Heather Matson

American politician
Heather Matson
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 42nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byKristin Sunde
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 38th district
In office
January 14, 2019 – January 10, 2021
Preceded byKevin Koester
Succeeded byGarrett Gobble
Personal details
BornNorth Smithfield, Rhode Island[1]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseChris[1]
Children2[1]
ResidenceAnkeny, Iowa[1]
Alma materWestern 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.

Political career

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]

  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Environmental Protection
  • Human Resources
  • Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee

Electoral record

2016 general election: Iowa House of Representatives, District 38[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%
2018 Democratic primary: Iowa House of Representatives, District 38[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heather Matson 1,914 79.8%
Democratic Reyma McCoy McDeid 485 20.2%
2018 general election: Iowa House of Representatives, District 38[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Heather Matson 8,216 51.5%
Republican Kevin Koester 7,710 48.4%
Other/Write-in 15 0.1%

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Heather Matson's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Heather Matson". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Representative Heather Matson". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by
Kristin Sunde
 42nd District
2023 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Kevin Koester
 38th District
2023 – present 		Succeeded by
Garrett Gobble
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90th General Assembly (January 9, 2023 – January 12, 2025)
Speaker
Pat Grassley (R)
Speaker pro tempore
John Wills (R)
Majority Leader
Matt Windschitl (R)
Minority Leader
Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  1. ▌J. D. Scholten (D)
  2. ▌Robert Henderson (R)
  3. ▌Thomas Jeneary (R)
  4. ▌Skyler Wheeler (R)
  5. ▌Zach Dieken (R)
  6. ▌Megan Jones (R)
  7. ▌Mike Sexton (R)
  8. ▌Ann Meyer (R)
  9. ▌Henry Stone (R)
  10. ▌John Wills (R)
  11. ▌Brian Best (R)
  12. ▌Steven Holt (R)
  13. ▌Ken Carlson (R)
  14. ▌Jacob Bossman (R)
  15. ▌Matt Windschitl (R)
  16. ▌David Sieck (R)
  17. ▌Devon Wood (R)
  18. ▌Tom Moore (R)
  19. ▌Brent Siegrist (R)
  20. ▌Joshua Turek (D)
  21. ▌Brooke Boden (R)
  22. ▌Stan Gustafson (R)
  23. ▌Ray Sorensen (R)
  24. ▌Joel Fry (R)
  25. ▌Hans Wilz (R)
  26. ▌Austin Harris (R)
  27. ▌Kenan Judge (D)
  28. ▌David Young (R)
  29. ▌Brian Meyer (D)
  30. ▌Megan Srinivas (D)
  31. ▌Mary Madison (D)
  32. ▌Jennifer Konfrst (D)
  33. ▌Ruth Ann Gaines (D)
  34. ▌Ako Abdul-Samad (D)
  35. ▌Sean Bagniewski (D)
  36. ▌Austin Baeth (D)
  37. ▌Barb Kniff McCulla (R)
  38. ▌Jon Dunwell (R)
  39. ▌Rick Olson (D)
  40. ▌Bill Gustoff (R)
  41. ▌Molly Buck (D)
  42. ▌Heather Matson (D)
  43. ▌Eddie Andrews (R)
  44. ▌John Forbes (D)
  45. ▌Brian Lohse (R)
  46. ▌Dan Gehlbach (R)
  47. ▌Carter Nordman (R)
  48. ▌Phil Thompson (R)
  49. ▌Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)
  50. ▌Ross Wilburn (D)
  51. ▌Dave Deyoe (R)
  52. ▌Sue Cahill (D)
  53. ▌Dean Fisher (R)
  54. ▌Joshua Meggers (R)
  55. ▌Shannon Latham (R)
  56. ▌Mark Thompson (R)
  57. ▌Pat Grassley (R)
  58. ▌Charley Thomson (R)
  59. ▌Sharon Steckman (D)
  60. ▌Jane Bloomingdale (R)
  61. ▌Timi Brown-Powers (D)
  62. ▌Jerome Amos (D)
  63. ▌Michael Bergan (R)
  64. ▌Anne Osmundson (R)
  65. ▌Shannon Lundgren (R)
  66. ▌Steve Bradley (R)
  67. ▌Craig Johnson (R)
  68. ▌Chad Ingels (R)
  69. ▌Tom Determann (R)
  70. ▌Norlin Mommsen (R)
  71. ▌Lindsay James (D)
  72. ▌Charles Isenhart (D)
  73. ▌Elizabeth Wilson (D)
  74. ▌Eric Gjerde (D)
  75. ▌Bob Kressig (D)
  76. ▌Derek Wulf (R)
  77. ▌Jeff Cooling (D)
  78. ▌Sami Scheetz (D)
  79. ▌Tracy Ehlert (D)
  80. ▌Art Staed (D)
  81. ▌Luana Stoltenberg (R)
  82. ▌Bobby Kaufmann (R)
  83. ▌Cindy Golding (R)
  84. ▌Thomas Gerhold (R)
  85. ▌Amy Nielsen (D)
  86. ▌David Jacoby (D)
  87. ▌Jeff Shipley (R)
  88. ▌Helena Hayes (R)
  89. ▌Elinor Levin (D)
  90. ▌Adam Zabner (D)
  91. ▌Brad Sherman (R)
  92. ▌Heather Hora (R)
  93. ▌Gary Mohr (R)
  94. ▌Mike Vondran (R)
  95. ▌Taylor Collins (R)
  96. ▌Mark Cisneros (R)
  97. ▌Ken Croken (D)
  98. ▌Monica Kurth (D)
  99. ▌Matthew Rinker (R)
  100. ▌Martin Graber (R)


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