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2020 Iowa U.S. House District 3 Election

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Who won the 2020 Iowa U.S. House District 3 Election?

Cindy Axne won the 2020 Iowa U.S. House District 3 Election. Cindy Axne received 219,205 popular votes (47.57%). The main challenger was David Young (46.22%).

See the full head-to-head between Axne and Young

Axne +1.4 pts · won by 6,208 votes
Cindy AxneDemocraticWINNER47.57%
219,205 votes
David YoungRepublican46.22%
212,997 votes
Bryan Jack HolderLibertarian3.33%
15,361 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.