Nate Willems

Nate Willems was born in Iowa and lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. His career experience includes working as a labor lawyer and partner at Rush & Nicholson, P.L.C. He has also worked as an attorney with Sole, McManus, Pearson and Willems, P.C. He is an executive board member of the Hawkeye Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO, a member of the Lincoln Highway Lisbon Lions Club, Linn County Democratic Central Committee, and the Mount Vernon Athletic Boosters.[1][2]

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Media interviewWillems stated the following in an interview with Des Moines Register:What would be your top issue if elected?Iowa’s attorney general should have one focus: protecting Iowans. Brenna Bird has spent her time on a national political agenda while big corporations and political insiders take advantage of Iowans and make it tougher for them to succeed. As a labor attorney, I’ve spent 16 years holding corporations accountable in court and ensuring Iowa workers receive the pay and workplace protections they deserve. As attorney general, I’ll focus the office on working for Iowans, protecting public safety and increasing accountability for those who break our laws.As attorney general, what actions would you take to protect Iowans from fraud, deception and unfair business practices?Iowa's Consumer Protection Division was once a nationwide leader. I'll rebuild it and use every tool available to hold corporations accountable when they steal from Iowans. That means cracking down on corporations who steal wages, predatory lending and scams that target vulnerable Iowans. We have to make protecting workers a priority in this state, which is why I have spent my career fighting for them and taking on corporations and political insiders when they break the law.What changes would you make to the way the Attorney General’s Office handles criminal prosecutions?Public safety is the attorney general’s most fundamental responsibility because every Iowan deserves to live in a safe community. As attorney general, I’ll work with prosecutors and law enforcement to ensure criminals are being held accountable and that prosecutors have the resources they need to secure convictions. I’ll prioritize the testing of sexual assault kits and support victims of sexual assault and domestic violence by ensuring these crimes are taken seriously by the office.Under what circumstances do you believe the attorney general should challenge federal laws, rules or executive actions in court?The attorney general should challenge federal actions when there is a genuine legal basis — a clear constitutional violation or direct harm to Iowans — not to score political points or advance a national partisan agenda. Brenna Bird filed or joined 24-plus multistate lawsuits against the federal government in two years, spending Iowa resources on ideological fights while neglecting Iowans' actual problems. I'll apply a straightforward test: Does this action genuinely protect Iowa's interests and the law? If it does, I’ll take action.— Nate Willems in Des Moines Register interview (August 10, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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