1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa House District 33
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Paul Scherrman (D) won with 59.3% of the vote, defeating Joe Ertl (R) by 18.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul ScherrmanDemocrat · winner
59.3%7,320
Joe ErtlRepublican · incumbent
40.7%5,031
12,351 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