Iowa House District 61 Candidate, Vincent Collis
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General Election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Vincent Collis has spent the past decade working behind the scenes in Democratic politics — as a software engineer building the digital campaign infrastructure that's helped elect Democrats across the country. In 2026, he's stepping out from behind the scenes to run for office himself, seeking to represent Iowa House District 61 in Waterloo.
Vincent is running for the seat being vacated by Timi Brown-Powers, who is moving up to run for the state Senate after more than a decade representing the district in the Iowa House. As a Waterloo resident and Cedar Valley neighbor, Vincent has framed his campaign around bringing his technical, detail-oriented approach from years of campaign work directly into public service.
In a video interview with the progressive Iowa outlet Insufferable Wenches, Vincent laid out three urgent priorities for his campaign: keeping rural hospitals open, standing with family farmers to protect Iowa's water, and fully funding public schools. He's framed his candidacy around a promise of honest leadership — telling voters directly what's happening to their schools, water, and health care, and then doing something about it.
Vincent lives on Omaha Avenue in Waterloo and has built his campaign as a genuinely grassroots effort, funded by individual donors and local county Democratic parties rather than corporate or special interest money.
Fun facts: Vincent spent a decade running digital campaigns for Democrats across the country before deciding to run for office himself. His campaign has been endorsed and covered by progressive Iowa outlets including Blog for Iowa and Insufferable Wenches of Iowa.
Vincent Collis has built his campaign for Iowa House District 61 around four central priorities, all framed through a lens of honest, accountable leadership for the Cedar Valley.
Accessible healthcare. Vincent has pledged to fight for policies that keep local hospitals and clinics open, arguing that healthcare access is a right, not a privilege, no matter a family's zip code — and specifically citing the importance of keeping rural hospitals open as one of his top three priorities.
Strong public schools. Vincent wants to defend public school funding, raise teacher pay, and stop what he calls voucher schemes that drain money away from the public schools most Cedar Valley kids actually attend, arguing that strong schools are the foundation of strong communities.
Clean water and land. Citing Iowa's ranking among the states with the most polluted waterways, Vincent has committed to championing common-sense water quality rules, investing in conservation, and standing up to the corporate polluters he says have had a free pass in Des Moines for too long.
Accountable government. Vincent has pledged to back ethics reforms and transparency in lawmaking, promising an accessible office that answers to District 61's voters — not party bosses or special interests.
Drawing on his background building digital tools for campaigns, Vincent has said his approach to the legislature will be the same one he's brought to every campaign he's worked on: capable, detail-oriented, and focused on results rather than talking points.
House District 61 is the seat Timi Brown-Powers is leaving behind as she runs for the state Senate, and Vincent Collis' campaign to hold it matters both for the seat itself and for the next generation of Black Hawk County Democratic leadership.
A new generation of local leadership. Vincent represents a new cohort of Black Hawk County Democrats stepping into candidacy for the first time — bringing professional skills honed on national Democratic campaigns directly to a local legislative race.
Continuity in a Waterloo Democratic stronghold. House District 61 has been reliably Democratic under Timi Brown-Powers for more than a decade, and Vincent's candidacy is central to keeping that continuity intact as the seat changes hands for the first time in years.
**Protecting Democratic ground in a Republican-supermajority legislature.** With Iowa Republicans holding commanding majorities in both legislative chambers, every Black Hawk County House seat that stays Democratic matters as a check on one-party rule in Des Moines.
Grassroots infrastructure for the whole county ticket. Vincent's decade of experience building digital campaign tools could prove valuable well beyond his own race — giving Black Hawk County Democrats a resource with real expertise in voter contact and digital organizing during a critical election cycle that includes competitive statewide and federal races.