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1988Final results

1988 election for Iowa House District 5

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Bradly Carter Banks (R) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Mary Beth Kehrberg (D) by 3.4 points.

Bradly Carter BanksRepublican · winner
51.7%5,439
48.3%5,078
10,517 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

The seat's recent races

EvenR+1.11982R+11.81984R+3.41988

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