United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2012
District 1
Bruce Braley, a Democrat who has represented the 1st district in northeastern Iowa since 2007, intends to run in the new 1st district. Dave Loebsack lives in Linn County, within the boundaries of the new 1st district, but has represented southeastern Iowa's 2nd district since 2007, and will move to Johnson County and run in the new 2nd district. The 1st district has become more favorable to Democrats with the inclusion of Linn County and its loss of Scott County.
Rod Blum, a businessman; Ben Lange, who challenged Braley as the Republican nominee in 2010, and businessman Steve Rathje will seek the Republican nomination. In May 2011, Roll Call rated the race as "Safe Democratic".
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District 2
None of Iowa's current members of Congress reside in the newly-drawn 2nd district; however, Democrat Dave Loebsack will move from Linn County to Johnson County in order to avoid a primary against Bruce Braley and continue representing southeastern Iowa. The 2nd district has become slightly more favorable to Republicans as a result of the inclusion of Scott County, but retains Democratic-leaning Johnson County.
John Archer, a senior legal counsel at John Deere; Dan Dolan, a housing developer; and Richard Gates, a machinist and Tea Party activist, will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Loebsack. Roll Call rates the race as "Likely Democratic".
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District 3
Leonard Boswell, a Democrat who has represented the 3rd district in central Iowa since 1997, and Tom Latham, a Republican who has represented the 4th district in northern and central Iowa since 1995, will both run in the new 3rd district. Latham, who lives in the new 4th district, will move south to avoid facing fellow Republican Steve King in a primary. Approximately half of the new 3rd district is currently represented by Boswell, whereas the new 3rd district contains than 20 per cent of the area currently represented by Latham. However, Latham had $983,500 cash on hand at the end of March 2011, whereas Boswell had just $173,815. Roll Call rates the race as a tossup.
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District 4
Steve King, a Republican who has represented western Iowa's 5th district since 2003, will run in the new 4th district. Christie Vilsack, the former First Lady of Iowa, will run for the Democratic nomination to challenge King. The new 4th district comprises mostly territory which King currently represents and which tends to vote for Republican candidates. Roll Call rates the race as "Leans Republican".
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