Today, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a proclamation setting Tuesday, April 29, 2025, as the date for a special election in Iowa House District 78 following the resignation of Iowa State Representative Sami Scheetz on April 1, 2025.
Iowa Code section 69.14 outlines the authority given to the governor to set a special election.
The proclamation setting the date of the special election can be found online and reads as follows:
SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Office of State Representative for the Seventy-Eighth (78th) State House District of the Iowa General Assembly, as defined by section 41.1(78) of the 2025 Iowa Code has become vacant by reason of the resignation of Iowa State Representative Sami Scheetz on April 1, 2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, KIMBERLY K. REYNOLDS, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim and direct that a special election to fill said vacancy shall be held within said District on:
TUESDAY, THE TWENTY-NINTH (29TH) DAY OF APRIL, 2025 A.D.
WHEREFORE, all electors within the Seventy-Eighth (78th) State House District will take due notice and the Linn County Commissioner of Elections shall give official notice as provided in section 39.6 of the Iowa Code.