2020 Iowa House of Representatives election

2020 Iowa House of Representatives election
All 100 seats in the Iowa House of Representatives; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Republican gain Democratic gain ; Republican hold Democratic hold
Speaker of the House before election; Linda Upmeyer; Republican	Elected Speaker of the House ; Pat Grassley; Republican

Elections to the Iowa House of Representatives were held on November 3, 2020.^[1]

In October 2020, The Washington Post identified this state election as one of eight whose outcomes could affect partisan balance during post-census redistricting.^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Tossup	October 21, 2020

Polling

Hypothetical polling in District 67

Generic Republican vs. Generic Democrat

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Generic Republican	Generic Democrat	Undecided
Public Policy Polling/DLCC^[4]^[A]	September 23–25, 2020	300 (V)	± 5.7%	41%	49%	10%

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Iowa House of Representatives election results
Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats

Party		Candidates	No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	80	786,409	51.35%	53	53	59	59	6
	Democratic	91	726,718	47.45%	47	47	41	41	6
	Libertarian	4	8,788	0.57%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	3	522	0.03%	0	0	0	0
	Write-in		9,104	0.59%	0	0	0	0
Total			1,531,541	100.00%	100	100	100	100
Source:^[5]

Popular vote

Republican			50.93%
Democratic			47.85%
Others			1.22%

House seats

Republican			59%
Democratic			41%

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 39, 0.7% gain
District 38, 0.78% gain
District 82, 1.08%
District 60, 2.56%
District 29, 3.14%
District 16, 5.56%
District 83, 5.84% gain
District 81, 6.28% gain
District 67, 6.4% gain
District 37, 6.44%
District 15, 6.8%
District 58, 7.28% gain
District 44, 7.33%
District 26, 7.42%
District 52, 7.44%
District 95, 7.76%
District 55, 8.7%
District 68, 9.18%

Summary of results by State House District

State House District	Incumbent		Elected
Iowa 1	John Wills	Rep	John Wills	Rep
Iowa 2	Megan Jones	Rep	Megan Jones	Rep
Iowa 3	Dan Huseman	Rep	Dennis Bush	Rep
Iowa 4	Skyler Wheeler	Rep	Skyler Wheeler	Rep
Iowa 5	Thomas Jeneary	Rep	Thomas Jeneary	Rep
Iowa 6	Jacob Bossman	Rep	Jacob Bossman	Rep
Iowa 7	Tedd Gassman	Rep	Henry Stone	Rep
Iowa 8	Terry Baxter	Rep	Terry Baxter	Rep
Iowa 9	Ann Meyer	Rep	Ann Meyer	Rep
Iowa 10	Mike Sexton	Rep	Mike Sexton	Rep
Iowa 11	Gary Worthan	Rep	Gary Worthan	Rep
Iowa 12	Brian Best	Rep	Brian Best	Rep
Iowa 13	Chris Hall	Dem	Chris Hall	Dem
Iowa 14	Timothy Kacena	Dem	Steve Hansen	Dem
Iowa 15	Charlie McConkey	Dem	Charlie McConkey	Dem
Iowa 16	Mary Ann Hanusa	Rep	Brent Siegrist	Rep
Iowa 17	Matt Windschitl	Rep	Matt Windschitl	Rep
Iowa 18	Steven Holt	Rep	Steven Holt	Rep
Iowa 19	Chris Hagenow	Rep	Carter Nordman	Rep
Iowa 20	Ray Sorensen	Rep	Ray Sorensen	Rep
Iowa 21	Tom Moore	Rep	Tom Moore	Rep
Iowa 22	Jon Jacobsen	Rep	Jon Jacobsen	Rep
Iowa 23	David Sieck	Rep	David Sieck	Rep
Iowa 24	Cecil Dolecheck	Rep	Cecil Dolecheck	Rep
Iowa 25	Stan Gustafson	Rep	Stan Gustafson	Rep
Iowa 26	Scott Ourth	Dem	Brooke Boden	Rep
Iowa 27	Joel Fry	Rep	Joel Fry	Rep
Iowa 28	Jon Thorup	Rep	Jon Thorup	Rep
Iowa 29	Wes Breckenridge	Dem	Wes Breckenridge	Dem
Iowa 30	Brian Lohse	Rep	Brian Lohse	Rep
Iowa 31	Rick Olson	Dem	Rick Olson	Dem
Iowa 32	Ruth Ann Gaines	Dem	Ruth Ann Gaines	Dem
Iowa 33	Brian Meyer	Dem	Brian Meyer	Dem
Iowa 34	Bruce Hunter	Dem	Bruce Hunter	Dem
Iowa 35	Ako Abdul-Samad	Dem	Ako Abdul-Samad	Dem
Iowa 36	Marti Anderson	Dem	Marti Anderson	Dem
Iowa 37	John Landon	Rep	John Landon	Rep
Iowa 38	Heather Matson	Dem	Garrett Gobble	Rep
Iowa 39	Karin Derry	Dem	Eddie Andrews	Rep
Iowa 40	John Forbes	Dem	John Forbes	Dem
Iowa 41	Jo Oldson	Dem	Jo Oldson	Dem
Iowa 42	Kristin Sunde	Dem	Kristin Sunde	Dem
Iowa 43	Jennifer Konfrst	Dem	Jennifer Konfrst	Dem
Iowa 44	Kenan Judge	Dem	Kenan Judge	Dem
Iowa 45	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Dem	Beth Wessel-Kroeschell	Dem
Iowa 46	Ross Wilburn	Dem	Ross Wilburn	Dem
Iowa 47	Phil Thompson	Rep	Phil Thompson	Rep
Iowa 48	Robert Bacon	Rep	Robert Bacon	Rep
Iowa 49	Dave Deyoe	Rep	Dave Deyoe	Rep
Iowa 50	Pat Grassley	Rep	Pat Grassley	Rep
Iowa 51	Jane Bloomingdale	Rep	Jane Bloomingdale	Rep
Iowa 52	Todd Prichard	Dem	Todd Prichard	Dem
Iowa 53	Sharon Steckman	Dem	Sharon Steckman	Dem
Iowa 54	Linda Upmeyer	Rep	Shannon Latham	Rep
Iowa 55	Michael Bergan	Rep	Michael Bergan	Rep
Iowa 56	Anne Osmundson	Rep	Anne Osmundson	Rep
Iowa 57	Shannon Lundgren	Rep	Shannon Lundgren	Rep
Iowa 58	Andy McKean	Dem	Steven Bradley	Rep
Iowa 59	Bob Kressig	Dem	Bob Kressig	Dem
Iowa 60	Dave Williams	Dem	Dave Williams	Dem
Iowa 61	Timi Brown-Powers	Dem	Timi Brown-Powers	Dem
Iowa 62	Ras Smith	Dem	Ras Smith	Dem
Iowa 63	Sandy Salmon	Rep	Sandy Salmon	Rep
Iowa 64	Bruce Bearinger	Dem	Chad Ingels	Rep
Iowa 65	Liz Bennett	Dem	Liz Bennett	Dem
Iowa 66	Art Staed	Dem	Art Staed	Dem
Iowa 67	Ashley Hinson	Rep	Eric Gjerde	Dem
Iowa 68	Molly Donahue	Dem	Molly Donahue	Dem
Iowa 69	Kirsten Running-Marquardt	Dem	Kirsten Running-Marquardt	Dem
Iowa 70	Tracy Ehlert	Dem	Tracy Ehlert	Dem
Iowa 71	Mark Smith	Dem	Sue Cahill	Dem
Iowa 72	Dean Fisher	Rep	Dean Fisher	Rep
Iowa 73	Bobby Kaufmann	Rep	Bobby Kaufmann	Rep
Iowa 74	David Jacoby	Dem	David Jacoby	Dem
Iowa 75	Thomas Gerhold	Rep	Thomas Gerhold	Rep
Iowa 76	David Maxwell	Rep	David Maxwell	Rep
Iowa 77	Amy Nielsen	Dem	Amy Nielsen	Dem
Iowa 78	Jarad Klein	Rep	Jarad Klein	Rep
Iowa 79	Dustin Hite	Rep	Dustin Hite	Rep
Iowa 80	Holly Brink	Rep	Holly Brink	Rep
Iowa 81	Mary Gaskill	Dem	Cherielynn Westrich	Rep
Iowa 82	Jeff Shipley	Rep	Jeff Shipley	Rep
Iowa 83	Jeff Kurtz	Dem	Martin Graber	Rep
Iowa 84	Joe Mitchell	Rep	Joe Mitchell	Rep
Iowa 85	Vicki Lensing	Dem	Christina Bohannan	Dem
Iowa 86	Mary Mascher	Dem	Mary Mascher	Dem
Iowa 87	Dennis Cohoon	Dem	Dennis Cohoon	Dem
Iowa 88	David Kerr	Rep	David Kerr	Rep
Iowa 89	Monica Kurth	Dem	Monica Kurth	Dem
Iowa 90	Cindy Winckler	Dem	Cindy Winckler	Dem
Iowa 91	Gary Carlson	Rep	Mark Cisneros	Rep
Iowa 92	Ross Paustian	Rep	Ross Paustian	Rep
Iowa 93	Phyllis Thede	Dem	Phyllis Thede	Dem
Iowa 94	Gary Mohr	Rep	Gary Mohr	Rep
Iowa 95	Louie Zumbach	Rep	Charlie McClintock	Rep
Iowa 96	Lee Hein	Rep	Lee Hein	Rep
Iowa 97	Norlin Mommsen	Rep	Norlin Mommsen	Rep
Iowa 98	Mary Wolfe	Dem	Mary Wolfe	Dem
Iowa 99	Lindsay James	Dem	Lindsay James	Dem
Iowa 100	Charles Isenhart	Dem	Charles Isenhart	Dem