Iowa's 2nd Congressional District
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Ashley Hinson (R).
As of the 2020 Census, Iowa representatives represented an average of 798,102 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 763,447 residents.
Elections
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Kathryn Dolter (D) | ||
 | Lindsay James (D) | |
| Guy Morgan (D) | ||
 | Clint Twedt-Ball (D) | |
 | Shannon Lundgren (R) | |
 | Charlie McClintock (R) | |
| Joe Mitchell (R) | ||
 | Dave Bushaw (Independent) | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Techau (D)
- Rodney Blum (R)
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Ashley Hinson (R) defeated Sarah Corkery (D) and Jody Madlom Puffett (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ashley Hinson (R) | 57.1 | 233,340 |
 | Sarah Corkery (D) | 41.5 | 169,740 | |
 | Jody Madlom Puffett (Independent) | 1.3 | 5,381 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 341 | ||
| Total votes: 408,802 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Sarah Corkery (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Corkery | 99.4 | 10,479 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6% | 60 | ||
| Total votes: 10,539 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jacob Wieland (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Ashley Hinson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Hinson | 98.6 | 22,626 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4% | 327 | ||
| Total votes: 22,953 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stephen Kephart (R)
See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Ashley Hinson (R) defeated Liz Mathis (D) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Hinson (R) | 54.1 | 172,181 |
 | Liz Mathis (D) | 45.8 | 145,940 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 278 | ||
| Total votes: 318,399 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Liz Mathis (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Liz Mathis | 99.6 | 40,737 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 150 | ||
| Total votes: 40,887 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Kerner (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Ashley Hinson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ashley Hinson | 99.3 | 39,897 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7% | 284 | ||
| Total votes: 40,181 | |||
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See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeated Rita Hart (D) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) | 49.9 | 196,964 |
 | Rita Hart (D) | 49.9 | 196,958 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 703 | ||
| Total votes: 394,625 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Rita Hart (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rita Hart | 99.6 | 67,039 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 271 | ||
| Total votes: 67,310 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Newman Abuissa (D)
- Joseph Kane Baker (D)
- Veronica Tessler (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeated Robert T. Schilling (R), Steven Everly (R), Ricky Lee Phillips (R), and Tim Borchardt (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 47.6 | 23,052 |
 | Robert T. Schilling | 36.3 | 17,582 | |
| Steven Everly | 5.8 | 2,806 | ||
| Ricky Lee Phillips | 5.0 | 2,444 | ||
| Tim Borchardt | 4.9 | 2,370 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 161 | ||
| Total votes: 48,415 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mathew Hepker (R)
- Thomas Kedley (R)
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) defeated Chris Peters (R), Mark Strauss (L), and Daniel Clark (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dave Loebsack (D) | 54.8 | 171,446 |
 | Chris Peters (R) | 42.6 | 133,287 | |
 | Mark Strauss (L) | 2.0 | 6,181 | |
 | Daniel Clark (Independent) | 0.6 | 1,837 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 162 | ||
| Total votes: 312,913 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Loebsack | 100.0 | 42,378 |
| Total votes: 42,378 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2
Chris Peters (R) defeated Ginny Caligiuri (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Peters | 87.5 | 18,056 |
| Ginny Caligiuri (Write-in) | 11.6 | 2,389 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9% | 181 | ||
| Total votes: 20,626 | |||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
On November 4, 2021, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed new congressional and state legislative maps into law after the state's Legislative Services Agency had proposed them on October 21, 2021. The Iowa legislature approved the maps on October 28, 2021, by a vote of 48-1 in the state Senate and 93-2 in the state House.[12] The legislature could only vote to approve or reject the maps and could not make any amendments. These maps took effect for Iowa's 2022 congressional and legislative elections.
How does redistricting in Iowa work? The Legislative Services Agency prepares redistricting plans for approval by the Iowa State Legislature. According to All About Redistricting, the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) consists of "civil servants committed to nonpartisanship and otherwise charged with tasks like legal and fiscal analysis of state legislation and state government oversight." The LSA is assisted by a commission, which consists of the following members:[13]
- one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
- one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
- one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa State Senate
- one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
- one member selected by the first four members
The members of this commission cannot "hold partisan public office or an office in a political party, and none may be a relative or employee of a federal or state legislator (or the legislature as a whole)."[13]
Working with this commission, the LSA drafts congressional and state legislative district lines. The maps are presented as a single bill to the state legislature, which may approve or reject the bill without altering it (the legislature can provide feedback). If the legislature rejects the plan, the LSA must draft a second proposal. If the legislature rejects the second proposal, the LSA must draft a third, and final, set of maps. If the legislature rejects this plan, it may then approve its own maps. Since the implementation of this process in 1980, the state legislature has never chosen not to approve an LSA proposal. Redistricting plans are also subject to gubernatorial veto. In addition, the legislature may repeal or revise the maps at any time, though it has never done so.[13]
State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:[13]
- Districts must be "convenient and contiguous."
- Districts must "preserve the integrity of political subdivisions like counties and cities."
- Districts must "to the extent consistent with other requirements, [be] reasonably compact–defined in terms of regular polygons, comparisons of length and width, and overall boundary perimeter."
In addition, state House districts are required to be contained within state Senate districts "where possible, and where not in conflict with the criteria above." It is explicit in state law that district lines cannot be drawn "to favor a political party, incumbent, or other person or group."[13]
2020
2024
2010-2011
In 2011, the Iowa State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 2nd the 193rd most Republican district nationally.[14]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 2nd the 196th most Republican district nationally.[15]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 51.3%-46.9%.[16]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 2nd the 195th most Republican district nationally.[17]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 46.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 51.3%.[18]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage point more Democratic than the national average. This made Iowa's 2nd Congressional District the 193rd most Democratic nationally.[19]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.17. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.17 points toward that party.[20]
See also
- Redistricting in Iowa
- Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
- Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
- Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
- Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 QC Times "Lofgren announces 2nd Congressional District bid" accessed June 26, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register "Miller-Meeks might try again to unseat Loebsack" accessed June 26, 2013
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State Elections, "Candidate List," accessed March 15, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Iowa"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics," October 28, 2021
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 All About Redistricting, "Iowa," accessed April 21, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
