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1996 election for Iowa House District 28

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Steve Falck (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Charles Hurley (R) by 7.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Steve FalckDemocrat · winner
53.8%6,336
Charles HurleyRepublican · incumbent
46.2%5,445
11,781 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenR+6.91990R+5.51992R+10.61994D+7.61996D+24.61998D+36.42000

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