Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.
Dustin Hite
Dustin Hite (Republican Party) was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 79. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on January 1, 2023.
Hite (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives to represent District 88. He lost in the Republican primary on June 7, 2022.
Biography
Dustin Hite was elected to his first term in the Iowa House in 2018. He grew up in rural Mahaska County outside of New Sharon and graduated from North Mahaska High School. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Central College in Pella and then graduated from law school at the University of Iowa. As of 2019, he was a partner at the Heslinga, Dixon & Hite Law Firm. He served as the mayor of New Sharon and as the city attorney for several local small towns.[1]
In addition to these positions, he served on the Mahaska County United Way Board, (including stints as president, vice president, and treasurer), the Iowa Judicial District 8A Judicial Nominating Commission, and the North Mahaska School Improvement Advisory Committee. As of 2019, he served on the Mahaska County Magistrate Nominating Commission, the Mahaska County 911 Board, and the Mahaska County Emergency Management Commission.[2]
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2021-2022
Hite was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee, Chair
- Information Technology Committee (decommissioned)
- House Judiciary Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
2019-2020
Hite was assigned to the following committees:
- House Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair
- House Local Government Committee
- House Veterans Affairs Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 88
Helena Hayes defeated Lisa Ossian in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 88 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Helena Hayes (R)  | 73.7 | 8,455 |
 | Lisa Ossian (D) | 25.9 | 2,977 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 11,479 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 88
Lisa Ossian advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 88 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Ossian | 99.3 | 723 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 728 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 88
Helena Hayes defeated incumbent Dustin Hite in the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 88 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helena Hayes | 57.4 | 1,961 |
 | Dustin Hite | 42.5 | 1,454 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 3,419 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2020
See also: Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Dustin Hite won election in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Hite (R) | 98.6 | 13,434 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 187 | ||
| Total votes: 13,621 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Incumbent Dustin Hite advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Hite | 99.8 | 3,105 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 3,112 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2018
General election
General election for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Dustin Hite defeated Samantha Keith and Nicholas Ryan in the general election for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Hite (R) | 72.9 | 9,186 |
| Samantha Keith (D) | 23.6 | 2,978 | ||
 | Nicholas Ryan (L) | 3.4 | 427 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 12,596 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Samantha Keith advanced from the Democratic primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Samantha Keith | 100.0 | 648 | |
| Total votes: 648 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Dustin Hite advanced from the Republican primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dustin Hite | 100.0 | 2,133 |
| Total votes: 2,133 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79
Nicholas Ryan advanced from the Libertarian primary for Iowa House of Representatives District 79 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Nicholas Ryan |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dustin Hite did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Dustin Hite did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Iowa scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2022
In 2022, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 24.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 19.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2020, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 14. The session was suspended from March 16 through June 3.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Iowa State Legislature was in session from January 14 through April 27.
|
See also
2022 Elections
External links
|
Personal |
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Guy Vander Linden (R) |
Iowa House of Representatives District 79 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Tracy Ehlert (D) |
