DemocratNot in office · last served 2023Last on a ballot: Nov 2022

Cynthia Axne

Last held office: U.S. House, IA-3 (2019–2023). Ran in 3 elections between 2018 and 2022, winning 2.

Last office: U.S. House, IA-3Born 1965

Last margin: −0.7; Lost 2022
Elections: 3; 2018–2022

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Career

Offices held, and every time Axne was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028U.S. House, IA-3Out of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Axne has run

Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Axne won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised	Baseline
2022	U.S. House, IA-3	General	Lost	Zach Nunn (R)	49.6%	R+0.7	$7.2M	R+0.5
2020	U.S. House, IA-3	General	Won	David Young (R), Bryan Jack Holder (L)	48.9%	D+1.4	$6.3M	—
2018	U.S. House, IA-3	General	Won	David Young (R), Bryan Jack Holder (L), Mark Elworth Jr. (I)	49.3%	D+2.2	$5.2M	—