1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa House District 32
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Roger Thomas (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Roger A. Halvorson (R) by 7.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Roger ThomasDemocrat · winner
53.6%6,264
Roger A. HalvorsonRepublican · incumbent
46.4%5,424
11,688 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET