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==2020 U.S. House election in Iowa's 2nd district==

==2020 U.S. House election in Iowa's 2nd district==

Following Loebsack's announcement in April 2019 that he would retire rather than seek re-election,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/12/dave-loebsack-retire-2020-1273465 Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020]</ref> Hart declared a month later her bid for the seat, and received the representative's endorsement.{{fact}} She won the Democrat primary uncontested and faced Republican state senator [[Mariannette Miller-Meeks]] in the general election.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/02/us/elections/results-iowa-house-district-2-primary-election.html Iowa Primary Election Results: Second Congressional District]</ref> The second congressional district has in the past been more favorable to the [[Democratic Party]], though Trump managed to carry it in [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016]] by four percentage points<ref>[https://cookpolitical.com/introducing-2017-cook-political-report-partisan-voter-index Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index]</ref> and again in [[2020 U.S. presidential election|2020]] by the same margin.<ref>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-2020-2016-and-2012 Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012]</ref>

Following Loebsack's announcement in April 2019 that he would retire rather than seek re-election,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/12/dave-loebsack-retire-2020-1273465 Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack to retire in 2020]</ref> Hart declared a month later her bid for the seat, and received the representative's endorsement.{{fact}} She won the Democrat primary uncontested and faced Republican state senator [[Mariannette Miller-Meeks]] in the general election.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/02/us/elections/results-iowa-house-district-2-primary-election.html Iowa Primary Election Results: Second Congressional District]</ref> The second congressional district has in the past been more favorable to the [[Democratic Party]], though Trump managed to carry it in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]] by four percentage points<ref>[https://cookpolitical.com/introducing-2017-cook-political-report-partisan-voter-index Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index]</ref> and again in [[2020 U.S. presidential election|2020]] by the same margin.<ref>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-2020-2016-and-2012 Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012]</ref>

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