2024 Iowa House of Representatives election

The 2024 Iowa House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Iowa on November 5, 2024, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 91st Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held concurrently with the 2024 United States elections.

Primaries were held on June 4, 2024.

Partisan background

In the 2020 Presidential Election, Donald Trump won 64 House districts, while Joe Biden won in 36. Going into the 2024 Iowa House election, Republicans hold three districts where Biden won in 2020: District 28 (Biden +1%), District 43 (Biden +6%), and District 81 (Biden +9%). Conversely, Democrats hold three districts where Trump won: District 20 (Trump +4%), District 41 (Trump +2%), and District 42 (Trump +1%).

Retirements

Democrats

• District 34: Ako Abdul-Samad retired.
• District 44: John Forbes retired to run for Polk County Board of Supervisors.
• District 59: Sharon Steckman retired.
• District 80: Art Staed retired to run for Iowa Senate.

Republicans

• District 11: Brian Best retired.
• District 13: Ken Carlson retired.
• District 22: Stan Gustafson retired.
• District 24: Joel Fry retired.
• District 48: Phil Thompson retired.
• District 51: Dave Deyoe retired.
• District 64: Anne Osmundson retired.
• District 81: Luana Stoltenberg retired.
• District 91: Brad Sherman retired.

Incumbents defeated

In the general election

1. District 41: Democrat Molly Buck lost to Republican challenger Ryan Weldon.
2. District 52: Democrat Sue Cahill lost to Republican challenger David Blom.
3. District 72: Democrat Charles Isenhart lost to Republican challenger Jennifer Smith.

Predictions

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

2. gain
5. gain
7. gain
10. gain

Detailed results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

District 40

District 41

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

District 49

District 50

District 51

District 52

District 53

District 54

District 55

District 56

District 57

District 58

District 59

District 60

District 61

District 62

District 63

District 64

District 65

District 66

District 67

District 68

District 69

District 70

District 71

District 72

District 73

District 74

District 75

District 76

District 77

District 78

District 79

District 80

District 81

District 82

District 83

District 84

District 85

District 86

District 87

District 88

District 89

District 90

District 91

District 92

District 93

District 94

District 95

District 96

District 97

District 98

District 99

District 100

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