Dave Sires
Dave Sires (Republican Party) is a member of the Iowa State Senate, representing District 38. He assumed office on January 2, 2025. His current term ends on January 2, 2029.
Sires (Republican Party) ran for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 38. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Sires completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dave Sires was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Sires earned a high school diploma from Cedar Falls High School. His career experience includes working as a businessman.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Iowa State Senate District 38
Dave Sires defeated incumbent Eric Giddens in the general election for Iowa State Senate District 38 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dave Sires (R) | 50.5 | 17,232 | |
| Eric Giddens (D) | 49.4 | 16,846 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 34,116 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 38
Incumbent Eric Giddens advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa State Senate District 38 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Eric Giddens | 99.8 | 1,388 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 1,391 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 38
Dave Sires defeated Steve Schmitt and James McCullagh in the Republican primary for Iowa State Senate District 38 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dave Sires | 58.9 | 1,365 | |
| Steve Schmitt | 26.9 | 622 | ||
| James McCullagh | 13.9 | 322 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 2,316 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Sires received the following endorsements.
- State Sen. Jesse Green (R)
- State Rep. Joshua Meggers (R)
- State Rep. Phil Thompson (R)
- State Rep. Derek Wulf (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dave Sires completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sires' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dave Sires is a businessman and former city councilman from Cedar Falls. He and his wife own and operate Cedar Village a manufactured housing community and a self storage facility. The manufactured housing business also includes new and used manufactured home sales.
He attended Lincoln Elementary, Holmes Junior High, and graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1979. He attended UNI in the early 1980’s studying economics.
Sires has always been a hard worker. When he was 10 years old he started selling sweet corn to make money and then bought his own tractor at the age of 13. He was farming 75 acres by the time he was a senior in high school.
In 2024, he completed a four year term as the Councilman At-Large in Cedar Falls, the largest city in District 38.
Dave has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 41 years. They have three adult children and three grandchildren with another expected in April.
- Protecting Freedoms: We’re blessed to live in a state that has put the people in charge and fights back against government overreach. For example, we kept our state open and kids in school during the COVID pandemic. Governor Reynolds and the Republican legislature have done a great job of protecting individual freedoms and fighting government overreach. I believe in limited government. I want to protect our freedom of speech, our 2nd amendment rights, property rights, and general right to live our lives without the heavy hand of the government interfering.
- Defending Families: As a grandfather of 3 girls, I will not stand for illogical policies that allow biological men to play women’s sports or use women’s restrooms. I fully support the rights of parents to know what is being taught to their children and also their right to choose where to send their children to school. I'm pro-life and pro-parent!
- Compassionate Leadership: We need more elected officials who are responsive to their constituents. On the city council, I answered every email and every phone call. I will have that same policy at the Capitol in Des Moines. Leaders need to be accessible to everyone that they represent and not be dismissive of their concerns.
Shrinking government. I’m passionate about government reform and shrinking the bureaucracy. I think that in all levels of government, unelected people have gained far too much power. Elected officials who are accountable to the voters should be running our cities, states, and country. Not appointed bureaucrats!
Elected officials need to be responsive to their constituents. Being accessible and listening to all those that you represent is most important!
When I was 10 years old, I started selling sweet corn to help make money to buy my own tractor which I did at the age of 13.
State Representative Derek Wulf
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Iowa State Senate District 38 |
Officeholder Iowa State Senate District 38 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 7, 2024
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| Preceded by Eric Giddens (D) |
Iowa State Senate District 38 2025-Present |
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