Mary Mosiman

Mary L. Mosiman (née Penning, born February 13, 1962) is an American Republican politician who served as the 32nd Iowa Auditor of State.

Early life

Mosiman was born Ames, Iowa in 1962 to Leonard and Bernice (née Fisher) Penning. She grew up in Hubbard, Iowa.

She graduated from Hubbard High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in business and accounting from Iowa State University.

In 2004, she ran against Iowa State University political science professor Jim Hutter, winning with 24,295 votes against to Hutter's 16,638 votes.

In 2008, she ran unopposed.

She resigned in December 2010 to join the Secretary of State's office in January 2011.

Secretary of State

She then served as Deputy of Elections for the Secretary of State of Iowa from 2011 to 2013, under Governors Chet Culver and Terry Branstad.

In 2014, she ran against Democrat Jonathan Neiderbach. She won 604,103 votes against Neiderbach's 456,525 votes.

In 2018, she ran against Democrat Rob Sand and Libertarian Fred Perryman. Mosiman lost with 601,320 votes to Sand's 660,169 votes and Perryman's 33,421 votes. In March 2023, she was appointed as Director of the IDR by Governor Reynolds. turnout_votes =1,052,771 result =hold winner =Mary Mosiman winner_party =Republican Party of Iowa winner_votes =599,440 winner_percent =56.94% candidate2 =Jonathan Neiderbach candidate2_party =Iowa Democratic Party candidate2_votes =451,868 candidate2_percent =42.92% candidate3 =Write-in candidate3_votes =1477 candidate3_percent =0.1%