1998Final results
1998 election for Iowa House District 1
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Wesley Whitead (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Mel Adema (R) by 6.5 points.
Wesley WhiteadDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.3%4,043
Mel AdemaRepublican
46.7%3,547
7,590 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET