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United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Iowa were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline was March 18, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Iowa -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 3 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Christina Bohannan (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
General election candidates
- Ashley Hinson (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Liz Mathis (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Ashley Hinson (Incumbent) ✔
District 3
General election candidates
- Cindy Axne (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Zach Nunn (Republican Party) ✔
Democratic primary candidates
- Cindy Axne (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
General election candidates
- Randy Feenstra (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Ryan Melton (Democratic Party)
- Bryan Holder (Liberty Caucus)
Did not make the ballot:
- Kyle Grossman (Libertarian Party)
- Ryan O'Leary (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
- Randy Feenstra (Incumbent) ✔
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]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Iowa's 1st Congressional District
- Iowa's 2nd Congressional District
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District
- Iowa's 4th Congressional District
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Iowa, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Iowa Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Iowa Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Iowa.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Iowa in 2022. Information below was calculated on May 20, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Ten candidates filed to run for Iowa’s four U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and six Republicans. That’s 2.5 candidates per district, less than the 4.5 candidates per district in 2020 and the four in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Iowa was apportioned four districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 10 candidates running this year were the fewest candidates running for Iowa's U.S. House seats since at least 2012, when 11 candidates filed.
All four incumbents filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. The Republican primary in the 3rd district was the only contested primary. That’s the fewest contested primaries since at least 2012, when three primaries were contested. There were four contested primaries each year from 2014 to 2020.
No incumbent faced a primary challenger. That’s the lowest number since 2014, when no incumbent faced a primary challenger either. One incumbent faced a primary challenger in both 2020 and 2018, and two incumbents did in 2016. Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all four districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Iowa presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 11 Democratic wins
- 20 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | D | D | R | R |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Iowa's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Iowa, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Iowa's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Iowa, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Kim Reynolds
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| Lieutenant Governor | Adam Gregg
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| Secretary of State | Paul Pate
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| Attorney General | Thomas John Miller
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State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Iowa General Assembly as of November 2022.
Iowa State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 32 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | |
Iowa House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 40 | |
| Republican Party | 60 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Iowa was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Iowa Party Control: 1992-2022
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Eight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
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.[5] 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.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics," October 28, 2021
