Barclay Woerner

Republican | Iowa

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Barclay Woerner — State Representative, District 79 (Iowa Republican Primary | June 2, 2026) Barclay Woerner — State Rep., Dist. 79 (Iowa General | November 5, 2024)
State Representative, District 79 Iowa General | November 3, 2026
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Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

William Jewell College, Liberty, Bachelor

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Masters

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, Supervisor

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Candidate did not provide

ENDORSEMENTS

CONSERVATIVE (1)

Stand For Health Freedom

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (4)

Barclay Woerner (2024)

Iowa Liberty Network (2024)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)

Young Republican National Federation (2024)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)

Barclay Woerner (2024)

Iowa PAC for Life (2024)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)

Tom Gerhold (2024)


OTHER INFORMATION

Iowa Right to Life questionnaire grades.

Barclay Woerner completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. 

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Did not answer

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Agree

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Wages for entry level workers in Iowa have continued to increase without an increase to the legal minimum wage. The natural growth in wages has helped to maximize the number of positions that are available for entry level workers in the state.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

Eminent domain should not be used for private gain. It should remain the domain of public use.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

Improved transparency by placing publicly accessible records online including contracts, financial records, and other documents that can easily be placed online.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

This means that the government should not create or interfere with a person's deeply held religious beliefs.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

Medicaid and Medicare should continue to provide support for the most vulnerable in our country, but we have already seen the dramatic rise in the cost of health insurance this decade. The failures of the V.A. to provide healthcare to our military veterans is an example why government healthcare will continue to fail.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

Israel has been a strong ally to the U.S. in a strategically significant part of the world where we do not have many friends.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Agree

We have seen a decline in the quality of education across the country since the creation of the Department of Education. I support local control of our schools, because each community is unique. This uniqueness is what requires teachers to be able to inspire and challenge their students in different ways to motivate success in school. We have seen a decline in the quality of education across the country since the creation of the Department of Education.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree

Money has a profound impact on the choices that administrators make in our schools. We do not want other countries determining what is important for our children. We need local control, not global control.


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Agree

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Neutral

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

Did not answer


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

Iowa currently requires voter I.D. and we have not had anyone refused a ballot who should have been legally provided with one.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Nuclear energy has become a safe, reliable source of electricity regardless of the weather conditions.


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Did not answer

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

It should be help protect and free the innocent, deter others from committing crimes, and rehabilitate those who have made poor choices.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Disagree


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

Did not answer

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