Loading AI tools
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 4 Iowa seats to the United States House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Democratic hold Republican hold Republican gain
|
Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | +/– | % | |||
Republican Party | 4 | 859,418 | 52.42% | 3 | 2 | 75.00% | |
Democratic Party | 4 | 762,271 | 46.5% | 1 | 2 | 25.00% | |
Libertarian Party | 1 | 15,361 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Write-in | 2,413 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
Total | 9 | 1,639,463 | 100.0% | 4 | 100.00% |
District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
District 1 | 212,088 | 51.25% | 201,347 | 48.65% | 434 | 0.10% | 413,869 | 100% | Republican gain |
District 2 | 196,964 | 49.912% | 196,958 | 49.910% | 703 | 0.178% | 394,625 | 100% | Republican gain |
District 3 | 212,997 | 47.55% | 219,205 | 48.94% | 15,745 | 3.51% | 447,947 | 100% | Democratic hold |
District 4 | 237,369 | 61.97% | 144,761 | 37.80% | 892 | 0.23% | 383,022 | 100% | Republican hold |
Total | 859,418 | 52.42% | 762,271 | 46.50% | 17,774 | 1.08% | 1,639,463 | 100% |
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Hinson: 50–60% 60–70% Finkenauer: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
|
The 1st district is based in northeastern Iowa, and includes the cities of Dubuque, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The incumbent was Democrat Abby Finkenauer, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.0% of the vote in 2018.[1]
Former US Executive Branch officials
Federal officials
Organizations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 72,474 | 99.3 | |
Write-in | 482 | 0.7 | ||
Total votes | 72,956 | 100.0 |
State and local politicians
Organizations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ashley Hinson | 38,552 | 77.8 | |
Republican | Thomas Hansen | 10,845 | 21.9 | |
Write-in | 152 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 49,549 | 100.0 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
||||||
Abby Finkenauer | Ashley Hinson | |||||
1 | Sep. 7, 2020 | Iowa PBS | [19] | P | P |
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[20] | Tossup | November 2, 2020 |
Inside Elections[21] | Lean D | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] | Lean D | November 2, 2020 |
Politico[23] | Tossup | September 8, 2020 |
Daily Kos[24] | Lean D | October 15, 2020 |
RCP[25] | Tossup | October 13, 2020 |
Niskanen[26] | Lean D | July 26, 2020 |
The Economist[27] | Likely D | October 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Abby Finkenauer (D) |
Ashley Hinson (R) |
Other/ Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monmouth University[28] | October 15–20, 2020 | 352 (RV) | ± 5.2% | 52% | 44% | 4%[b] |
352 (LV)[c] | 54% | 44% | – | |||
352 (LV)[d] | 56% | 42% | – | |||
Basswood Research (R)[29][A] | September 26–28, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 45% | 45% | 10%[e] |
Monmouth University[30] | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 391 (RV) | ± 5% | 51% | 41% | 9%[f] |
391 (LV)[c] | 52% | 41% | 8%[g] | |||
391 (LV)[d] | 52% | 40% | 8%[g] | |||
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[31][B] | March 3–5, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 45% | 44% | – |
Harper Polling (R)[32][C] | January 11–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 44%[h] | 40% | 15% |
40%[i] | 48% | – |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Generic Democrat |
Generic Republican |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register[33] | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV)[j] | ± 7.1% | 36% | 51% | 9%[k] | 5%[l] |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[34] | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV)[m] | ± 7.8% | 47% | 41% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[35] | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV)[n] | <= ± 7.7% | 48% | 42% | – | – |
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[36][B] | March 3–5, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4% | 37% | 44% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[37] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[o] | – | 46% | 49% | – | – |
Harper Polling (R)[32][C] | January 11–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4% | 43%[h] | 44% | – | – |
Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Ashley Hinson | 212,088 | 51.2 | |
Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 201,347 | 48.7 | |
Write-in | 434 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 413,869 | 100.0 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Miller-Meeks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Hart: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
|
The 2nd district encompasses southeastern Iowa, and is home to the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine, Clinton, Burlington, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, Oskaloosa, Bettendorf, Newton and Pella. The incumbent was Democrat Dave Loebsack, who was re-elected with 54.8% of the vote in 2018.[1] On April 12, 2019, he announced that he would not seek re-election.[39]
Former US Executive Branch officials
Federal politicians
Statewide politicians
State Senators
State representatives
Local politicians
Party officials
Organizations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Rita Hart | 67,039 | 99.6 | |
Write-in | 271 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 67,310 | 100.0 |
Federal officials
Statewide politicians
Organizations
Federal politicians
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 23,052 | 47.6 | |
Republican | Bobby Schilling | 17,582 | 36.3 | |
Republican | Steven Everly | 2,806 | 5.8 | |
Republican | Rick Phillips | 2,444 | 5.1 | |
Republican | Tim Borchardt | 2,370 | 4.9 | |
Write-in | 161 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 48,415 | 100.0 |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
||||||
Rita Hart | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | |||||
1 | Oct. 8, 2020 | The Gazette KCRG-TV KYOU-TV |
Chris Earl James Lynch |
[80] | P | P |
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[20] | Tossup | November 2, 2020 |
Inside Elections[21] | Lean D | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] | Lean D | November 2, 2020 |
Politico[23] | Tossup | September 8, 2020 |
Daily Kos[24] | Lean D | September 25, 2020 |
RCP[25] | Tossup | October 13, 2020 |
Niskanen[26] | Likely D | July 26, 2020 |
The Economist[27] | Likely D | October 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Rita Hart (D) |
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) |
Other/ Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monmouth University[28] | October 15–20, 2020 | 355 (RV) | ± 5.2% | 49% | 43% | 8%[p] |
355 (LV)[c] | 51% | 42% | – | |||
355 (LV)[d] | 54% | 41% | – | |||
Monmouth University[30] | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 374 (RV) | ± 5.1% | 47% | 44% | 9%[f] |
374 (LV)[c] | 44% | 48% | 8%[g] | |||
374 (LV)[d] | 45% | 48% | 7%[q] | |||
Harper Polling (R)[81][D] | July 26–28, 2020 | 406 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 41% | 41% | 16% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Generic Democrat |
Generic Republican |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register[33] | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV)[j] | ± 6.9% | 40% | 41% | 11%[r] | 8%[l] |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[34] | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV)[s] | ± 8.7% | 50% | 46% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[35] | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV)[t] | <= ± 7.7% | 53% | 35% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[37] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[u] | – | 41% | 49% | – | – |
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | 196,964 | 49.912 | ||
Democratic | Rita Hart | 196,958 | 49.910 | ||
Write-in | 703 | 0.178 | |||
Total votes | 394,625 | 100.0 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks was state-certified as the winner over Democrat Rita Hart on November 30 by an extremely narrow margin of 6 votes.[82] On December 2, Hart announced that she would contest the election with the House Administration Committee under the 1969 Federal Contested Elections Act.[83] On December 30, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Miller-Meeks would be seated provisionally on January 3, 2021, with the rest of the incoming new Congress members.[84] Republicans sharply criticized Pelosi's decision to review the race in the House Administration Committee, calling it an attempt to steal the election. It was also criticized by moderate Democrats, who argued it was hypocritical to overturn a certified state election after criticizing attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.[85] Hart withdrew her challenge on March 31, 2021.[86] This was the closest House race in 2020 and one of the closest House races in a century.
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Axne: 50–60% Young: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
|
The 3rd district encompasses southwestern Iowa, stretching from Des Moines to the state's borders with Nebraska and Missouri. The incumbent was Democrat Cindy Axne, who flipped the district and was elected with 49.3% of the vote in 2018.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cindy Axne (incumbent) | 76,681 | 99.2 | |
Write-in | 623 | 0.8 | ||
Total votes | 77,304 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | David Young | 39,103 | 69.5 | |
Republican | Bill Schafer | 16,904 | 30.1 | |
Write-in | 227 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 56,234 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[20] | Lean D | November 2, 2020 |
Inside Elections[21] | Lean D | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] | Lean D | November 2, 2020 |
Politico[23] | Lean D | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos[24] | Lean D | October 15, 2020 |
RCP[25] | Tossup | October 13, 2020 |
Niskanen[26] | Lean D | July 26, 2020 |
The Economist[27] | Lean D | October 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Cindy Axne (D) |
David Young (R) |
Bryan Holder (L) |
Other/ Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monmouth University[28] | October 15–20, 2020 | 426 (RV) | ± 4.8% | 52% | 43% | – | 2%[v] |
426 (LV)[c] | 53% | 42% | – | – | |||
426 (LV)[d] | 55% | 41% | – | – | |||
Monmouth University[30] | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 507 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 48% | 42% | 2% | 8%[p] |
507 (LV)[c] | 50% | 42% | – | 8%[w] | |||
507 (LV)[d] | 52% | 41% | – | 7%[x] | |||
