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Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

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2024
Iowa's 2nd Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 13, 2026
Primary: Pending
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times:

7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Iowa

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Likely Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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See also
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Iowa elections, 2026
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All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Iowa, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
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Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Kathryn Dolter, Lindsay James, and Clint Twedt-Ball are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 3, 2026.


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Voting information

See also: Voting in Iowa

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Kathryn Dolter Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Lindsay James Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Clint Twedt-Ball Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]

Race ratings: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
Race trackerRace ratings
9/2/20258/26/20258/19/20258/12/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillPendingPendingPendingPending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely RepublicanLikely Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Ashley Hinson defeated Sarah Corkery and Jody Madlom Puffett in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson (R)
 
57.1
 
233,340
Image of Sarah Corkery
Sarah Corkery (D)
 
41.5
 
169,740
Image of Jody Madlom Puffett
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 election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Sarah Corkery advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sarah Corkery
Sarah Corkery
 
99.4
 
10,479
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
60

Total votes: 10,539
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Ashley Hinson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 4, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
 
98.6
 
22,626
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.4
 
327

Total votes: 22,953
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2022

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Ashley Hinson defeated Liz Mathis in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson (R)
 
54.1
 
172,181
Image of Liz Mathis
Liz Mathis (D)
 
45.8
 
145,940
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
278

Total votes: 318,399
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Liz Mathis advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Liz Mathis
Liz Mathis
 
99.6
 
40,737
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
150

Total votes: 40,887
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Ashley Hinson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 7, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
 
99.3
 
39,897
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
284

Total votes: 40,181
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2020

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Rita Hart in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
 
49.9
 
196,964
Image of Rita Hart
Rita Hart (D)
 
49.9
 
196,958
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
703

Total votes: 394,625
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Rita Hart advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rita Hart
Rita Hart
 
99.6
 
67,039
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
271

Total votes: 67,310
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Robert T. Schilling, Steven Everly, Ricky Lee Phillips, and Tim Borchardt in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
 
47.6
 
23,052
Image of Robert T. Schilling
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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District analysis

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018


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