Northside Conservatives | April 10th 2026

Morning Group

Friday, April 10th 7:15AM
Briarwood Golf Club

-> Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate

-> John Hollinrake - Candidate for Iowa Senate District 21

Meeting Details

The next Northside Conservatives meeting is Friday, April 10th at 7:15 am at Briarwood Golf Club (3405 NE Trilein Dr, Ankeny). Our speakers are Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, and John Hollinrake, who is running for Iowa Senate District 21.

Paul Pate

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has dedicated his life to public service. Having served several terms as Secretary of State, mayor of Cedar Rapids, and as a state legislator, Secretary Pate has continually been guided by three core principles: service, participation, and integrity.  Under Secretary Pate’s leadership, Iowa has become a top-ranked state nationally in election administration. Ensuring the safety and security of Iowa’s elections has been a top priority for Secretary Pate and his staff. The state has broken numerous records for voter registration and participation during his tenure.

Secretary Pate successfully instituted Iowa’s online voter registration system and voter ID requirements during his terms. Secretary Pate also established a post-election audit system and greatly enhanced Iowa’s election cybersecurity. Secretary Pate’s layered approach to election integrity includes pre-election equipment testing, bipartisan teams of poll workers, physical and cybersecurity measures, paper ballots, post-election audits, and partnerships at the federal, state, and local levels.

His civic education programs, voting accessibility initiatives, poll worker recruitment efforts, and election cybersecurity efforts have been recognized nationally by the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and the National Student/Parent Mock Election organization. 

The Secretary of State’s Office is the small business portal for the State of Iowa. For seven of the past eight years under Secretary Pate, Iowa has seen a record amount of new business filings. Secretary Pate implemented a Fast Track Filing system that greatly enhanced the speed and efficiency of the process and delivered Iowans service at the speed of business.

Secretary Pate worked with the Iowa Legislature to enact the Safe at Home program, an initiative aimed at protecting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and stalking by keeping their addresses confidential. More than 2,000 Iowans have participated in Safe at Home since its inception.

Secretary Pate launched the Iowa Businesses Against Trafficking coalition to encourage Iowans to learn something and do something about human trafficking in Iowa. Over 400 businesses and organizations joined the coalition within its first month, and the efforts to end human trafficking in Iowa continue to grow. Today, nearly 1,000 Iowa businesses and organizations are members, representing almost every Iowa county and more than 350,000 employees.

Secretary Pate is a dedicated member of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). He previously served as NASS President and served two terms as the Co-Chair of the NASS Elections Committee and one term as Co-Chair of the Business Services Committee.

John Hollinrake

John Hollinrake is running for Iowa Senate District 21, which encompasses almost all of Ankeny. Senate District 21 is the most competitive district in 2026, and it will take every Republican vote to make sure we keep this seat RED! Electing a Republican from Ankeny is crucial to retaking the supermajority in the Iowa Senate.

A lifelong Iowan with deep roots in the community, John is running to stand up for Iowa’s conservative values and defeat Democrats’ liberal agenda. In the Iowa Senate he will fight to bring property tax relief, eliminate the income tax, protect the Second Amendment, and support working families by strengthening community college and job training programs.

John is ready to get to work for his neighbors and make sure Ankeny has a strong voice at the table in the Iowa Senate.

Born in Des Moines and raised in Ankeny, he graduated from Ankeny Centennial High School. The son of two military parents, he learned the value of service, hard work, and integrity at an early age.

He is the founder of Hollinrake Properties, a real estate development company based in the Des Moines area. He is an active parishioner at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Catholic Church and a former volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa.