Based on the latest data from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office, I’ve updated tables showing how many absentee ballots Iowans have requested and returned, statewide and in the four Congressional districts. Democrats still lead in ballot requests statewide and in each district, as you can see below. The largest lead is in IA-02; the smallest in IA-04.

Tables from previous days can be viewed here. The number of ballots returned is creeping up slowly, but that will change very soon. Early voting in-person begins today, and every vote cast at a county auditor’s office counts as a ballot requested and a ballot returned on the same day. Also, more and more Iowans who are voting by mail will receive their ballots by this weekend.

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of September 24, 2014

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters	Libertarian	Iowa Green	total
IA-01	18,568	8,505	8,027	32	28	35,160
IA-02	21,961	8,722	8,895	28	33	39,639
IA-03	18,876	9,441	6,113	32	21	34,483
IA-04	12,196	9,357	5,088	16	12	26,469
statewide	71,601	35,825	28,123	108	94	135,751

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of September 24, 2014

Congressional district	Democrats	Republicans	no-party voters	Libertarian	Iowa Green	total
IA-01	522	407	154	2	0	1,085
IA-02	471	171	77	1	0	720
IA-03	569	591	139	2	1	1,302
IA-04	187	280	63	1	0	531
statewide	1,749	1,449	433	6	1	3,638