IA-3 Des Moines
Iowa
Not calledR +6.0closes 9:00 pm ET
Called · 59% in · Trone Garriott +22 (our call, flip)
Lean D
Who's running
Zach NunnRIncumbent
Zach Nunn has been in Congress since 2023 after beating a Democratic incumbent. He served in the Iowa House and Senate and is a colonel in the Iowa Air National Guard. He once worked on cybersecurity in the Obama White House.
What they say they'll do
- Won by about 4 points in 2024
- Endorsed by Trump, Vance and Hegseth
- Only poll with the actual matchup is a March GOP poll
Sarah Trone GarriottD60.8% · 59% in
Sarah Trone Garriott is a Lutheran pastor and Iowa state senator. She won her seat in 2020 and again in 2024 in a district Trump carried. She held a town hall in all 21 counties in the district.
What they say they'll do
- Unopposed in the Democratic primary
- Outraised Nunn by mid-2026
- Backed by Buttigieg and Walz
The tea ☕
- Nunn's allies ran attacks saying Trone Garriott officiated a satanic wedding in 2006. She was not an ordained pastor then. She has said she was an intern who read a Bible passage at a wedding her boss performed for a couple who called themselves Satanists.
- Trone Garriott attacks Nunn for taking $18,750 from Syngenta and Smithfield Foods, two Chinese-owned companies. Nunn's camp points to his votes against the Chinese Communist Party.