1994Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1994 election for Iowa House District 8
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Bill Salton (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Bob Whittenburg (D) by 12.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill SaltonRepublican · winner
56.1%5,511
Bob WhittenburgDemocrat
43.9%4,310
9,821 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 1994
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET