Result

Incumbent Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D-IA) won reelection to the Iowa House District 49 seat in the Nov. 3 general election. She was the only named candidate on the ballot. ​

Unofficial results show Wessel-Kroeschell received 7,915 votes, or 97.6%, compared with 192 write-in votes, or 2.4%. Her margin over the combined write-in vote was 7,723 votes, approximately 95.3 percentage points. All 11 district precincts reported results.

Candidates and platforms

The Des Moines Register attributed four positions to Wessel-Kroeschell in a May 12 article about the Democratic primary:

  • She supports efforts to clean Iowa's water.
  • She supports requiring radon mitigation in new construction.
  • She supports regulating tanning beds for minors.
  • She supports what she described as responsible tobacco legislation to discourage tobacco use.

Wessel-Kroeschell was unopposed in the June 2 Democratic primary, receiving 1,700 votes, with one write-in vote recorded.

District and chamber

Iowa House District 49 includes portions of Ames and rural Story County. Wessel-Kroeschell is the incumbent Democratic representative. The record's identification of Elizabeth Wilson as the previous holder is incorrect for District 49; Wilson represents House District 73.

Across the supplied nationwide state House election records with a called winner, Democrats have 1,978 winners and Republicans have 1,712. Eight more winners are coded under other party labels. The tally covers only races with a called winner, so it excludes races still uncalled.

Democrats have 266 more winners than Republicans among those 3,698 called races, representing approximately 53.5% of the total. Republicans account for approximately 46.3%. These nationwide figures have not been independently verified and do not represent the partisan composition of Iowa's 100-member House.

Money, polling and endorsements

Campaign finance data compiled from Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board filings show that Wessel-Kroeschell's campaign raised approximately $11,100 and spent $2,900 through July 13.

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