2002 general · November 5, 2002

2002 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 2002 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races142
Changed party0
Unopposed30%43 races
Incumbents defeated7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaTom Harkin (D)10.4

Governors

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaTom Vilsack (D)8.4

U.S. House

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Nussle (R)14.5
IA-2James Leach (R)6.5
IA-3Leonard L. Boswell (D)8.4
IA-4Tom Latham (R)11.7
IA-5Steve King (R)24.4

Iowa State Senate

D 16 · R 19

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Steven H. Warnstadt (D)27.7
SD-2Kenneth Veenstra (R)Unopposed
SD-3David J. Johnson (R)21.5
SD-5Stewart Iverson Jr. (R)14.9
SD-7Amanda Ragan (D)25.1
SD-8Mark Zieman (R)13.3
SD-9Bob Brunkhorst (R)20.3
SD-11Bill Dotzler (D)32.7
SD-13Roger Tabor Stewart (D)11.4
SD-15Robert E. Dvorsky (D)19.3
SD-16Julie Hosch (R)2.3Incumbent lost
SD-17Wally E. Horn (D)Unopposed
SD-19Chuck Larson (R)14.2
SD-20John Putney (R)23.0
SD-21Dennis H. Black (D)23.2
SD-23Herman Quirmbach (D)12.0
SD-25Daryl Beall (D)17.0
SD-27Ron Wieck (R)4.4
SD-28James Seymour (R)5.6
SD-29Nancy Boettger (R)22.6
SD-30Mary E. Kramer (R)79.2
SD-31Matt McCoy (D)13.0
SD-33Jack Jatch (D)Unopposed
SD-34Dick L. Dearden (D)Unopposed
SD-35Jeffrey M. Lamberti (R)Unopposed
SD-37Doug Shull (R)2.2Incumbent lost
SD-39Joe Bolkcom (D)Unopposed
SD-40Richard F. Drake (R)1.8Incumbent lost
SD-41Maggie Tinsman (R)69.6
SD-42Bryan J. Sievers (R)5.8
SD-43Joe M. Seng (D)39.1
SD-44Thomas G. Courtney (D)38.5
SD-45David P. Miller (R)6.6Incumbent lost
SD-47Keith Kreiman (D)13.3
SD-49Hubert Houser (R)Unopposed

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab