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Democratic Party primaries, 2024

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Primary Date
June 4, 2024

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of Iowa
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Iowa on June 4, 2024.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Iowa, state law provides for a closed primary where every voter must be affiliated with a party in order to participate in its primary. However, a voter can change his or her political party affiliation on Election Day, creating what is effectively an open primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Iowa, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primaries)

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Iowa were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's four U.S. House districts. The primary was June 4, 2024. The filing deadline was March 15, 2024.

To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

District 3

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 4

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

State elections

State Senate

See also: Iowa State Senate elections, 2024
Elections for the Iowa State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 4, 2024. The filing deadline was March 15, 2024. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Iowa State Senate elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Taylor (i)

District 4

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTim Kraayenbrink (i)

District 6

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJason Schultz (i)

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Lee Roenfeld

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Costello (i)

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Gorman

Green check mark transparent.pngDan Dawson (i)

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngNicole Loew  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Sinclair (i)

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngSarah Trone Garriott (i)  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Hanson  Candidate Connection

District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngClaire Celsi (i)
Julie Lasche Brown

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngJanet Petersen (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 20

Green check mark transparent.pngNate Boulton (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Pike

District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Blake

Green check mark transparent.pngBrad Zaun (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngMargaret Liston

Green check mark transparent.pngJesse Green (i)

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Wolfe

Gannon Hendrick
Green check mark transparent.pngKara Warme

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngCynthia Paschen  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Guth (i)

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Lorence

Green check mark transparent.pngWaylon Brown (i)
Doug Campbell

District 32

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael T. Klimesh (i)

District 34

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDan Zumbach (i)

District 36

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Townsend

Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Molo

District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngEric Giddens (i)  Candidate Connection

James McCullagh  Candidate Connection
Steve Schmitt
Green check mark transparent.pngDave Sires  Candidate Connection

District 40

Green check mark transparent.pngArt Staed

Green check mark transparent.pngKris Gulick  Candidate Connection

District 42

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCharlie McClintock (i)  Candidate Connection

District 44

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAdrian Dickey (i)  Candidate Connection

District 46

Green check mark transparent.pngEd Chabal

Green check mark transparent.pngDawn Driscoll (i)

District 48

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Dabeet

Green check mark transparent.pngMark S. Lofgren (i)

District 50

Green check mark transparent.pngNannette Griffin

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffrey Reichman (i)


House of Representatives

See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024
Elections for the Iowa House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 4, 2024. The filing deadline was March 15, 2024. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngJ.D. Scholten (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Steinhoff

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngJessica Lopez-Walker

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Henderson (i)  Candidate Connection

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngEmma Bouza  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Jeneary (i)

District 4

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSkyler Wheeler (i)

District 5

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngZach Dieken (i)

District 6

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMegan Jones (i)

District 7

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMike Sexton (i)
Wendy Larson  Candidate Connection

District 8

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Meyer (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngChristian “He-Man” Schlaerth  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngHenry Stone (i)

District 10

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Wills (i)

District 11

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Rich

Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Williams

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngDustin Durbin

Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Holt (i)

District 13

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Sitzmann
Noah Wieseler

District 14

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJacob Bossman (i)

District 15

Green check mark transparent.pngBenjamin Schauer

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Windschitl (i)

District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngCandella Foley-Finchem

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Sieck (i)

District 17

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDevon Wood (i)

District 18

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTom Moore (i)

District 19

Green check mark transparent.pngRoger Petersen

Green check mark transparent.pngBrent Siegrist (i)

District 20

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Turek (i)

August Gibbons
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Wassell

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngSpencer Waugh  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBrooke Boden (i)

District 22

Green check mark transparent.pngRory Taylor

Green check mark transparent.pngSamantha Fett  Candidate Connection
Garrett Gobble  Candidate Connection

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Varley

Green check mark transparent.pngRay Sorensen (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngSonya Hicks

Brenda Brammer-Smith
Green check mark transparent.pngSam Wengryn

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngBrenda Curran

Green check mark transparent.pngHans Wilz (i)

