Heather Matson | |
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Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 42nd district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kristin Sunde |
Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 38th district | |
In office January 14,2019 –January 10,2021 | |
Preceded by | Kevin Koester |
Succeeded by | Garrett Gobble |
Personal details | |
Born | North Smithfield,Rhode Island [1] |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Chris [1] |
Children | 2 [1] |
Residence | Ankeny,Iowa [1] |
Alma mater | Western New England College George Washington University [1] |
Heather Matson is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing District 42 in the Iowa House of Representatives. She also served a non-continuous term from 2019 to 2021.
In 2016,Matson challenged Republican incumbent Kevin Koester for the 38th district seat in the Iowa House of Representatives,but lost. In 2018,she ran again,and won. She ran for a second term in 2020. [2]
As of June 2020,Matson sat on the following House committees: [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kevin Koester | 8,793 | 52.18% | |
Democratic | Heather Matson | 7,264 | 43.11% | |
Libertarian | Jeff Meyers | 610 | 3.62% | |
Unaffiliated | Brett Nelson | 183 | 1.09% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Heather Matson | 1,914 | 79.8% | |
Democratic | Reyma McCoy McDeid | 485 | 20.2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Heather Matson | 8,216 | 51.5% | |
Republican | Kevin Koester | 7,710 | 48.4% | |
Other/Write-in | 15 | 0.1% |
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