[1] He was a firefighter for Sioux City Fire Rescue for three decades.
[2][3] In the 2016 and 2018 election cycles, Kacena defeated Republican candidate Robert Henderson, and served as a Democratic legislator representing District 14 of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
[4] Kacena did not run for a third consecutive term as a state representative.
[5] Following the January 2020 disqualification of Jeremy Taylor as Woodbury County supervisor, Kacena declared that he would contest the special election for Taylor's vacant seat.
[6] Kacena lost the election to Justin Wright,[7][8] who served a single term in office.