The Tarrance Group (R)[93][B] | July 7–9, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 43% | 44% | 6% | 7%[y] |
The Tarrance Group (R)[94][B] | March 10–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 48% | 48% | – | 5%[z] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Generic Democrat |
Generic Republican |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register[33] | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV)[j] | ± 6.6% | 45% | 39% | 8%[aa] | 9%[l] |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[34] | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV)[ab] | ± 7.7% | 48% | 42% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[35] | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV)[ac] | <= ± 7.7% | 52% | 36% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[37] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[ad] | – | 42% | 43% | – | – |
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Cindy Axne (incumbent) | 219,205 | 48.9 | |
Republican | David Young | 212,997 | 47.6 | |
Libertarian | Bryan Jack Holder | 15,361 | 3.4 | |
Write-in | 384 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 447,947 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
| |||||||||||||||||
County results Feenstra: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Scholten: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
|
The 4th district is based in northwestern Iowa, including Sioux City, Ames, Mason City, Fort Dodge, Boone and Carroll. The incumbent was Republican Steve King, who had been re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2018.[1]
State senators
State representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
State representatives
Individuals
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Steve King |
Randy Feenstra |
Steve Reeder |
Jeremy Taylor |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[115][E] | May 16–18, 2020 | 400 (V) | ± 4.9% | 39% | 41% | 1% | 4% | 3%[F] | – |
41%[ae] | 48% | – | – | – | – | ||||
American Viewpoint[116][G] | May 7–8, 2020 | 350 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 39% | 36% | – | – | 9%[af] | 10% |
American Viewpoint[117][G] | April 27–29, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 41% | 34% | – | – | 8%[ag] | 15% |
American Viewpoint[117][G] | January 27–29, 2020 | – (V)[j] | – | 53% | 22% | – | – | – | –[j] |
G1 Survey Research[118] | October 1–3, 2019 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.89% | 59% | 15% | 6% | 0% | 2%[ah] | 17% |
64%[ai] | 24% | – | – | – | 12%[aj] | ||||
64%[ai] | – | – | 19% | – | 17%[ak] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Randy Feenstra | 37,329 | 45.5 | |
Republican | Steve King (incumbent) | 29,366 | 35.9 | |
Republican | Jeremy Taylor | 6,418 | 7.8 | |
Republican | Bret Richards | 6,140 | 7.5 | |
Republican | Steve Reeder | 2,528 | 3.1 | |
Write-in | 176 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 81,957 | 100.0 |
Organizations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | J. D. Scholten | 46,370 | 99.6 | |
Write-in | 166 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 46,536 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[20] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
Inside Elections[21] | Safe R | October 16, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] | Safe R | October 15, 2020 |
Politico[120] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos[24] | Safe R | October 15, 2020 |
RCP[25] | Lean R | October 13, 2020 |
Niskanen[26] | Likely R | July 26, 2020 |
The Economist[27] | Likely R | October 2, 2020 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Randy Feenstra (R) |
J.D. Scholten (D) |
Other/ Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monmouth University[28] | October 15–20, 2020 | 414 (RV) | ± 4.8% | 48% | 42% | 10%[al] |
414 (LV)[c] | 48% | 43% | – | |||
414 (LV)[d] | 47% | 44% | – | |||
Change Research (D)[121][H] | October 13–15, 2020 | 603 (LV) | ± 4% | 50% | 45% | – |
American Viewpoint (R)[122][G] | October 6–8, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 54% | 31% | 11%[am] |
Monmouth University[30] | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 374 (RV) | ± 5.1% | 54% | 34% | 12%[an] |
374 (LV)[c] | 55% | 34% | 10%[ao] | |||
374 (LV)[d] | 56% | 33% | 10%[ao] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Generic Republican |
Generic Democrat |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register[33] | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV)[j] | ± 6.9% | 50% | 33% | 10%[ap] | 8%[l] |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[34] | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV)[aq] | ± 7.5% | 49% | 44% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[35] | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV)[ar] | <= ± 7.7% | 57% | 35% | – | – |
Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[37] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[as] | – | 51% | 40% | – | – |
with Steve King and J.D. Scholten
with Steve King and Generic Democrat
with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Randy Feenstra | 237,369 | 62.0 | |
Democratic | J. D. Scholten | 144,761 | 37.8 | |
Write-in | 892 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 383,022 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Partisan clients
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.