House District 1

House District 1 is a district of the Iowa State House of Representatives. The district includes Riverside, the Westside, much of the city's Central Corridor, and the southern-most part of the Northside. A map of the district can be found here.

Like all Iowans, citizens of the district are entitled to representation in the state house, so our voices can be heard when laws are made and policy is set. Since 2023, we've been well-represented by J.D. Scholten; however, earlier this year, Scholten announced he would not be seeking reelection.

Special Interest Groups are eyeing this vacant seat because if they can get one of their preferred candidates elected here, it will give them more power in Des Moines to enact their agenda statewide.

This is a play of theirs we've seen run across Iowa time and time again over the past several years, with devastating results to our schools, communities, health, and economic development. Because these people do not care about us. They care about profits—no matter the cost to us—and they care about creating an Iowa where anyone outside of their very narrow definition of "normal" can be legally steamrolled by the state.

But people across Iowa are waking up to just how devastating this type of politics has been. In 2025, Catelin Drey flipped Iowa SENATE District 1 (which contains Iowa HOUSE district 1), providing a huge victory for our community and all Iowans.

Still, we know that politicians—and their big money backers—concerned with profits and control will try to take this seat to increase their power. But we're not going to let them...because we're going to elect one of our own: Shawn Olorundami. A leader in our city, born and raised in this district, and now raising his own children here. And who stands

For Progress. For Us.