1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Iowa House District 50
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Ro Foege (D) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Lynn S. Schulte (R) by 10.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ro FoegeDemocrat · winner
55.1%7,314
Lynn S. SchulteRepublican · incumbent
44.9%5,954
13,268 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