Iowa State House District 64
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jason Gearhart Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Brian BrueningDemocraticJason GearhartRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Jason Gearhart (R) 67.7, Ian Zahren (O) 32.0
- Last election
- Jason Gearhart (Republican) won by 35.7 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BrueningRight column: Gearhart
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeBrueningNo published score for Gearhart
- Races
- None listed
- Won 1 of 1
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 2
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Candidates on the ballot
- Brian BrueningDemocratic
- Jason GearhartIncumbentRepublican
Source: sos.iowa.gov (PDF), dated Aug 19
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History (28 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 15,983
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJason GearhartWon Republican 10,82467.7% OtherIan Zahren Other 5,11432.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 450.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,333
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAnne OsmundsonWon(incumbent) Republican 9,17668.8% DemocraticBrian Bruening Democratic 4,15131.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,723
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChad IngelsWon Republican 8,28456.3% DemocraticJodi Grover Democratic 6,43543.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,008
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce BearingerWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,008100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,220
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce BearingerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,28858.3% RepublicanZach Michael Schulz Republican 5,91241.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,245
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce BearingerWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,73751.0% RepublicanCraig Johnson Republican 5,49748.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,517
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBruce BearingerWon Democratic 9,49365.4% RepublicanJim Givant Republican 5,00734.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,812
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanet PetersenWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,68956.6% RepublicanDan Kennedy Republican 3,62630.7% OtherVicki Stogdill Other 1,49012.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,293
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanet PetersenWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,25967.1% RepublicanSteve Svejda Republican 5,03432.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,561
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanet PetersenWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,561100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,657
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanet PetersenWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,87663.1% RepublicanEric Goranson Republican 5,78136.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,763
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanet PetersenWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,763100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,215
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMark D. SmithWon Democratic 6,24551.1% RepublicanBeverly J. Nelsonforbes(incumbent) Republican 5,97048.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,806
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. NelsonforbesWon(incumbent) Republican 5,36854.7% DemocraticGordon B. Burke Democratic 4,43845.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,136
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. NelsonforbesWon(incumbent) Republican 6,88356.7% DemocraticBert Permar Democratic 5,25343.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,706
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBeverly J. NelsonforbesWon Republican 5,68153.1% DemocraticGordon B. Burke(incumbent) Democratic 5,02546.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,378
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon B. BurkeWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,71650.2% RepublicanTom Bower Republican 6,66249.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,949
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold VanmaanenWon(incumbent) Republican 5,949100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,021
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold VanmaanenWon(incumbent) Republican 7,65469.5% DemocraticRichard L. Flander Democratic 3,36730.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,541
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold VanmaanenWon(incumbent) Republican 5,541100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,133
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold VanmaanenWon(incumbent) Republican 7,69163.4% DemocraticAllen Holliman Democratic 4,44136.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,003
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold VanmaanenWon(incumbent) Republican 6,03760.4% DemocraticDavid Vogel Democratic 3,96639.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,220
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn H. ConnorsWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,92775.1% RepublicanMark A. French Republican 2,29124.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,280
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn H. ConnorsWon(incumbent) Democratic 4,27399.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,590
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn H. ConnorsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,42677.4% RepublicanSandra K. Hoenig Republican 2,16322.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,911
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn H. ConnorsWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,25776.1% RepublicanOilver W. Graves Republican 1,58322.9% OtherJoyce Reed Other 711.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,652
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn H. ConnorsWon Democratic 7,01565.9% RepublicanWalter Bricker Republican 3,63734.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,255
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1970 to 1971)
Iowa House of Representatives District 64, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticA. June FranklinWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,90558.5% RepublicanWalter Bricker Republican 1,35041.5%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1970 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Iowa State House District 64, election results 1970 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ia/house/64. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ia/sldl:64
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026