Rod Roberts (born October 22, 1957) is the Iowa State Labor Commissioner.

[1] Roberts is also a former Republican gubernatorial candidate and five-term Iowa State Representative from the 51st and 80th Districts.

Roberts ran for the Iowa House's District 80 in 1998, losing to incumbent Democrat James Drees.

He ran again in 2000 and won the election, defeating Democratic opponent Thomas Halbur.

He was defeated in the primary, coming in a distant third behind former governor Terry Branstad, who went on to win the general election, and Iowa businessman Bob Vander Plaats.