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. The Democrats had last won the majority of Iowa's seats in the 2010 elections.
Overview
Statewide
By district
Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa by district:
District 1
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.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Rod Blum, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Abby Finkenauer, state representative
Eliminated in primary
Thomas Heckroth, former staffer for United States Senator Tom Harkin
George Ramsey III, former military recruiter
Courtney Rowe, engineer and Bernie Sanders delegate at the 2016 state convention
Declined
Jeff Danielson, state senator
Liz Mathis, state senator
Brent Oleson, Linn County Supervisor
Steve Sodders, former state senator
Stacey Walker, Linn County Supervisor
Endorsements
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Nominee
Troy Hageman, activist
Green primary
Candidates
Nominee
Henry Gaff, co-chair of the Iowa Green Party
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.
General election
Debates
Complete video of debate, October 5, 2018
Complete video of debate, October 16, 2018
Polling
Predictions
Results
Finkenauer went on to flip the district, being one of many victories in swing districts for Democrats in a blue wave election.
District 2
Democratic Representative Dave Loebsack, who has represented the district since 2007, was reelected to a sixth term with 54% of the vote in 2016. Loebsack ran for reelection.
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.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Dave Loebsack, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Christopher Peters, thoracic surgeon and nominee for this seat in 2016
Eliminated in primary
Ginny Caligiuri, businesswoman (write-in)
Declined
Bobby Kaufmann, state representative
Results
Independents
Daniel Clark
General election
Polling
Predictions
Results
District 3
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.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
David Young, incumbent U.S. Representative
Results
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.