District 26

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAustin Harris (i)

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngKenan Judge (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngOliver Bardwell

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngLaura Snider

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Young (i)
Chad Brewbaker

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Meyer (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngMegan Srinivas (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 31

Green check mark transparent.pngMary Madison (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Konfrst (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Ann Gaines (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 34

John Campbell Jr.
Samy El-Baroudi
Green check mark transparent.pngRob Johnson
Dudley Muhammad

Green check mark transparent.pngDanielle Duggan

District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngSean Bagniewski (i)

Daniel Schmude
Green check mark transparent.pngAngela Kay Schreader

District 36

Green check mark transparent.pngAustin Baeth (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 37

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBarb Kniff McCulla (i)

District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngBrad Magg

Green check mark transparent.pngJon Dunwell (i)

District 39

Green check mark transparent.pngRick Olson (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 40

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Sievers

Green check mark transparent.pngBill Gustoff (i)

District 41

Green check mark transparent.pngMolly Buck (i)

Matthew Smith
Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Weldon

District 42

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Matson (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Stephenson

District 43

Green check mark transparent.pngTiara Mays-Sims

Green check mark transparent.pngEddie Andrews (i)

District 44

Green check mark transparent.pngLarry McBurney  Candidate Connection
Jason Menke

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 45

Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Thompson  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Lohse (i)

District 46

Green check mark transparent.pngLynne Campbell

Green check mark transparent.pngDan Gehlbach (i)

District 47

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCarter Nordman (i)

District 48

Green check mark transparent.pngPenny Vossler

Green check mark transparent.pngChad Behn

District 49

Green check mark transparent.pngBeth Wessel-Kroeschell (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 50

Green check mark transparent.pngRoss Wilburn (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 51

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Condon

Green check mark transparent.pngBrett Barker
Marty Chitty  Candidate Connection

District 52

Green check mark transparent.pngSue Cahill (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 53

John Anderson
Green check mark transparent.pngTommy Hexter
Jennifer Wrage

Green check mark transparent.pngDean Fisher (i)

District 54

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJoshua Meggers (i)
Jody Anderson

District 55

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngShannon Latham (i)

District 56

Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Kruse

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Thompson (i)

District 57

Green check mark transparent.pngShawn Ellerbroek  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngPat Grassley (i)

District 58

Green check mark transparent.pngGail Allison  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngCharley Thomson (i)

District 59

Green check mark transparent.pngJeremy True  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngChristian Hermanson  Candidate Connection

District 60

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJane Bloomingdale (i)
John Rosenfeld  Candidate Connection

District 61

Green check mark transparent.pngTimi Brown-Powers (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 62

Green check mark transparent.pngJerome Amos Jr. (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 63

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Bergan (i)

District 64

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJason Gearhart
Douglas Wolfe  Candidate Connection

District 65

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Wiezorek  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngShannon Lundgren (i)

District 66

Green check mark transparent.pngAndy McKean

Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Bradley (i)

District 67

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Johnson (i)

District 68

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngChad Ingels (i)

District 69

Green check mark transparent.pngRandy Meier

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Determann (i)

District 70

Green check mark transparent.pngKay Pence

Green check mark transparent.pngNorlin Mommsen (i)

District 71

Green check mark transparent.pngLindsay James (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 72

Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Isenhart (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Smith
Rod Warnke  Candidate Connection

District 73

Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Wilson (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 74

Green check mark transparent.pngEric Gjerde (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 75

Green check mark transparent.pngBob Kressig (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 76

Green check mark transparent.pngJarred Johnston  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDerek Wulf (i)

District 77

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Cooling (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 78

Green check mark transparent.pngSami Scheetz (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 79

Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Ehlert (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 80

Green check mark transparent.pngAime Wichtendahl  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Thompson  Candidate Connection

District 81

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Gosa

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 82

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBobby Kaufmann (i)

District 83

Green check mark transparent.pngKent McNally

Green check mark transparent.pngCindy Golding (i)  Candidate Connection

District 84

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Gerhold (i)

District 85

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Nielsen (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 86

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Jacoby (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 87

