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Iowa’s 4th District

U.S. House · IA-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 20.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 60.4%

    Chris McGowan

  • Democrat 39.6%

    Dave Dawson

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
IA-4 60.4%39.6%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+16.1 54.5%−14.9

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over5.8% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Feenstra, Randall · Republican

Primary results

Held June 2, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Dave Dawson 39.1% 11,291 votes
Republican primary Chris McGowan 100.0% 55,077 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Dave Dawson

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    Chris McGowan

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 34.3 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 20.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • IA-3 Democrat, toss-up
  • IA-1 Democrat, competitive
  • IA-2 Democrat, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated