Heather Matson
State houseIowa
District42nd
Term startJanuary 9, 2023
PredecessorKristin Sunde
State house 1Iowa
District 138th
Term start 1January 14, 2019
Term end 1January 10, 2021
Predecessor 1Kevin Koester
Successor 1Garrett Gobble
PartyDemocratic
Birth placeNorth Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S.[1]
Alma materWestern New England College
George Washington University[1]
SpouseChris[1]

Heather Matson is an American politician who is a Democrat representing District 42 in the Iowa House of Representatives. She also served a non-continuous term from 2019 to 2021. She will not seek re-election to the Iowa House and instead launched a campaign for the Iowa Senate.[2]

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.[3]

As of June 2020, Matson sat on the following House committees:[4]

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

References

  1. ^ "Heather Matson's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Heather Matson for Iowa Senate". Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  3. ^ "Heather Matson". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Representative Heather Matson". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved 27 June 2020.