Riding profile

IA-3

US House district — IA · Mixed · us ia

The question

IA-3: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.4
P(close race)
42%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 52.7%

    Sarah Trone Garriott

  • Republican 47.3%

    Zach Nunn incumbent

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereIA-3 52.7%47.3%
National averageUnited States 54.3% −1.6 44.9% +2.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

4 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Ragnar Research Partners Conservatives for America 12–Mar 14 400 LV
Republican 44 Democrat 43
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Ragnar Research Partners Conservatives for America 12–Mar 14 400 LV
Republican 48 Democrat 42
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Change Research 23–Oct 27 638 LV
Democrat 45 Republican 42
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Public Policy Polling 17–Sep 18 717 RV
Democrat 44 Republican 44
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

IA-3, a mixed riding in IA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 53% vote share, against 47% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

NUNN, ZACH

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 2, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Sarah Trone Garriott 100.0%

54,662 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Zach Nunn 100.0%

48,309 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Nunn, Zach

  • Democrat Challenger

    Trone Garriott, Sarah

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
3.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.6 pts

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Last model run
Cycle
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