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2008 election for Iowa House District 21

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Kerry Burt (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Tami Wiencek (R) by 1.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Kerry BurtDemocrat · winner
50.8%6,673
Tami WiencekRepublican · incumbent
49.2%6,454
13,127 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenD+21.72002D+21.82004R+3.22006D+1.72008D+17.62010R+13.82012

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