1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Iowa House District 44
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
John P. Sunderbruch (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Ron Kinzer (D) by 7.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John P. SunderbruchRepublican · winner
53.8%4,090
Ron KinzerDemocrat · incumbent
46.2%3,513
7,603 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET