DDHQ · called Nov. 3, 10:33 p.m. CST; returns Nov. 4, 1:01 a.m. CST, >95% reporting. National House geographic context map: Nov. 4, 12:58 a.m. CST. Blue Democratic; red Republican; gold Independents; gray uncalled; stripes called flips. State bands show seat counts, not district boundaries.
Democrat Lindsay James defeated Republican Joe Mitchell in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result flips the seat from Republican control to Democrats.
With more than 95% reporting, DDHQ's Nov. 4, 1:01 a.m. CST returns showed Lindsay James with 171,484 votes, or 49.54%, and Joe Mitchell with 157,722 votes, or 45.56%. James led by 13,762 votes in that snapshot.
