1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Iowa House District 15
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Dolores M. Mertz (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating Robert H. Christensen II (R) by 24.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dolores M. MertzDemocrat · winner
62.2%7,484
Robert H. Christensen IIRepublican
37.8%4,556
12,041 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET