Result
House Majority Whip Henry Stone (R-Forest City) won a fourth term in Iowa House District 9 on Nov. 3 with no opponent on the ballot, receiving 10,381 votes, or 97.6% of the total, in unofficial results. He was also the only Republican on the June 2 primary ballot.
His new two-year term begins Friday, Jan. 1, 2027. Stone first won a House seat in 2020 and has served as majority whip since 2022, Algona Radio reported when he announced his re-election bid.
Candidates and Platforms
Stone spent 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, including four deployments to the Middle East, before retiring as a master sergeant. Born in South Korea, he now lives in Forest City and serves on the House Administration and Rules, Appropriations, Education, Ethics and Judiciary committees.
He told Algona Radio he was running again because he sees this as a pivotal period for Iowa. His campaign website asks supporters to help “maintain Iowa’s Red State status.”
District and Chamber
District 9 covers all of Winnebago and Emmet counties and most of Kossuth County, including Algona, in north-central Iowa. Stone has represented it since redistricting in 2022, when he moved over from District 7 and beat Democrat Joseph Tillman with 67.8% of the vote.
Republicans kept their House majority but lost the supermajority they held going into Election Day, when they led 66 to 33, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Democrats appeared to gain 11 seats, with eight races still uncalled as of Wednesday afternoon.
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