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1990Final results

1990 election for Iowa House District 12

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Josephine Gruhn (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Orville J. Berg (R) by 9.5 points.

Josephine GruhnDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.7%5,225
Orville J. BergRepublican
45.3%4,320
9,545 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+17.71984D+16.71986D+16.81988D+9.51990R+3.71992R+21.01994

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