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1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 61 · R 39
Races100
Changed party5
Unopposed21%21 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 61 · R 39

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Steve Hansen (D)28.5
HD-2Mike Peters (D)15.4
HD-3Don Shoning (R)23.9
HD-4Wayne Bennett (R)11.3
HD-5Bradly Carter Banks (R)3.4
HD-6Lee J. Plasier (R)Unopposed
HD-7Tom H. Miller (R)25.6
HD-8Kenneth Degroot (R)63.1
HD-9Ruhl Maulsby (R)8.7
HD-10Russell J. Eddie (R)28.9
HD-11Daniel P. Fogarty (D)33.3
HD-12Josephine Gruhn (D)16.8
HD-13Rod Halvorson (D)41.1
HD-14Janet Adams (D)8.5
HD-15Dolores M. Mertz (D)24.3Flipped
HD-16Clifford Branstad (R)7.7
HD-17Delwyn Stromer (R)22.5
HD-18Robert Fuller (D)4.0
HD-19Dennis May (D)2.0
HD-20John Groninga (D)Unopposed
HD-21Bob Renken (R)Unopposed
HD-22Ray Lageschulte (R)Unopposed
HD-23Marvin E. Diemer (R)17.8
HD-24Jane Teaford (D)34.5
HD-25Don Shoultz (D)33.0
HD-26Patricia Harper (D)4.8
HD-27Joseph M. Kremer (R)8.2
HD-28Donald D. Avenson (D)6.9
HD-29Betty Jean Clark (R)14.4
HD-30Deo Koenigs (D)38.3
HD-31Paul W. Johnson (D)19.8
HD-32Roger A. Halvorson (R)16.5
HD-33Don Knapp (D)Unopposed
HD-34David Tabor (D)Unopposed
HD-35Michael W. Connolly (D)Unopposed
HD-36Thomas J. Jochum (D)Unopposed
HD-37Vic Stueland (R)12.7
HD-38C. Arthur Ollie (D)10.7
HD-39Hugo Schnekloth (R)Unopposed
HD-40Don Hermann (R)35.5
HD-41Tom Fey (D)30.3
HD-42Bob Arnould (D)37.4
HD-43David Osterberg (D)10.6
HD-44Andy McKean (R)Unopposed
HD-45Minnette Doderer (D)Unopposed
HD-46Mary Neuhauser (D)Unopposed
HD-47Mary A. Lundby (R)11.5
HD-48Darrell Hanson (R)17.8
HD-49Kay Chapman (D)20.2
HD-50Joyce Nielsen (D)14.3
HD-51Phil Brammer (D)12.7
HD-52Ron J. Corbett (R)8.5
HD-53Phil Tyrrell (R)15.6
HD-54Robert E. Dvorsky (D)32.4
HD-55Mark S. Shearer (D)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-56Bill Trent (R)3.7
HD-57Dan Petersen (R)Unopposed
HD-58Jim Lykam (D)13.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-59Gregory A. Spenner (R)8.9Flipped
HD-60Dennis M. Cohoon (D)25.6
HD-61Clay Spear (D)32.2
HD-62Philip L. Wise (D)16.8
HD-63Bob Kistler (R)2.9
HD-64Harold Vanmaanen (R)38.9
HD-65Charles N. Poncy (D)43.0
HD-66Daniel Jay (D)24.9
HD-67Joel W. Brown (D)4.4
HD-68Linda Beatty (D)18.1
HD-69David Schrader (D)20.2
HD-70Glen D. Jesse (D)5.5
HD-71Dennis H. Black (D)Unopposed
HD-72Tom Swartz (D)31.0
HD-73Ralph Rosenberg (D)25.4
HD-74Johnie Hammond (D)29.4
HD-75Jane Svoboda (D)13.9
HD-76William J. Brand (D)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-77Mark Haverland (D)7.3
HD-78Dennis Renaud (D)40.1
HD-79John H. Connors (D)Unopposed
HD-80Tony Bisignano (D)47.8
HD-81Jack Hatch (D)18.3
HD-82Dorothy F. Carpenter (R)Unopposed
HD-83Janet Metcalf (R)Unopposed
HD-84Jack Holveck (D)33.8
HD-85Florence Buhr (D)42.7
HD-86Gary Sherzan (D)47.8
HD-87Teresa Garman (R)10.8
HD-88Eugene Blanshan (D)16.2
HD-89Wayne H. McKinney Jr. (D)27.4
HD-90Dave Hibbard (D)0.3
HD-91Jack Beaman (R)15.0
HD-92Horace Daggett (R)Unopposed
HD-93Bill Royer (R)Unopposed
HD-94William H. Harbor (R)55.6
HD-95Mike Peterson (D)Unopposed
HD-96Louis J. Muhlbauer (D)47.1
HD-97Wendell C. Pellett (R)10.1
HD-98Joan L. Hester (R)13.7
HD-99Brent Siegrist (R)11.9
HD-100Emil S. Pavich (D)Unopposed

Iowa House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner