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, District 43, and District 81. Conversely, Democrats hold three districts where Trump won: District 20, District 41, and District 42.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
- District 41: Democrat Molly Buck lost to Republican Challenger Ryan Weldon.
- District 52: Democrat Sue Cahill lost to Republican challenger David Blom.
- District 72: Democrat Charles Isenhart lost to Republican Challenger Jennifer Smith.
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