Iowa's 4th congressional district

U.S. House district in northwestern Iowa

Iowa's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa. The district is in the northwest part of the state. The district includes the cities of Sioux City, Ames, Mason City, Fort Dodge, Boone and Carroll. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Randy Feenstra.

Iowa's 4th congressional district
Iowa's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Randy Feenstra
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Distribution
  • 50.58% urban
  • 49.42% rural
Population (2019)749,897
Median household
income
$58,270[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+11[3]

Election history

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Office Year District 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
2002 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Latham 115,430 54.77
Democratic John Norris 90,784 43.07
Libertarian Terry L. Wilson 2,952 1.40
Independent Jim Hennager 1,544 0.73
No party Others 64 0.03
Total votes 210,774 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold
  • Note: Jim Hennager ran on the Earth Federation Party platform on the ballot.
2004 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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  
Republican hold
2006 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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
Turnout  
Republican hold
2008 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
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  
Republican hold
2010 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Latham 152,588 65.62
Democratic Bill Maske 74,300 31.95
Independent Dan Lensing 5,499 2.37
No party Others 132 0.06
Total votes 232,519 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold
2012 Iowa's 4th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve King 200,063 51.69
Democratic Christie Vilsack 169,470 43.78
Independent Martin James Monroe 8,124 2.10
No party Others 226
Total votes 387,079 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold
2014 Iowa's 4th congressional district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 Iowa's 4th congressional district election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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 Iowa's 4th congressional district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican 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 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
Iowa's 4th congressional district, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

References

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  1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. "Census profile: Congressional District 4, IA".
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. "Iowa General Election 2014". Iowa Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  5. "Iowa General Election 2014". Iowa Secretary of State. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  6. "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  7. "General Election - 2020 Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State.