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Shipley (i)

District 88

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngHelena Hayes (i)

District 89

Green check mark transparent.pngElinor Levin (i)
Ty Bopp

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 90

Green check mark transparent.pngAdam Zabner (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 91

Green check mark transparent.pngJay Gorsh  Candidate Connection

Adam Grier
Green check mark transparent.pngJudd Lawler

District 92

Green check mark transparent.pngAnna Banowsky  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Hora (i)

District 93

Green check mark transparent.pngMindy Smith-Pace  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngGary Mohr (i)

District 94

Green check mark transparent.pngTracy Jones

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Vondran (i)

District 95

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Poulter

Green check mark transparent.pngTaylor Collins (i)

District 96

Green check mark transparent.pngMandy Moody

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Cisneros (i)

District 97

Green check mark transparent.pngKen Croken (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJosue Rodriguez  Candidate Connection

District 98

Green check mark transparent.pngMonica Hosch Kurth (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 99

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Beres

Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Rinker (i)

District 100

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMartin Graber (i)


Voting information

See also: Voting in Iowa

Election information in Iowa: June 4, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: May 20, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 20, 2024
  • Online: May 20, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: May 20, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 20, 2024
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 4, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 4, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

May 15, 2024 to June 3, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST)


Context of the 2024 elections

Iowa Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas  •  Eleven years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D R R R R R R R R S S D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R
House D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

State party overview

Democratic Party of Iowa

See also: Democratic Party of Iowa


State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Thirty-one of 99 Iowa counties—31 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Allamakee County, Iowa 24.15% 4.17% 14.25%
Boone County, Iowa 13.69% 6.64% 7.63%
Bremer County, Iowa 13.68% 2.68% 9.31%
Buchanan County, Iowa 15.02% 13.87% 18.48%
Cedar County, Iowa 17.78% 4.59% 9.64%
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa 7.66% 13.38% 20.83%
Chickasaw County, Iowa 22.94% 11.07% 20.74%
Clarke County, Iowa 28.02% 1.47% 2.25%
Clayton County, Iowa 22.78% 7.03% 17.17%
Clinton County, Iowa 5.12% 22.84% 23.03%
Des Moines County, Iowa 6.89% 18.41% 23.04%
Dubuque County, Iowa 1.23% 14.71% 20.77%
Fayette County, Iowa 19.36% 11.96% 16.60%
Floyd County, Iowa 14.84% 14.63% 21.88%
Howard County, Iowa 20.49% 20.95% 25.78%
Jackson County, Iowa 19.27% 16.89% 24.39%
Jasper County, Iowa 18.13% 7.07% 7.50%
Jefferson County, Iowa 0.47% 15.97% 20.23%
Jones County, Iowa 19.08% 7.78% 10.40%
Lee County, Iowa 16.02% 15.49% 16.01%
Louisa County, Iowa 28.37% 0.64% 4.25%
Marshall County, Iowa 8.31% 9.36% 9.35%
Mitchell County, Iowa 24.04% 3.37% 12.31%
Muscatine County, Iowa 6.26% 15.88% 15.64%
Poweshiek County, Iowa 6.53% 9.35% 11.75%
Tama County, Iowa 20.28% 7.43% 12.19%
Union County, Iowa 27.49% 3.86% 3.70%
Wapello County, Iowa 20.60% 11.88% 13.53%
Webster County, Iowa 21.52% 5.84% 8.51%
Winneshiek County, Iowa 0.79% 14.74% 22.65%
Worth County, Iowa 21.68% 14.53% 22.42%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Iowa with 51.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 41.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1848 and 2016, Iowa voted Republican 69.76 percent of the time and Democratic 30.23 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Iowa voted Democratic three times and Republican the other two times.[2]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Iowa. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 61 out of 100 state House districts in Iowa with an average margin of victory of 19.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 35 out of 100 state House districts in Iowa with an average margin of victory of 18.8 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 39 out of 100 state House districts in Iowa with an average margin of victory of 13.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 65 out of 100 state House districts in Iowa with an average margin of victory of 24.5 points. Trump won 10 districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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