Bryan Holder

Bryan Holder (Liberty Caucus) (also known as Jack) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Randy Feenstra defeated Ryan Melton and Bryan Holder in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Randy Feenstra (R)	67.3	186,467
	Ryan Melton (D)	30.4	84,230
	Bryan Holder (Liberty Caucus)	2.2	6,035
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	276

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 277,008
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ryan O'Leary (Independent)
Kyle Grossman (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Ryan Melton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ryan Melton	99.7	20,794
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	69

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,863
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Incumbent Randy Feenstra advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Randy Feenstra	98.9	51,271
	Other/Write-in votes	1.1	596

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,867
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2020

Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Incumbent Cindy Axne defeated David Young and Bryan Holder in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cindy Axne (D)	48.9	219,205
	David Young (R)	47.5	212,997
	Bryan Holder (L)	3.4	15,361
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	384

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 447,947
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Incumbent Cindy Axne advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cindy Axne	99.2	76,681
	Other/Write-in votes	0.8	623

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,304
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

David Young defeated Bill Schafer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David Young	69.5	39,103
	Bill Schafer	30.1	16,904
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	227

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,234
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joshua Louis Schoenblatt (R)
Brad Huss (R)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cindy Axne (D)	49.3	175,642
	David Young (R)	47.1	167,933
	Bryan Holder (L)	2.0	7,267
	Mark Elworth Jr. (Legal Medical Now Party)	0.6	2,015
	Paul Knupp (G)	0.5	1,888
	Joe Grandanette (Independent)	0.4	1,301
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	195

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,241 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Cindy Axne defeated Eddie Mauro and Pete D'Alessandro in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cindy Axne	58.0	32,910
	Eddie Mauro	26.4	15,006
	Pete D'Alessandro	15.6	8,874

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 56,790
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Incumbent David Young advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Young	100.0	21,712

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 21,712
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2017

Iowa House District 22

See also: Iowa state legislative special elections, 2017

A special election for the position of Iowa House of Representatives District 22 was held on June 27, 2017. The seat became vacant following the death of incumbent Greg Forristall (R), who died from cancer on May 11, 2017.^[1]

The Republican and Democratic parties held nominating conventions on May 30, 2017, to select the candidates who appeared on the ballot on June 27.^[2] Republican Jon Jacobsen and Democrat Ray Stevens were nominated at their respective party conventions to become the official party candidates for the special election. Jacobsen defeated Gregg Forristall's widow, Carol Forristall, at the convention by a 78-22 percent margin. Stevens did not face opposition at the Democratic convention.^[3] On May 31, 2017, Bryan Holder was nominated to represent the Libertarian Party.^[4]

The filing deadline for candidates who won the nominating conventions was June 2, 2017. The list of candidates who filed included Jacobsen, Holder, and Carol Forristall, who filed to run as an independent candidate.^[5] Stevens did not file his papers in time to appear on the ballot but said he would compete as a write-in candidate.^[6]

Jacobsen won the special election.

Iowa House of Representatives District 22, Special Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jon Jacobsen	44.2%	1,070
	Independent	Carol Forristall	33.2%	804
	Libertarian	Bryan Holder	4%	98
	Write-in	Ray Stevens	18.6%	450
Total Votes				2,422
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

2016

Congress

See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent David Young (R) defeated Jim Mowrer (D), Bryan Holder (L), Claudia Addy (I), and Joe Grandanette (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Young defeated Joe Grandanette in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016, while Mowrer defeated Desmund Adams and Mike Sherzan in the Democratic primary.^[7]^[8]

**U.S. House, Iowa District 3 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	David Young Incumbent	53.4%	208,598
	Democratic	Jim Mowrer	39.7%	155,002
	Libertarian	Bryan Holder	3.9%	15,372
	Independent	Claudia Addy	1.6%	6,348
	Independent	Joe Grandanette	1.2%	4,518
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	449
Total Votes				390,287
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Iowa District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Mowrer	49.6%	13,024
Mike Sherzan	36.5%	9,573
Desmund Adams	13.9%	3,650
Total Votes		26,247
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Iowa District 3 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
David Young Incumbent	85.2%	17,977
Joe Grandanette	14.8%	3,134
Total Votes		21,111
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

State House

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Iowa House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Incumbent Greg Forristall ran unopposed in the Iowa House of Representatives District 22 general election.^[9]^[10]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Greg Forristall Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Incumbent Greg Forristall defeated Bryan Holder in the Iowa House of Representatives District 22 Republican primary.^[11]^[12]

Iowa House of Representatives, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Greg Forristall Incumbent	80.17%	962
	Republican	Bryan Holder	19.83%	238
Total Votes				1,200

2014

See also: Iowa's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Holder ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd District. Holder sought election as an unaffiliated candidate. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

**U.S. House, Iowa District 3 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Staci Appel	42.2%	119,109
	Republican	David Young	52.8%	148,814
	Libertarian	Ed Wright	3.2%	9,054
	Independent	Bryan Jack Holder	1.5%	4,360
	Write-in	Other	0.3%	729
Total Votes				282,066
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)

[SET-1] KMA Land, "Special election set to fill House District 22 seat," May 15, 2017

[2] The Daily NonPareil, "Jacobsen to challenge House seat," May 20, 2017

[STEVENS-3] The Daily NonPareil, "Stevens, Jacobsen to face off for Iowa House District 22 seat," June 1, 2017

[4] The Daily NonPareil, "Libertarians choose Holder as House District 22 candidate," June 2, 2017

[5] Iowa Secretary of State, "State House District 22 - Special Election," accessed May 25, 2017

[BLEEDING-6] Bleeding Heartland, "Democrats dropped the ball in Iowa House district 22 special election," June 4, 2017

[list-7] Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016

[primary16-8] The New York Times "Iowa Caucus Results," June 7, 2016

[glist16-9] Iowa Secretary of State, "General Candidate List, 2016," accessed August 24, 2016

[gresults16-10] Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 General Election Canvass Summary," accessed December 16, 2016

[plist16-11] Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," March 21, 2016

[presults16-12] Iowa Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Canvass Summary," accessed August 22, 2016

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Bryan Holder

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 4

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 3

2017

2016

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2014

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2020

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