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2000Final results

2000 election for Iowa House District 2

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Steven H. Warnstadt (D) won with 68.4% of the vote, defeating Joel Arends (R) by 36.9 points.

Steven H. WarnstadtDemocrat · winner · incumbent
68.4%5,787
Joel ArendsRepublican
31.6%2,670
8,457 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

EvenD+13.41990D+10.21994D+33.31996D+36.92000D+22.32002D+3.12008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET