IA-HD07: Governor calls special election to replace Rep. Mike Sexton in Iowa House

The special election for Iowa House District 7 in north-central Iowa will take place Dec. 9, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday.

The state legislative seat was previously held by former Rep. Mike Sexton, R-Rockwell City, who announced on Friday he was resigning from his position to become the director for the Iowa U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development office. Sexton had served in the Iowa House since 2014, and as chair of the House Agriculture Committee since 2022.

Sexton’s presidential appointment to the position, which manages funding for energy and water infrastructure in rural communities, means there’s a new vacancy in the Iowa House. Iowa House District 7 covers Calhoun, Pocahontas, and Sac counties, as well as a part of Webster County.

The announcement marks the fifth special election for state legislative seats in 2025. While Republicans came out of the 2024 election season with supermajorities in both chambers, Democrats were able to break the supermajority in the Iowa Senate with two special election victories — Sen. Mike Zimmer, D-DeWitt, won a January special election to replace Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer as she joined Reynolds administration, and Sen. Catelin Drey, D-Sioux City, won in an August special election following the death of Sen. Rocky De Witt, R-Lawton.




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