2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Iowa House District 16
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Bob Hager (R) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating John Beard (D) by 2.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob HagerRepublican · winner
51.1%5,608
John BeardDemocrat · incumbent
48.8%5,349
10,966 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET