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2012Final results

2012 election for Iowa House District 39

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jake Highfill (R) won with 52.0% of the vote, defeating Kelsey Clark (D) by 4.2 points.

Jake HighfillRepublican · winner
52.0%9,218
Kelsey ClarkDemocrat
47.8%8,466
17,710 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+8.82004D+14.42006R+9.22008R+4.22012R+9.92014R+14.72016

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