Iowa House District 26
Building a Durable Rural Iowa
I'm Brett Mohler — neighbor, engineer, father. I'm running for State House to fix what's broken and build what lasts.
I'm Brett Mohler — neighbor, engineer, father. I'm running for State House to fix what's broken and build what lasts.
Economic Populism
I'm not a polished politician. I'm a tool designer in the agricultural manufacturing industry. Two years ago, my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. A doctor at Monroe County Hospital — our ER, in the middle of the night — knew exactly what she was looking at. Her decision-making saved his life. So when I talk about healthcare, it's not a policy position. That's my kid.
"I'm running because we need fewer career politicians and more politicians with careers. And I'm running on three things specifically — water, schools, healthcare. Not the culture war. The kitchen-table war."
— Brett Mohler, HD26 ForumThree Planks
Water. Schools. Healthcare. Specific fixes for the things that put food on the table in District 26.
MercyOne Ottumwa just closed — seven primary care providers gone, an hour-plus drive for a doctor. Pay nurses and doctors to plant roots here on multi-year contracts. Hold managed-care companies accountable. Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the country — clean water at the source is preventive medicine, and a lot cheaper than chemotherapy.
Pay farmers to lead it — a tax credit for every acre under a real nutrient management plan, zero-percent loans for precision equipment that already reduces runoff. "Batch & Build" wetlands and saturated buffers. Iowa's water quality and Iowa's cancer rate are the same problem.
Our rural kids deserve the same resources as the city kids. Restore Area Education Agencies. Fully fund our public schools — three years running, the legislature hasn't even kept up with inflation.
Iowa is set to spend over $300 million next year on private-school vouchers — and half of our state's counties don't even have a private school. That's money out the door. Public dollars belong in public schools.
Put welders, lathes, and diagnostic equipment back in our high schools. AI is not going to plumb a hospital or run a CNC machine anytime soon. We need plumbers, electricians, and machinists — and the trades deserve fair wages, benefits, and an apprenticeship pipeline worth the body.
Right now, the only thing standing between a farmer and a tractor he can't fix is a non-binding handshake — either side can walk away with fifteen days' notice. Codify it. Protect IP, protect manufacturers, give farmers an enforceable standard at three a.m. in the middle of harvest.
Out-of-state hedge funds are buying our manufactured-home parks and raising lot rents on fixed-income seniors by 60-70%. Real first-time homebuyer help. Rent tied to inflation with three months' notice. Triple the Homestead Tax Credit. Freeze property taxes for our seniors.
We're tracking 46+ bills across education, water, healthcare, and rural development. Follow specific bills and get notified when they change status.
Meet Brett
I grew up in Waterloo and moved to Albia in 2003 before my sophomore year. I've called this district home for 23 years. I met my wife Brigitte here. We're raising our son here — and two years ago, an ER doctor at Monroe County Hospital recognized his Type 1 Diabetes in the middle of the night and saved his life. That's why healthcare isn't an abstraction to me. It's a hospital that stays open, or it isn't.
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