Austin Harris

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Austin Harris

|image = Austin Harris.jpg

|state_house = Iowa

|term_start = January 9, 2023

|term_end =

|district = 26th

|preceded = Brooke Boden

|succeeded =

|birth_name = Austin Rex Harris

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|11|6}}

|birth_place = Moulton, Iowa, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|occupation = Farmer

|spouse =

|children =

|relations =

|residence = Moulton, Iowa, U.S.

|alma_mater = Indian Hills Community College

}}

Austin Rex Harris (born 1995 or 1996), is an American politician from the state of Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to represent the 26th district in the Iowa House of Representatives in the 2022 election.

Early life and education

Harris was born in Moulton, Iowa in 1995 or 1996 and resides there with his family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottumwacourier.com/iowa-house-26-candidate-austin-harris/article_8c976638-d092-11ec-a666-4bbfe97d9b16.html |title=Iowa House 26 candidate: Austin Harris |website=Ottumwa Courier |date=2022-05-12 |access-date=2022-06-07}} He attended Moulton-Udell High School.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-07 |title=Austin Rex Harris {{!}} Trump Town |url=https://projects.propublica.org/trump-town/staffers/austin-rex-harris |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=ProPublica |language=en}} Harris earned an associates degree from Indian Hills Community College.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Iowa House 26 candidate: Austin Harris |url=https://www.ottumwacourier.com/iowa-house-26-candidate-austin-harris/article_8c976638-d092-11ec-a666-4bbfe97d9b16.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Ottumwa Courier |language=en}}

Political career

After facing Mark Chelgren in the Republican Party primary,{{cite news |title=Iowa House 26 candidate: Austin Harris |url=https://www.ottumwacourier.com/iowa-house-26-candidate-austin-harris/article_8c976638-d092-11ec-a666-4bbfe97d9b16.html |access-date=January 18, 2025 |work=Ottumwa Courier |date=May 12, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Santibanez-Molina |first1=Leslie |title=Two Republican candidates seek Iowa House District 26 nomination |url=https://ktvo.com/news/local/two-republican-candidates-seek-iowa-house-district-26-nomination |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=KTVO |date=May 17, 2022}} Harris was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in the 2022 election, representing the 26th district. He endorsed Nikki Haley for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.{{Cite tweet|number=1627868516043968512|user=AustinHarrisIA|title=Nikki Haley is the leader we need in the White House.|author=Austin Harris|date=2023-02-20|access-date=2023-03-20}} Harris won reelection in 2024, defeating Democratic candidate Darcie Whitlow and Libertarian candidate Donald Gier.{{cite news |last1=Drury |first1=Chad |last2=Ocker |first2=Kyle |title=GOP appears to expand Iowa legislative majorities |work=Ottumwa Courier |date=November 6, 2024}}

Electoral history

*incumbent

=2022=

{{Compact election box no change

|election_title =Iowa House primary elections, 2022

|election_note =District 26

|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/112996/web.285569/#/detail/15000 |title=State of Iowa – Primary Election 2022 |publisher=Secretary of State of Iowa |date=2022-06-07 |access-date=2022-06-08}}

|turnout_votes =

|result =

|loser_party =Iowa Democratic Party

|winner =Austin Harris

|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|winner_votes =1,610

|winner_percent =54.97

|candidate2 =Mark Chelgren

|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|candidate2_votes =1,314

|candidate2_percent =44.86

|candidate3 =Write-ins

|candidate3_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|candidate3_votes =5

|candidate3_percent =0.17}}

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|election_title =Iowa House general election, 2022

|election_note =District 26

|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/115641/web.307039/#/detail/8000 |title=State of Iowa – General Election 2022 |publisher=Secretary of State of Iowa |date=2022-11-08 |access-date=2022-11-09}}

|turnout_votes =

|result =

|loser_party =

|winner =Austin Harris

|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|winner_votes =9,635

|winner_percent =98.46

|candidate2 =Write-ins

|candidate2_party =

|candidate2_votes =151

|candidate2_percent =1.54}}

=2024=

{{Compact election box no change

|election_title =Iowa House primary elections, 2024

|election_note =District 26

|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/121508/web.317647/#/detail/17200 |title=State of Iowa – Primary Election 2024 |publisher=Secretary of State of Iowa |date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-05}}

|turnout_votes =

|result =

|loser_party =Iowa Democratic Party

|winner =Austin Harris*

|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|winner_votes =2,447

|winner_percent =98.47

|candidate2 =Write-ins

|candidate2_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|candidate2_votes =38

|candidate2_percent =1.53}}

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|election_title =Iowa House general election, 2024

|election_note =District 26

|election_ref ={{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/122322/web.345435/#/detail/6500 |title=State of Iowa – General Election 2024 |publisher=Secretary of State of Iowa |date=2024-11-05 |access-date=2024-11-06}}

|turnout_votes =

|result =

|loser_party =

|winner =Austin Harris*

|winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa

|winner_votes =10,842

|winner_percent =71.48

|candidate2 =Darcie Whitlow

|candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party

|candidate2_votes =3,658

|candidate2_percent =24.12

|candidate3 =Donald Gier