MEET MANDY NEWTON ROSENOW
About Mandy
Mandy Newton Rosenow is a fifth-generation Iowan who was born and raised in Sioux City. Public service runs deep in her family—her father is a retired firefighter, and her mother is a retired nurse.
Mandy graduated from award-winning public schools before attending the University of Iowa. She later earned her Master’s Degree as a Physician Assistant from Des Moines University.
While attending the University of Iowa, Mandy met her husband, Justin, another Iowa native. They married while Justin was in medical school and Mandy was in PA school at Des Moines University. The couple spent eight years traveling around the country while Justin served in the United States Navy, including a deployment to Iraq. After completing his medical residency in Michigan, Mandy and Justin returned home to Iowa to raise their children and their dogs.
Mandy has spent more than 20 years working in health care. She currently serves patients at Primary Health Care, a federally qualified health center serving communities across the Des Moines area. Throughout her career, Mandy has worked in community medicine, primary care, emergency medicine, neurology, and served patients at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune while her husband was stationed in North Carolina. She has cared for patients at every stage of life and understands how access, environment, and trust shape overall health and well-being.
Mandy is also deeply involved in her community. She volunteers in her children’s schools, has coached youth sports, and participates in community programs. She is inspired by the dedication of Iowa educators and proud of the many ways Iowans step up to support their neighbors.
In her free time, Mandy enjoys spending time with family and friends, sewing, woodworking, hiking, and good conversations.
Why Mandy is Running for Iowa House District 46
Mandy loves Iowa. She was born and raised here, educated in our public schools, and shaped by the caring and resilient people who call this state home. Even while moving around the country during Navy service and medical training, Iowa was always where she and her husband planned to return and raise their family.
Mandy is proud of the state where five generations of her family have lived. But after returning home more than a decade ago, she has also grown concerned about the direction Iowa is heading.
Too many Iowa families are struggling with rising costs while our economy is not keeping pace. We should be attracting new businesses, young families, and skilled workers. Instead, Iowa has become harder to recruit people to when we focus on divisive policies, interfere in personal health care decisions, ignore rising cancer rates and water quality concerns, and allow our public schools to fall behind.
This is not who Iowa has to be. We can fix these challenges by electing pragmatic leaders willing to work together, focus on solutions, and put Iowa families ahead of politics.
Mandy Newton Rosenow is running because she believes Iowa can once again be a place where families choose to stay, return, and build their futures.