Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Ashley Hinson

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

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

2024

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

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

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Ashley Hinson and Sarah Corkery are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Ashley Hinson (R)
		Sarah Corkery (D)

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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
✔		Sarah Corkery	99.4	10,479
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	60

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,539
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jacob Wieland (D)

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
✔		Ashley Hinson	98.6	22,626
		Other/Write-in votes	1.4	327

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,953
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen Kephart (R)

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
✔		Ashley Hinson (R)	54.1	172,181
		Liz Mathis (D)	45.8	145,940
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	278

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Liz Mathis	99.6	40,737
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	150

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,887
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joseph Kerner (D)

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
✔		Ashley Hinson	99.3	39,897
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	284

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,181
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2020

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

Due to nationwide changes in election administration in 2020, Ballotpedia is exercising increased caution before projecting election winners. Click here to read our new election calling policy and vote total update schedule. 

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
✔		Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)	49.9	196,964
		Rita Hart (D)	49.9	196,958
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	703

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Rita Hart	99.6	67,039
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,310
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Newman Abuissa (D)
• Joseph Kane Baker (D)
• Veronica Tessler (D)

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
✔		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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,415
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mathew Hepker (R)
• Thomas Kedley (R)

2018

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Dave Loebsack defeated Chris Peters, Mark Strauss, and Daniel Clark 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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 312,913 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Incumbent Dave Loebsack advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dave Loebsack	100.0	42,378

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2

Chris Peters advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Peters	88.3	18,056

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,445
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ginny Caligiuri (R)

2016

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) defeated Chris Peters (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a primary challenger in June.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack Incumbent	53.7%	198,571
	Republican	Christopher Peters	46.2%	170,933
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	528
Total Votes				370,032
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

2014

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Dave Loebsack (D) defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack Incumbent	52.5%	143,431
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	47.4%	129,455
	Write-in	Other	0.2%	443
Total Votes				273,329
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Mariannette Miller-Meeks
• Dave Loebsack - Incumbent

June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Mark S. Lofgren: State Representative
• Mariannette Miller-Meeks: Former Iowa Department of Public Health directora
• Matthew Waldren

Democratic Primary

• Dave Loebsack - Incumbenta

2012

See also: Iowa's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Dave Loebsack won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack Incumbent	55.6%	211,863
	Republican	John Archer	42.5%	161,977
	Independent	Alan Aversa	1.9%	7,112
Total Votes				380,952
Source: Iowa Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Dave Loebsack won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Gary Sicard (L) and Jon Tack (C) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack incumbent	51%	115,839
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	45.9%	104,319
	Libertarian	Gary Sicard	1.9%	4,356
	Constitution	Jon Tack	1.1%	2,463
	N/A	Write-In	0.1%	198
Total Votes				227,175

2008
On November 4, 2008, Dave Loebsack won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Wendy Barth (G) and Brian White (No Party Affiliation) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack incumbent	57.2%	175,218
	Republican	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	38.8%	118,778
	Green	Wendy Barth	2.2%	6,664
	Independent	Brian White	1.8%	5,437
Total Votes				306,097

2006
On November 7, 2006, Dave Loebsack won election to the United States House. He defeated James A. Leach (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dave Loebsack	51.4%	107,683
	Republican	James A. Leach incumbent	48.6%	101,707
Total Votes				209,390

2004
On November 2, 2004, James A. Leach won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dave Franker (D) and Kevin Litten (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James A. Leach incumbent	58.9%	176,684
	Democratic	Dave Franker	39.2%	117,405
	Libertarian	Kevin Litten	1.9%	5,586
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	206
Total Votes				299,881

2002
On November 5, 2002, James A. Leach won election to the United States House. He defeated Julie Thomas (D) and Kevin Litten (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James A. Leach	52.2%	108,130
	Democratic	Julie Thomas	45.7%	94,767
	Libertarian	Kevin Litten	2%	4,178
	N/A	Write-in	0%	96
Total Votes				207,171

2000
On November 7, 2000, Jim Nussle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Donna L. Smith (D) and Albert W. Schoeman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Nussle	55.4%	139,906
	Democratic	Donna L. Smith	43.7%	110,327
	Libertarian	Albert W. Shoeman	0.9%	2,288
	N/A	Write-in	0%	46
Total Votes				252,567

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Iowa after 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. 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:

1. one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
2. one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
3. one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa State Senate
4. one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
5. 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)."

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.

State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:

1. Districts must be "convenient and contiguous."
2. Districts must "preserve the integrity of political subdivisions like counties and cities."
3. 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."

Iowa District 2
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Iowa District 2
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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Iowa after the 2001 redistricting process. The current district is displayed in the infobox at the top of the page.

See also: Redistricting in Iowa after the 2010 census

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

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.

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%.

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.

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.

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

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)