1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa House District 1
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Wesley Whitead (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Ronald W. Nutt (R) by 0.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Wesley WhiteadDemocrat · winner
50.4%5,031
Ronald W. NuttRepublican · incumbent
49.6%4,951
9,982 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET