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2002Final results

2002 election for Iowa House District 35

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Kraig Paulsen (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Joe Rasmussen (D) by 6.0 points.

Kraig PaulsenRepublican · winner
53.0%6,229
47.0%5,528
11,757 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

EvenD+49.41982D+1.51989 special electionD+29.91992R+6.02002R+3.32004R+7.62006

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