---
type: Person
title: "Heather Matson"
description: "IA House District 42 — IA State House of Representatives District 42"
role: "IA House District 42"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IA"
district: "IA State House of Representatives District 42"
represents: "us/states/ia/districts/house/42"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "e0e33157-fa74-4705-ae97-e4d0950e38be"
  office: "a6f1009c-fc96-462d-802b-f57b4f063472"
  tenure: "db343710-e243-4ee0-bfb8-874068a88c54"
  jurisdiction: "44d1d94a-b29e-4ca7-97b1-f69455a98274"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ia]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Heather Matson

Current IA House District 42 (IA State House of Representatives District 42).

Represents [IA State House of Representatives District 42](/us/states/ia/districts/house/42.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).