2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Iowa House District 62
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Barbara A. Finch (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating Dennis W. Parmenter (D) by 11.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Barbara A. FinchRepublican · winner
55.5%6,586
Dennis W. ParmenterDemocrat · incumbent
44.5%5,278
11,864 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