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2006Final results

2006 election for Iowa House District 1

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Wesley Whitead (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Jamie Simmons (R) by 26.0 points.

Wesley WhiteadDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%5,075
Jamie SimmonsRepublican
37.0%2,980
8,055 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 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+8.42000D+20.22002D+11.72004D+26.02006D+0.42008R+7.32010

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