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Heather Matson Lame duck: leaving office Jan 11

State representative, House District 42

Leaving office Jan 11. Will be replaced by Amy Tagliareni (Democrat), who won this seat Nov 3 (unofficial results). See Amy Tagliareni’s profile

Elected to the Iowa Senate, Senate District 21, on Nov 3. Takes that seat Jan 11.

Party
Democrat
District
House District 42See it on a street map
Committees
6 committees
Tracked votes
94
The record

Voting record

Votes on the education bills we track. Each bill links to its history, text and who sponsored it.

Campaign money

Who funds their campaign

Money given to Heather Matson’s campaign for the Iowa House, from reports it files with the state. It doesn’t include money raised for any other race, such as a run for Congress, which is reported to the Federal Election Commission instead. We show totals; we don’t name individual donors.

$609,248raised in 2025–26, through Oct 14

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party committees
  • Other candidates
  • Businesses and other
From Iowa
80%
of money with an address on the report
Small gifts
33%
of individuals’ money came in gifts of $100 or less; 33% in gifts of $1,000 or more

Biggest donors

PACs, party committees, other campaigns and organizations.

  1. Iowa Democratic PartyParty$273,324
  2. Heather Matson for Iowa HouseCandidate$29,604
  3. Iowa State Education Assn. PAC or ISEA PACPAC$25,000
  4. Ankeny Area DemocratsPAC$11,727
  5. Justice For All Political Action CommitteePAC$10,000
  6. Progressive Turnout ProjectPAC$5,250
  7. States WinPAC$5,000
  8. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC IBEWPAC$5,000
  9. Iowans for Health Liberty PACOrganization$4,000
  10. Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPACPAC$2,500
See the numbers
Where the money came from, 2025–26
SourceAmountShare
Individuals People giving their own money$212,51835%
PACs Political action committees: unions, businesses, causes$89,72015%
Party committees State and county party committees$273,32445%
Other candidates Other politicians’ campaign committees$29,6045%
Businesses and other Businesses, groups, unregistered committees and unitemized gifts$4,0811%
In-kind gifts (included above)$286,74347%

Totals cover their campaign committees only, not money spent by outside groups. In-kind gifts count at their reported value. Party money often passes through caucus committees, which show up here as PACs. How we count campaign money

From Iowa Campaign Contributions Received, published by the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission under CC BY-NC 4.0. We total and summarize the reports as campaigns filed them. Last checked Nov 7.

Where bills start

Committees

Where they serve

House District 42

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Heather Matson represents House District 42, which is in Polk County.

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District lines from the US Census Bureau, drawn in Iowa’s 2021 redistricting. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.

Legislator details from Open States. Votes last checked Nov 6. Report a mistake