(Radio Iowa) – More than 82-thousand voters in the third congressional district have already cast early ballots in the third congressional district. Two years ago, Donald Trump won the 21 counties that are now in Iowa’s new third congressional district. Democratic Congresswoman Cindy Axne of West Des Moines has been telling her fellow Democrats her race could determine which party controls congress in 2023. “Republicans think that they’re going to take the House. We’re not going to let them do that, are we?” Axne asked. “We’re not going to let them do that because they already have a bill ready to codify the ?Dobbs decision and ensure that women don’t have the reproductive rights that they deserve.”

G-O-P challenger Zach Nunn of Bondurant rallied with Dallas County Republicans Sunday night. “We get to be at the front line of making history,” Nunn said. “This district is going to be the determining factor in whether we lead as a nation and get to fire Nancy Pelosi.” Iowa’s third district includes the Des Moines metro, along with Jefferson, Clarinda, Centerville and Ottumwa.