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1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1998 election for Iowa House District 60

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Lance Horbach (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating William J. Brand (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Lance HorbachRepublican · winner
50.0%5,205
William J. BrandDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%5,196
10,401 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+11.91992D+5.21994D+6.01996R+0.11998R+18.72000R+12.52008

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