2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Iowa House District 42
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Kim Nieland Pearson (R) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Geri D. Huser (D) by 0.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Kim Nieland PearsonRepublican · winner
50.4%6,975
Geri D. HuserDemocrat · incumbent
49.5%6,849
13,839 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)