James D. Wells (7 August 1928 – 6 July 2010) was an American politician from Iowa.
He attended Marathon High School.
He was later employed by the Quaker Oats Company and active in Local 110 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, as well as a United States Army reservist attached to the 328th Combat Battalion.
Wells served in the Iowa General Assembly from 1969 to 1989 as a Democrat.
For the subsequent four terms, between 1973 and 1981, Wells was reelected from District 27.