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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa House District 62

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Dennis W. Parmenter (D) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating Gentry Collins (R) by 19.0 points.

Dennis W. ParmenterDemocrat · winner
59.5%4,275
Gentry CollinsRepublican
40.5%2,912
7,187 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+8.91992D+13.31994D+11.41996D+19.01998R+11.02000D+33.62002

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