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2012Final resultsIncumbent defeated

2012 election for Iowa House District 7

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Tedd Gassman (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating John Wittneben (D) by 0.3 points.

Tedd GassmanRepublican · winner
50.1%7,669
John WittnebenDemocrat · incumbent
49.8%7,625
15,312 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+13.62004D+17.22008D+0.32010R+0.32012R+15.02014R+26.52016

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