Results: Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson defeats Democratic state Sen. Liz Mathis in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District election

• Rep. Ashley Hinson defeated Democratic state Sen. Liz Mathis in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.
• The 2nd District covers 22 counties in Iowa's northeast corner.

Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson defeated Democratic state Sen. Liz Mathis in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

Polls closed in the state at 8 p.m. local time, or 9 p.m. EST.

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District candidates

Hinson is a former anchor and reporter for KCRG-TV 9 in Cedar Rapids, while Mathis is a former anchor and reporter at both KCRG-TV 9 and KWWL News 7 in Waterloo.

Hinson, first elected in 2020, serves on the House Committees on Appropriations and Budget. She has been accused by Mathis of supporting a nationwide ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape, incest, or to save the mother's life. However, Hinson, during her time in the Iowa State House, supported such exemptions when voting in favor of the "fetal heartbeat law" in May 2018.

Prior to her time in the US House, Hinson served the 67th District in the Iowa State House from 2017 to 2021, the first woman to represent the district. She and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks — running for reelection in Iowa's 1st Congressional District — are the first Republican women to represent Iowa in the US House.

Mathis, Hinson's challenger, has been an Iowa state senator since 2011. She serves on the Senate Agriculture and Appropriations Committees and serves as the legislative liaison to the Iowa Department of Public Health. In an interview with a local radio station, Mathis said she will work to support abortion rights and codify Roe v. Wade if she is elected.

Voting history for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District

Iowa's 2nd Congressional District covers 22 counties in Iowa's northeast corner, including Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque, and Mason City.

President Donald Trump had a 3.4 percentage point margin of victory over Joe Biden under the district's previous boundaries in 2020 — before the once-in-a-decade redistricting process following the 2020 Census made it slightly more Republican.

The money race

According to OpenSecrets, Hinson has raised $6.7 million, spent more than $5.9 million, and has $881,000 cash on hand, as of October 19.

Her challenger, Mathis, has raised nearly $4 million, spent about $3.3 million, and has $668,000 still left to spend, as of October 19.

As of November 4, a dozen super PACs, national party committees, politically active nonprofits, and other non-candidate groups have together spent about $3.1 million to advocate for or against candidates in this race, including during the race's primary phase.

Almost all the money has benefitted Hinson. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican hybrid PAC that backs Hinson, has alone accounted for about two-thirds of the race's outside spending.

What experts say

The race between Hinson and Mathis is rated as "tilt Republican" by Inside Elections, "lean Republican" by The Cook Political Report, and "likely Republican" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.