AkashicIA-02 — U.S. House
We expect Democrats to win58%The call
We expect Democrats to win.
What the market is pricing
via PolymarketThe market gives the Republicans a 58% chance to win.
The market and our model disagree: the market leans to the Republicans, our model to the Democrats — a 16-point split worth watching.
Implied probability from live Polymarket prices, two-party-normalized · as of Aug 1, 2026 · a market price is trader sentiment, not Akashic’s forecast. See the market on Polymarket → · How implied probability works →
| Candidate | Raised |
|---|---|
| Joe MitchellR | |
| Lindsay JamesD |
Receipts, cash on hand, and outside (independent-expenditure) spending from the Federal Election Commission. Bars are scaled within this race. Open seat: incumbent Ashley Hinson (R) is running for U.S. Senate, not for re-election. Joe Mitchell is the Republican nominee; Lindsay James is the Democratic nominee. Iowa primary held June 2, 2026. The field and its fundraising will keep updating as primaries settle and new FEC reports land.
The rating is grounded in this seat’s record on Akashic — its partisan lean, same-office history, and demographics. Read the full profile on the IA-02 place page.
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | RepublicanR | R+16 |
| 2022 | RepublicanR | R+8 |
| 2020 | RepublicanR | even |
| 2018 | DemocraticD | D+12 |
| 2016 | DemocraticD | D+7 |
| 2014 | DemocraticD |
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