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1988Final results

1988 election for Iowa House District 61

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Clay Spear (D) won with 66.1% of the vote, defeating Ed Robinson (R) by 32.2 points.

Clay SpearDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.1%7,027
Ed RobinsonRepublican
33.9%3,606
10,634 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+23.81978D+13.81980D+17.31986D+32.21988D+24.31990D+5.11994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET