Daniel Arch

No Party Affiliation | Iowa

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Candidate Profile

State Representative, District 89 Iowa General | November 3, 2026

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Business Management in Leadership., 2021-2025

WORK & MILITARY

Hy-Vee, Cashier, Cook, Manager, 2019-2024

CAMBUS, Transit Operator, 2024-2026

Iowa City Transit, Transit Operator, 2026-

AFFILIATIONS

Good News Bible Church, Audio and Visual Technician, 2015-

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Iowa District 89 Representative, 2026-

OTHER INFORMATION

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.

Strongly Agree

All life is precious, the method of creating such a life should not invalidate that life.

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?

Minimum wage needs to remain around the same it is currently. The real issue is that costs must drop. If we increase minimum wage, businesses will only increase costs to make more money.

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

Strongly Agree

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

Investigate waste in the school system. Investigate waste in administrative and bureaucratic roles. Removal of now-redundant spending in areas that used to be major problems, such as with healthcare and outmoded styles of environmental protection. Slashing the support insurance companies receive and lowering their tax breaks.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

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

It means that the state is not allowed to interfere with the church.

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.

Healthcare should be available for all who want it, and for now private options should still be available, but government should not provide any breaks to private insurance.

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.

Neutral

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

No, we should not be letting foreign countries control our interests and politics. We should not be dragged into foreign wars.


IMMIGRATION

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

Strongly Disagree

The states should not be actively opposing the federal government. Any country that has this happening is bound to tear itself apart.


EDUCATION

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

Neutral

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Neutral


VALUES

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

Strongly Agree

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

Strongly 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.

Strongly Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a born-again Christian. I believe it is my duty to know Christ, to make Him known, and to help others do the same. I have been overseas on missions' trips 6 different times and counting, some of which was to help refugees from the war in Ukraine.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

I think it undermines a national democracy if we allow foreign nationals to vote and influence our politics. That way we can protect American citizens from hostile powers.


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.

Agree

I would agree that it is a threat, however here in America, it has become much less of a problem than it used to be as we have gotten a handle on it. The crisis now lies with foreign countries.

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

Nuclear, followed by hydro and solar potentially in the future.


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?

Very Conservative

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?

To ensure that justice is dealt, and that the innocent are not harmed.

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

Neutral

This is a difficult one as this can become extreme and see the government requiring databases of people to even use the internet. I want to make sure that children are safe, but this is a parent's role, not the governments.

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

Strongly Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

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

Felons should not be allowed to own firearms.

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