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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa House District 50

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Ro Foege (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Lynn S. Schulte (R) by 9.5 points.

Ro FoegeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.8%5,988
Lynn S. SchulteRepublican
45.2%4,945
10,933 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

EvenD+19.21992R+4.71994D+10.31996D+9.51998R+5.42002R+11.62006

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