Iowa's 4th congressional district
Iowa's 4th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 794,584 | ||
Median household income | $68,755[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+16[2] |
Iowa's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers the western border of the state, including Sioux City and Council Bluffs. Up north, it extends eastwards into Ames, Boone, Fort Dodge, and Marshalltown. It has been represented by Republican Randy Feenstra since 2021, who defeated longtime incumbent Steve King in 2020. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+16, it is the most Republican district in Iowa, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[2]
History
Since the 1880s, there have been major changes in the location or nature of Iowa's 4th Congressional District. From 1886 until 1941, the district was made up of largely rural counties in northeastern Iowa, including the easternmost five counties in the northernmost two rows[3] (and, during the 1930s, Buchanan and Delaware counties from the third row).[4] During that era, the district included areas from Mason City east to the Mississippi River.
In 1941, Iowa's 5th Congressional District (made up of rural counties in southern Iowa) was renumbered as Iowa's 4th Congressional District, and counties in the old 4th District were placed in the 3rd District and the 2nd District.
The rural character of the district was changed when most of its territory was merged with the
The 2001 remap made the 4th district a north-central Iowa district. It could not be said to be the successor of any of the previous districts. It was a primarily rural district, though it included Ames and Mason City. It did not include any of the state's nine largest cities, and only four of the twenty largest Iowa cities.[9] The plan went into effect in 2003 for the 108th U.S. Congress.[10] The 5th's incumbent congressman, Tom Latham, had his home in Alexander drawn into the 4th, and was elected from this district five times.
For the 2012 elections, the
In June 2020, Steve King was defeated in the Republican House primary by challenger Randy Feenstra.
Statewide races since 2000
Election results from statewide races:
Office | Year | District result | Winner | |
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Statewide | Nationwide | |||
President | 2000 | George W. Bush 49% – Al Gore 48% | Gore | Bush |
2004 | George W. Bush 51% – John Kerry 48% | Bush | ||
2008 | Barack Obama 53% – John McCain 45% | Obama | Obama | |
2012 | Mitt Romney 53% – Barack Obama 45% | |||
2016 | Donald Trump 61% – Hillary Clinton 34% | Trump | Trump | |
2020 | Donald Trump 63% – Joe Biden 36% | Biden |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Term | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1863 | |||||
Josiah B. Grinnell )
(Grinnell |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
38th 39th |
Re-elected in 1864 .Lost renomination. |
1863–1873 [data missing] |
William Loughridge (Oskaloosa) |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Re-elected in 1868 .Lost renomination. | |
Madison M. Walden (Centerville) |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected in 1870 .Lost renomination. | |
Henry O. Pratt (Charles City) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
43rd 44th |
Re-elected in 1874 .Retired. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
Nathaniel C. Deering (Osage) |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
45th 46th 47th |
Re-elected in 1880 .Retired. | |
Luman H. Weller (Nashua) |
Greenback
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March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882 .Lost re-election. |
1883–1887 Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, and Winneshiek counties |
William E. Fuller (West Union) |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886 .Lost renomination. | |
1887–1933 Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, and Worth counties | |||||
Joseph H. Sweney (Osage) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888 .Lost re-election. | |
Walter H. Butler )
(West Union |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890 .Lost re-election. | |
Thomas Updegraff (McGregor) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 |
53rd 54th 55th |
Re-elected in 1896 .Lost renomination. | |
Gilbert N. Haugen (Northwood) |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1933 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Re-elected in 1930 .Lost re-election. | |
Fred Biermann (Decorah) |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th |
Re-elected in 1936 .Lost re-election. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
Henry O. Talle (Decorah) |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
76th 77th |
Re-elected in 1940. .
Redistricted to the 2nd district | |
Karl M. LeCompte (Corydon) |
Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1956 .Retired. |
1943–1963 [data missing] |
Steven V. Carter (Leon) |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – November 4, 1959 |
86th | Elected in 1958 .Died. | |
Vacant | November 4, 1959 – December 15, 1959 |
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John H. Kyl (Bloomfield) |
Republican | December 15, 1959 – January 3, 1965 |
86th 87th 88th |
Re-elected in 1962 .Lost re-election. | |
1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
Bert Bandstra (Pella) |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
89th | Elected in 1964 .Lost re-election. | |
John H. Kyl (Bloomfield) |
Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 |
90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970 .Lost re-election. | |
Neal E. Smith )
(Altoona |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1995 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1992 .Lost re-election. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
1993–2003 [data missing] | |||||
Greg Ganske (Des Moines) |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
104th 105th 106th 107th |
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Tom Latham (Alexander) |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from the Re-elected in 2004. .
Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district |
2003–2013 |
Steve King (Kiron) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination. |
2013–2023 |
Randy Feenstra (Hull) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 – present |
117th 118th |
Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2023–present: |
Historical election results
Year[11] | Winner | Second | Percentage | ||||
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Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | Party affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920
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Republican | Gilbert N. Haugen | 53,083 | Democratic | Carl Evans | 18,104 | 75%–25% |
1922
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32,586 | A. M. Schanke | 24,532 | 57%–43% | |||
1924
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50,850 | J. M. Berry | 20,636 | 71%–29% | |||
1926
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30,611 | Frank E. Howard | 20,076 | 60%–40% | |||
1928
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50,488 | Erwin Larson | 31,968 | 61%–39% | |||
1930
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29,224 | Wilbur L. Peck | 20,236 | 59%–41% | |||
1932
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Democratic | Fred Biermann | 62,598 | Republican | Gilbert N. Haugen | 42,207 | 59%–41% |
1934
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49,504 | C. A. Benson | 43,794 | 52%–46% | |||
1936
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56,308 | Henry O. Talle | 51,805 | 51%–47% | |||
1938
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Republican | Henry O. Talle | 48,640 | Democratic | Fred Biermann | 44,601 | 52%–48% |
1940
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66,691 | Morgan J. McEnaney | 51,558 | 56%–44% | |||
1942
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Karl M. LeCompte | 52,258 | Thomas L. Curran | 28,745 | 65%–35% | ||
1944
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59,658 | Harold J. Fleck | 49,098 | 55%–45% | |||
1946
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43,753 | A. E. Augustine | 31,203 | 58%–42% | |||
1948
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53,384 | Steven V. Carter | 49,894 | 52%–48% | |||
1950
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51,168 | 38,649 | 57%–43% | ||||
1952
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73,317 | Earl E. Glassburner | 44,900 | 62%–38% | |||
1954
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49,608 | Herschel C. Loveless | 39,652 | 56%–44% | |||
1956
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58,024 | Steven V. Carter | 56,406 | 51%–49% | |||
1958
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Democratic | Steven V. Carter | 42,479 | Republican | John Henry Kyl | 39,233 | 52%–48% |
1960
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Republican | John Henry Kyl | 65,016 | Democratic | C. Edwin Gilmour | 49,918 | 57%–43% |
1962
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65,538 | Gene W. Glenn | 51,810 | 56%–44% | |||
1964
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Democratic | Bert Bandstra | 85,518 | Republican | John Henry Kyl | 73,898 | 54%–46% |
1966
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Republican | John Henry Kyl | 65,259 | Democratic | Bert Bandstra | 61,074 | 52%–48% |
1968
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83,259 | 71,134 | 54%–46% | ||||
1970
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59,396 | Roger Blobaum | 49,369 | 55%–45% | |||
1972
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Democratic | Neal Edward Smith
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123,431 | Republican | John Henry Kyl | 85,156 | 59%–41% |
1974
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91,755 | Chuck Dick | 53,756 | 61%–35% | |||
1976
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145,343 | Charles E. Minor | 65,013 | 69%–31% | |||
1978
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88,526 | 48,308 | 65%–35% | ||||
1980
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117,896 | Donald C. Young | 100,335 | 54%–36% | |||
1982
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118,849 | Dave Readinger
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60,534 | 66%–34% | |||
1984
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136,922 | Robert R. Lockard | 88,717 | 61%–39% | |||
1986
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107,271 | 49,641 | 68%–32% | ||||
1988
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157,065 | Paul Lunde | 62,056 | 72%–28% | |||
1990
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127,812 | unopposed | 2,778 | 98%–2% | |||
1992
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158,610 | Republican | Paul Lunde | 94,045 | 62%–37% | ||
1994
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Republican | Greg Ganske | 111,935 | Democratic | Neal Edward Smith
