In an effort to educate the public and voters, the Iowa Hunger Coalition asked all 170 candidates for Iowa House and all 45 candidates for Iowa Senate the following question:
Do you believe Iowa should participate in the Summer EBT (SUN Bucks) program?
You can find candidate responses in the tables below. Not all candidates responded. All 100 of Iowa’s House Districts are up for election in 2024, along with half (25) of Iowa’s Senate Districts.
The Iowa Hunger Coalition is a nonpartisan organization, does not endorse candidates, and does not endorse the views shared by candidates below.
Find your Iowa House and Senate District.
Tips for navigating the map and tables:
- You can click on the maps below to filter candidate responses from a specific Iowa House or Senate District.
- You can hover over districts on the map to examine the district-specific impact of Summer EBT.
- These estimates are based on the number of students who attended a public school located in the district and qualified for free and reduced price school meals in the 2023-2024 school year.
- These estimates are based on the number of students who attended a public school located in the district and qualified for free and reduced price school meals in the 2023-2024 school year.
- Some candidate responses are longer and do not fit in their entirety in the table – you can hover over the candidate response in order to read a response in full.
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Candidates – it’s not too late to tell us where you stand!
Email your response to iowahungercoalition@gmail.com.
Summer EBT Candidate Responses – Iowa House
Summer EBT Candidate Responses – Iowa Senate
Note: only half of seats (even-numbered) in the Iowa Senate are up for election in 2024.