Facts: - imagesize: 150px - residence: sioux city , iowa - website: -lsb- http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=167 representative whitead -rsb- - preceded: greg hoverstein ronald nutt - state house: iowa - party: democratic - spouse: donna - district: 1st - term end: january 9 , 2011 january 7 , 2001 - succeeded: jeremy taylor greg hoverstein - term start: january 13 , 2003 january 13 , 1997 - name: wesley whitead - image: wesley e. whitead - official portrait - 83rd ga.jpg - birth place: sioux city , iowa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wes whitead .
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wesley '' wes '' whitead is a former democratic member of the iowa house of representatives from the 1st district .he represented the district from 1997 through 2011 , with a two-year interruption from 2001 through 2003 , when he was defeated by and defeated republican greg hoverstein .he did not run for re-election in 2010 .during his last term in the iowa house , whitead served on the environmental protection , local government , natural resources , and public safety committees , as well as serving as vice-chair of the veterans affairs committee .