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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa

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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa
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The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on November 6, 2018, 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 gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The state congressional delegation flipped from a 3–1 Republican majority to a 3–1 Democratic majority.

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This was the first time the Democrats won the majority of Iowa's seats since 2010, and the first time they won the popular vote in the state since 2012. As of 2025, these results were also the last time the Democrats would achieve either due to Iowa's transition into a safe red state.

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Statewide

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By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa by district:[1]

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District 1

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Incumbent Republican Rod Blum, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 54% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+1.

The 1st district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 56% to 43% margin in 2012.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

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2018 Iowa's 1st congressional district Republican primary results by county:
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  •   Blum—100%
  •   Blum—≥90%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Thomas Heckroth, former staffer for United States Senator Tom Harkin[4][5]
  • George Ramsey III, former military recruiter[5]
  • Courtney Rowe, engineer and Bernie Sanders delegate at the 2016 state convention[6]
Declined

Endorsements

Abby Finkenauer
State legislators
Individuals
Thomas Heckroth
State legislators
Individuals
Courtney Rowe
Organizations

Results

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2018 Iowa's 1st congressional district Democratic primary results by county:
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  •   Finkenauer—80–90%
  •   Finkenauer—70–80%
  •   Finkenauer—60–70%
  •   Finkenauer—50–60%
  •   Heckroth—50–60%
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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Troy Hageman, activist

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

Gaff was only 18, meaning he would not have met the U.S. Constitution's required minimum age of 25 to be elected to the House of Representatives.[15]

General election

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Finkenauer went on to flip the district; this was one of many victories in swing districts for Democrats in a blue wave election.

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District 2

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Democratic representative Dave Loebsack, who had represented the district since 2007, was reelected to a sixth term with 54% of the vote in 2016. Loebsack ran for reelection.[37]

The 2nd district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 56% to 43% margin in 2012.[2]

Democratic primary

Candidates

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2018 Iowa's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary results by county:
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  •   Loebsack—100%
  •   Loebsack—≥90%
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Christopher Peters, thoracic surgeon and nominee for this seat in 2016[38]
Eliminated in primary
  • Ginny Caligiuri, businesswoman (write-in)[39][40]
Declined

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2018 Iowa's 2nd congressional district Republican primary results by county:
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  •   Peters—≥90%
  •   Peters—80–90%
  •   Peters—70–80%
  •   Peters—50–60%
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District 3

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Incumbent Republican David Young, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 53% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+1.

The 3rd district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 49% to 45% margin, after voting for Barack Obama with a 51% to 47% margin in 2012.[2]

Republican primary

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2018 Iowa's 3rd congressional district Republican primary results by county:
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  •   Young—100%
  •   Young—≥90%
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Democratic primary

After Greenfield's campaign manager was fired for forging signatures on nominating papers, she attempted to re-collect the 1,790 signatures necessary to make the ballot, but did not get enough signatures.[44]

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Did not make ballot
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  • Austin Frerick, former Treasury Department economist[51][52]
  • Paul Knupp, psychiatric rehabilitation practitioner and minister,[53] withdrew from the Democratic primary to join the Green party[citation needed]
  • Heather Ryan, nominee for KY-01 in 2008[54][55]
  • Anna Ryon, attorney with the Office of Consumer Advocate[56]
  • Mike Sherzan, businessman and candidate in 2016[57][58]

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Endorsements

Austin Frerick (withdrawn)
U.S. Representatives
Pete D'Alessandro
U.S. Senators
State legislators
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals
  • Sue Dvorsky, former Iowa Democratic Committee Chair[61]
  • Derek Eadon, former Iowa Democratic Committee Chair[61]
  • Ben Jacobs, Bernie Sanders’s 2016 campaign manager[65]

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2018 Iowa's 3rd congressional district Democratic primary results by county:
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  •   Axne—70–80%
  •   Axne—60–70%
  •   Axne—50–60%
  •   Mauro—40–50%
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General election

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District 4

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Incumbent Republican Steve King, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously represented the 5th district from 2003 to 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+11.

The 4th district went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election with a 61% to 34% margin, after voting for Mitt Romney with a 53% to 45% margin in 2012.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Cyndi Hanson, educational administrator[74]
Declined

Results

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2018 Iowa's 4th congressional district Republican primary results by county:
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  •   King—80–90%
  •   King—70–80%
  •   King—60–70%
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Democratic primary

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2018 Iowa's 4th congressional district Democratic primary results by county:
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  •   Scholten—70–80%
  •   Scholten—60–70%
  •   Scholten—50–60%
  •   Scholten—40–50%
  •   Scholten—30–40%
  •   Jacobsen—40–50%
  •   Jacobsen—50–60%
  •   Jacobsen—60–70%
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General election

King declined to debate Scholten during the general election campaign.[83][84]

Endorsements

J. D. Scholten (D)
U.S. Senators

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Results

King won by the slimmest margin of victory in his congressional electoral career.[90]

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