher, live in Dubuque, where she led Irving Elementary School's parent teacher association.¹ As a mother of two teenagers, she has made school funding and the effects of social media part of her campaign.²

Born in Portland, Oregon, James studied communications at Santa Clara University and earned a divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary in California.¹ Before entering the legislature, she helped found and directed the Loras College Peace Institute and taught as an adjunct at the University of Dubuque.¹ She also chaired Dubuque's Community Development Advisory Commission.¹

Her Iowa House service began in 2019 and has included work on government oversight, judiciary issues and the Iowa Finance Authority.¹ In 2019, she joined Republican Joe Mitchell and two state senators to establish the Iowa Future Caucus, bringing together legislators age 40 and younger across party lines.³ That Republican colleague is now her opponent for the congressional seat Ashley Hinson is leaving to run for Senate.⁴

James proposes reversing Medicaid cuts, allowing people to buy into Medicare from age 55 and expanding the program's ability to negotiate prescription prices.⁵ She also supports restoring federal abortion protections.⁵ Her ethics proposals include banning congressional stock trading, prohibiting former members from lobbying Congress and limiting House members to twelve years in office.⁶