Rep. Megan Jones Announces Reelection Bid in Newly Drawn House District 6

Representative Megan Jones, R‑Sioux Rapids, announced Feb. 26, 2026 that she will run for reelection to the Iowa House in the newly drawn House District 6, keeping the chair of the Iowa House Transportation Committee tied to Buena Vista County through her role as an assistant Buena Vista County Attorney. The announcement positions Jones to defend the seat created by the recent redistricting ahead of the 2026 election cycle.

Jones holds two public roles in Buena Vista County and at the statehouse: she serves as chair of the Iowa House Transportation Committee and as an assistant Buena Vista County Attorney. Those titles were cited in her announcement as central to her campaign identity, signaling that her legislative work on transportation policy and her prosecutorial duties in the county will remain focal points of her public service while she campaigns for the new District 6.

The newly drawn House District 6 is the jurisdiction Jones named as the seat she will seek to represent; she identified the district in her Feb. 26 statement. Running as the Republican from Sioux Rapids, Jones moves to translate her committee leadership into a reelection bid under the revised district lines established by the recent redistricting process, which reshaped House boundaries across the state and created the District 6 designation she now aims to hold.

Jones’ dual status as Transportation Committee chair and assistant Buena Vista County Attorney makes the local stakes of this campaign clear for Buena Vista County institutions. Her role in the Transportation Committee gives her a central position in shaping state transportation policy in the Iowa House, while her work in the county attorney’s office connects her to Buena Vista County’s legal and public-safety operations; both roles were cited when she announced her decision to seek another term representing District 6.

With the Feb. 26, 2026 announcement, Jones formally launched the campaign to retain a seat in the Iowa House under the new District 6 boundaries. Her campaign will now proceed while she continues to serve in the Transportation Committee chairmanship and as an assistant Buena Vista County Attorney, creating an overlap of county-level legal work and statewide legislative responsibilities as voters in District 6 prepare for the upcoming election cycle.