title: Dustin Hite
text: # Dustin Hite
  
  Dustin Dean Hite (born November 14, 1983), is an American politician from the state of Iowa.
  
  Hite was born in Mahaska County, Iowa in 1983. He resides with his family in New Sharon, Iowa.
  
  In late 2021, Hite announced his re-election bid for the newly re-drawn Iowa House Seat 88 (changed from the previous Iowa House Seat 79). He lost that primary election to Helena Hayes.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  *incumbent
  
  ### 2018
  
  | Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Iowa House general election, 2018 District 79 | Republican | Dustin Hite | Republican | 9,186 |
  | Iowa House general election, 2018 District 79 | Republican | Samantha Keith | Democratic | 2,978 |
  | Iowa House general election, 2018 District 79 | Republican | Nicholas Ryan | Libertarian | 427 |
  
  ### 2020
  
  | Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Iowa House primary elections, 2020 District 79 | Republican | Dustin Hite | Republican | 3,105 | 98.8 |
  | Iowa House primary elections, 2020 District 79 | Republican | Write-ins | Republican | 7 | 0.2 |
  | Iowa House general election, 2020 District 79 | Republican | Dustin Hite | Republican | 13,434 | 98.64 |
  | Iowa House general election, 2020 District 79 | Republican | Write-ins | Democratic | 187 | 1.36 |
  
  ### 2022
  
  | Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Iowa House primary elections, 2022 District 88 | Republican | Helena Hayes | Republican | 1,961 | 57.37 |
  | Iowa House primary elections, 2022 District 88 | Republican | Dustin Hite* | Republican | 1,453 | 42.51 |
  | Iowa House primary elections, 2022 District 88 | Republican | Write-ins | Republican | 4 | 0.12 |
  