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1988Final results

1988 election for Iowa House District 3

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Don Shoning (R) won re-election with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Randy Parker (D) by 23.9 points.

Don ShoningRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.0%6,929
Randy ParkerDemocrat
38.0%4,253
11,182 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

EvenD+4.01982R+7.41984R+23.61986R+23.91988R+21.91990

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)