IOWA: A DEMOCRATIC SWEEP NOBODY SAW COMING

π GOVERNOR (open) β π FLIP β
π΅ Rob Sand @RobSandIA: 757,326 (55.5%)
π΄ Zach Lahn @ZachLahn: 607,415 (44.5%)
π Kim Reynolds won by 18.5 in 2022. Sand won by 11 β a nearly 30-point swing.
π€ SAND: "Thank you, Iowa" (victory speech)
ποΈ U.S. SENATE (open) β π FLIP β
π΅ Josh Turek @turek4iowa: 686,487 (50.5%)
π΄ Ashley Hinson @hinsonashley: 630,615 (46.4%)
βͺ Thomas Laehn: 42,086 (3.1%)
π€ HINSON, conceding: "Time to put politics aside" β and she congratulated Turek on a "very hard-fought campaign." (Iowa PBS, Fox News)
π³οΈ Turnout: 1,364,741 vs 1,221,864 in 2022 (+12%)
π HOUSE: 3 FLIPS
β’ IA-1: Christina Bohannan @BohannanIowa ousted Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks β on her third try (KCRG). Bohannan: "Iowans have sent a message" (WHO 13)
β’ IA-2 (open, Hinson's seat): Lindsay James @Lindsay4Iowa beat Joe Mitchell
β’ IA-3: Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa ousted Rep. Zach Nunn
π³οΈ EVERY HOUSE SEAT
π IA-1: π΅ Christina Bohannan @BohannanIowa (new) 182,396 β Mariannette Miller-Meeks @RepMMM 150,471
π³οΈ Turnout 345,470 vs 305,380 in '22 (+13%)
π IA-2: π΅ Lindsay James @Lindsay4Iowa (new) 171,512 β Joe Mitchell @joemitchelliowa 157,722
π³οΈ Turnout 346,203 vs 318,399 in '22 (+9%)
π IA-3: π΅ Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa (new) 189,217 β Zach Nunn @NunnForCongress 163,441
π³οΈ Turnout 352,658 vs 310,913 in '22 (+13%)
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IA-4: π΄ Chris McGowan @McGowanForIowa (new) 178,845 β Dave Dawson 123,940
π³οΈ Turnout 302,785 vs 277,008 in '22 (+9%)
β called Β· π flip Β· AP, unofficial; 2022 official
Iowa's delegation goes from 4β0 GOP to 3β1 Dem. Is Iowa a swing state again? π
