2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Iowa House District 1
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Greg Hoversten (R) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Wesley Whitead (D) by 8.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Greg HoverstenRepublican · winner
54.2%5,514
Wesley WhiteadDemocrat · incumbent
45.8%4,662
10,176 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET