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2002Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2002 election for Iowa House District 24

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Roger Thomas (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Leigh A. Rekow (R) by 10.8 points.

Roger ThomasDemocrat · winner
55.4%5,649
Leigh A. RekowRepublican · incumbent
44.6%4,548
10,197 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+26.51994R+0.61996R+17.32000D+10.82002D+10.72004D+1.22010

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