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1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1990 election for Iowa House District 58

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Steven E. Grubbs (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Jim Lykam (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Steven E. GrubbsRepublican · winner
50.7%4,210
Jim LykamDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%4,095
8,305 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

EvenR+10.71984R+15.91986D+13.11988R+1.41990D+9.41992R+10.91994

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