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98,824 | 53%–46% |
1996
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133,419 | Connie McBurney | 119,790 | 52%–47% | |||
1998
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129,942 | Jon Dvorak | 67,550 | 65%–34% | |||
2000
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169,267 | Michael L. Huston | 101,112 | 61%–37% | |||
2002
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Tom Latham | 115,430 | John Norris | 90,784 | 55%–43% | ||
2004
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181,294 | Paul W. Johnson | 116,121 | 61%–39% | |||
2006 | 120,512 | Selden Spencer | 89,994 | 57%–43% | |||
2008 | 184,529 | Becky Greenwald | 119,927 | 60%–39% | |||
2010 | 152,588 | Bill Maske | 74,300 | 64%–31% | |||
2012 | Steve King | 200,831 | Christie Vilsack | 168,323 | 53%–45% | ||
2014 | 169,141 | Jim Mowrer
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104,873 | 62%–38% | |||
2016 | 226,719 | Kim Weaver | 142,993 | 61%–39% | |||
2018 | 157,275 | J. D. Scholten | 146,737 | 50.3%–47.0% | |||
2020 | Randy Feenstra | 237,369 | 144,761 | 62.0%–37.8% |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 115,430 | 54.77 | |
Democratic | John Norris | 90,784 | 43.07 | |
Libertarian | Terry L. Wilson | 2,952 | 1.40 | |
Independent
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Jim Hennager | 1,544 | 0.73 | |
No party | Others | 64 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 210,774 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
- Note: Jim Hennager ran on the Earth Federation Party platform on the ballot.
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 181,294 | 60.93 | |
Democratic | Paul W. Johnson | 116,121 | 39.02 | |
No party | Others | 151 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 297,566 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 121,650 | 57.19 | |
Democratic | Selden Spencer | 90,982 | 42.77 | |
No party | Others | 98 | 0.05 | |
Total votes | 212,730 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 185,458 | 60.53 | |
Democratic | Becky Greenwald | 120,746 | 39.41 | |
No party | Others | 197 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 306,401 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Tom Latham* | 152,588 | 65.62 | |
Democratic | Bill Maske | 74,300 | 31.95 | |
Independent
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Dan Lensing | 5,499 | 2.37 | |
No party | Others | 132 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 232,519 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve King* | 200,063 | 51.69 | |
Democratic | Christie Vilsack | 169,470 | 43.78 | |
Independent
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Martin James Monroe | 8,124 | 2.10 | |
No party | Others | 226 | ||
Total votes | 387,079 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve King (incumbent) | 169,834 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | Jim Mowrer | 105,504 | 38.3 | |
Write-ins | 295 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 275,633 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve King (incumbent) | 226,719 | 61.23 | |
Democratic | Kim Weaver | 142,993 | 38.62 | |
Write-ins | 547 | 0.15 | ||
Total votes | 370,259 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican
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Steve King (incumbent) | 157,275 | 50.33 | −10.9 | |
Democratic | J. D. Scholten | 146,737 | 46.96 | +8.34 | |
Libertarian | Charles Aldrich | 6,315 | 2.02 | +2.02 | |
Independent
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Edward Peterson | 1,940 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Write-ins | 201 | 0.06 | −0.09 | ||
Majority | 10,538 | 3.37 | |||
Turnout | 312,468 | 100 | |||
Republican hold | Swing | –19.24 |
2020
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 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
- Iowa's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Redistricting in the United States
References
- General
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "The Congressional Districts," Waterloo Courier, 1886-04-14 at 4; Iowa's Official Register (1930).
- ^ Iowa's Official Register, 1933-34, at 6.
- ^ a b Iowa's Official Register, 1943-1944, at 15.
- ^ "Another redrawing," Ames Daily Tribune, 1970-07-07 at 4.
- ^ Iowa Official Register, 1973-74, at 30.
- ^ Iowa Official Register, 1983-84, at 46.
- ^ Iowa League of Cities,Population of Iowa Cities of 8,000 or More Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2008-07-27.
- ^ "2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan,". 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ "Election Statistics,". 2005. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2014". Iowa Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2014". Iowa Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
- ^ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
- ^ "General Election - 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.
- Specific
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present