1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1982 election for Iowa House District 5
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Donald J. Paulin (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating Donald H. Binneboese (D) by 1.1 points.
Donald J. PaulinRepublican · winner
50.6%4,200
Donald H. BinneboeseDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%4,105
8,307 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 1982
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET