2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Iowa House District 39
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Dawn Pettengill (D) won with 54.4% of the vote, defeating Dell Hanson (R) by 8.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dawn PettengillDemocrat · winner
54.4%8,086
Dell HansonRepublican · incumbent
45.6%6,780
14,866 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET