Who is on my city council?

A city council seat is the one on your ballot closest to your street. Iowa draws the wards of 3 cities, and this names the 22 people who hold their seats — the members elected by one ward, and the mayor and at-large members elected by the whole city. 24 more sit on the councils of 4 smaller Iowa cities that elect at large and have no wards to draw; their own county publishes the names.

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What the lookup shows

A ward seat and an at-large seat are not the same job

A ward member is elected by the voters of one part of the city and is the person to write to about that part of it. An at-large member and the mayor are elected by everyone, so they answer for the whole city and appear against every address in it. Both are on this page, labelled as the city itself labels them.

Where the names come from

Each city's own published roster, re-read on a schedule and landing as a reviewed pull request. A seat the city reports open is shown as vacant rather than left out, because leaving it out would make the council look smaller than the city elects.

Who sits on the Des Moines City Council

All 7 seats on the Des Moines City Council, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who sits on the Cedar Rapids City Council

All 8 seats on the Cedar Rapids City Council, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who sits on the Waterloo City Council

All 7 seats on the Waterloo City Council, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Who holds each office in four more Iowa cities

All 24 elected officials in four Iowa cities whose officials their county publishes, as this site had them on September 11, 2026. The map above reads the same roster, so a card and this table cannot disagree — but a table is a claim about a day, and this one names its day. Where the roster names nobody it says so rather than guessing. Where these names come from.

Related lookups

• What district am I in?Every district that covers one point in Iowa, and who represents you there.
• Who is my county supervisor?The government your city sits inside.
• MichiganThe same lookup, all 83 counties.