2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Iowa House District 39
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Dawn Pettengill (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Terry Hertle (D) by 9.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dawn PettengillRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.6%8,291
Terry HertleDemocrat
45.4%6,893
15,184 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET