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The2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the fourU.S. representatives from the state ofIowa, one from each of the state's fourcongressional districts. The elections coincided with the2020 U.S. presidential election, as well asother elections to the House of Representatives,elections to theUnited States Senate, and variousstate andlocal elections.
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | ||||
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| No. | % | No. | +/– | % | |||
| Republican Party | 4 | 859,418 | 52.42% | 3 | 75.00% | ||
| Democratic Party | 4 | 762,271 | 46.5% | 1 | 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% | ||
| Republican | 52.42% | |||
| Democratic | 46.5% | |||
| Other | 1.09% | |||
| Republican | 75.00% | |||
| Democratic | 25.00% | |||
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| 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% | |
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County results Hinson: 50–60% 60–70% Finkenauer: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1st district is based in northeastern Iowa, and includes the cities ofDubuque,Cedar Rapids andWaterloo. The incumbent was DemocratAbby Finkenauer, who flipped the district and was elected with 51.0% of the vote in 2018.[1]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 72,474 | 99.3 | |
| Write-in | 482 | 0.7 | ||
| Total votes | 72,956 | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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% | – |
Generic Democrat vs Generic Republican
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Generic Democrat | Generic Republican | Other | Undecided |
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| 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)[31][B] | March 3–5, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4% | 37% | 44% | – | – |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[36] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[o] | – | 46% | 49% | – | – |
| Harper Polling (R)[32][C] | January 11–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4% | 43%[h] | 44% | – | – |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | ||
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County results Miller-Meeks: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Hart: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2nd district encompasses southeastern Iowa, and is home to the cities ofDavenport,Iowa City,Muscatine,Clinton,Burlington,Ottumwa,Fort Madison,Oskaloosa,Bettendorf,Newton andPella. The incumbent was DemocratDave 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.[38]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Rita Hart | 67,039 | 99.6 | |
| Write-in | 271 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 67,310 | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | [79] | P | P |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| 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 |
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| 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)[80][D] | July 26–28, 2020 | 406 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 41% | 41% | 16% |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Generic Democrat | Generic Republican | Other | Undecided |
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| 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[36] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[u] | – | 41% | 49% | – | – |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| 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 | |||
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RepublicanMariannette Miller-Meeks was state-certified as the winner over DemocratRita Hart on November 30 by an extremely narrow margin of 6 votes.[81] On December 2, Hart announced that she would contest the election with theHouse Administration Committee under the 1969Federal Contested Elections Act.[82] On December 30,House SpeakerNancy Pelosi announced Miller-Meeks would be seated provisionally on January 3, 2021, with the rest of theincoming new Congress members.[83] 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.[84] Hart withdrew her challenge on March 31, 2021.[85] This was the closest House race in 2020 and one of the closest House races in a century.
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County results Axne: 50–60% Young: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 3rd district encompasses southwestern Iowa, stretching fromDes Moines to the state's borders withNebraska andMissouri. The incumbent was DemocratCindy Axne, who flipped the district and was elected with 49.3% of the vote in 2018.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Cindy Axne (incumbent) | 76,681 | 99.2 | |
| Write-in | 623 | 0.8 | ||
| Total votes | 77,304 | 100.0 | ||

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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)[92][B] | July 7–9, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 43% | 44% | 6% | 7%[y] |
| The Tarrance Group (R)[92][B] | March 10–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 48% | 48% | – | 5%[z] |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Generic Democrat | Generic Republican | Other | Undecided |
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| 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[36] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[ad] | – | 42% | 43% | – | – |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | ||
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County results Feenstra: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Scholten: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 4th district is based in northwestern Iowa, includingSioux City,Ames,Mason City,Fort Dodge,Boone andCarroll. The incumbent was RepublicanSteve King, who had been re-elected with 50.3% of the vote in 2018.[1]
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Steve King | Randy Feenstra | Steve Reeder | Jeremy Taylor | Other | Undecided |
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| Public Opinion Strategies (R)[113][E] | May 16–18, 2020 | 400 (V) | ± 4.9% | 39% | 41% | 1% | 4% | 3%[ae] | – |
| 41%[af] | 48% | – | – | – | – | ||||
| American Viewpoint[114][F] | May 7–8, 2020 | 350 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 39% | 36% | – | – | 9%[ag] | 10% |
| American Viewpoint[115][F] | April 27–29, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 41% | 34% | – | – | 8%[ah] | 15% |
| American Viewpoint[115][F] | January 27–29, 2020 | – (V)[j] | – | 53% | 22% | – | – | – | –[j] |
| G1 Survey Research[116][117] | October 1–3, 2019 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.89% | 59% | 15% | 6% | 0% | 2%[ai] | 17% |
| 64%[aj] | 24% | – | – | – | 12%[ak] | ||||
| 64%[aj] | – | – | 19% | – | 17%[al] |

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | ||
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| Democratic | J. D. Scholten | 46,370 | 99.6 | |
| Write-in | 166 | 0.4 | ||
| Total votes | 46,536 | 100.0 | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| 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[119] | 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 |
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| Monmouth University[28] | October 15–20, 2020 | 414 (RV) | ± 4.8% | 48% | 42% | 10%[am] |
| 414 (LV)[c] | 48% | 43% | – | |||
| 414 (LV)[d] | 47% | 44% | – | |||
| Change Research (D)[120][G] | October 13–15, 2020 | 603 (LV) | ± 4% | 50% | 45% | – |
| American Viewpoint (R)[121][F] | October 6–8, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 54% | 31% | 11%[an] |
| Monmouth University[30] | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 374 (RV) | ± 5.1% | 54% | 34% | 12%[ao] |
| 374 (LV)[c] | 55% | 34% | 10%[ap] | |||
| 374 (LV)[d] | 56% | 33% | 10%[ap] |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Steve King (R) | J.D. Scholten (D) | Undecided |
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| 20 Insight (D)[122][H] | January 16–17, 2019 | 472 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 39% | 44% | 17% |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Steve King (R) | Generic Democrat | Undecided |
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| 20/20 Insight (D)[122][H] | January 16–17, 2019 | 472 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 37% | 45% | 18% |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Generic Republican | Generic Democrat | Other | Undecided |
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| Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register[33] | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV)[j] | ± 6.9% | 50% | 33% | 10%[aq] | 8%[l] |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[34] | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV)[ar] | ± 7.5% | 49% | 44% | – | – |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[35] | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV)[as] | <= ± 7.7% | 57% | 35% | – | – |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register[36] | March 2–5, 2020 | – (LV)[at] | – | 51% | 40% | – | – |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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 | ||
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State Senator Zach Wahls has said he would not run for Congress if Hart does.
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There's also talk of Barbara Kniff-McCulla, CEO of KLK construction, eyeing a run.
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