The Waukee Brief
A rezoning near your street, a school bond, a bill at the statehouse: it all runs through people you can actually reach. Here is who holds each office for Waukee right now, how to contact them, and which seats are on the ballot next. We keep this current; a few of these change with the November 2026 election, and we flag those below.
Waukee's mayor is Courtney Clarke, working with a five-member city council elected at-large. Waukee sits in Dallas County (not Polk), so your supervisors are the Dallas County Board. In Congress, your U.S. Representative is Zach Nunn (Iowa's 3rd District). Not sure of your exact statehouse district? Look it up by address.
Waukee's mayor is Courtney Clarke, and the five city council members are Anna Pierce, Chris Crone, Rob Grove, Kala Anderson, and Lori Lyon. Waukee runs on a mayor-and-council system. The five council members are elected at-large (there are no wards, so every member represents the whole city) to overlapping four-year terms. As of 2026:
The council meets at 5:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of the month at Waukee City Hall, 230 W. Hickman Road (with a Zoom option). Meetings are open to the public and include time for public comment. You can reach the mayor and council through the city's Mayor & Council directory.
Waukee is in Dallas County, not Polk County, so your county board is the Dallas County Board of Supervisors. It currently has three members: Brad Golightly (District 1), Julia Helm (District 2), and Kim Chapman (District 3). Your county supervisors handle the things above the city line: county roads, the sheriff and jail, elections, public health, and the assessor.
Big change coming: county voters approved expanding the board from three seats to five. Five new district seats are on the November 2026 ballot, and the larger board takes office in January 2027. See the Dallas County Board of Supervisors.
Waukee's state senator is Sarah Trone Garriott (Iowa Senate District 14), who lives in Waukee, and in the Iowa House the Waukee area is represented by Kenan Judge. Senate District 14 covers Waukee, Adel, Van Meter, and parts of West Des Moines and Clive. Because Waukee is growing fast and a big city can be split across House districts, your neighbor two streets over may have a different representative.
To be sure of yours, look up your legislators by address on the Iowa Legislature site. Note that Sen. Trone Garriott has announced a run for the U.S. House in 2026, so her Senate seat could be in play as well.
Waukee's U.S. Representative is Zach Nunn, who holds Iowa's 3rd District seat, and Iowa's two U.S. Senators are Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst.
Senators represent all of Iowa, so both are yours. Contact info is at grassley.senate.gov, ernst.senate.gov, and nunn.house.gov.
Several seats are on the Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 ballot:
• Dallas County supervisors: the board expands from three seats to five, and all five districts are up, so this is a full reset of your county board.
• U.S. Senate: Sen. Ernst is not seeking reelection, so the seat is open. Check current candidates before you vote.
• Iowa Legislature: statehouse seats are on the ballot, and Sen. Trone Garriott is running for Congress rather than reelection to her Senate seat.
Also on the 2026 ballot: Governor, other statewide offices, and the rest of the Iowa Legislature. We will update this page after the results are certified.
The Waukee Community School District Board of Education has seven members elected at-large to unpaid four-year terms. They set the district budget, hire the superintendent, and vote on boundaries and buildings, the decisions that shape one of Iowa's largest and fastest-growing districts, which now runs two high schools. Because seats turn over at each November school election, we point you to the district's own roster rather than risk listing a name that has changed.
For the current members and officers, see the district's School Board page, where meeting schedules and agendas are also posted. Meetings are open with time for public comment.
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You do not have to run for anything to have a say. A few doors in:
Courtney Clarke. The mayor presides over a five-member city council that meets at 5:30 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of the month at Waukee City Hall, 230 W. Hickman Road.
Five, elected at-large (no wards) to overlapping four-year terms. As of 2026: Anna Pierce, Chris Crone, Rob Grove, Kala Anderson, and Lori Lyon.
Waukee is in Dallas County, not Polk County. The board currently has three members: Brad Golightly (District 1), Julia Helm (District 2), and Kim Chapman (District 3). Voters approved expanding the board to five members, with five district seats on the November 2026 ballot and the new board taking office in January 2027.
State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (Iowa Senate District 14), who lives in Waukee, and in the Iowa House the Waukee area is represented by Kenan Judge. Because the city can be split across House districts, look up your exact district by address on the Iowa Legislature website.
In the U.S. House, Zach Nunn (Iowa's 3rd District). In the U.S. Senate, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, though Ernst's seat is open in the November 2026 election.
The Waukee Community School District Board of Education has seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. For the current roster and officers, see the district's official School Board page.
Several Waukee-area seats are on the Tuesday, November 3, 2026 ballot, including the open U.S. Senate seat, the newly expanded five-member Dallas County Board of Supervisors, and seats in the Iowa Legislature, along with the governor's race.