1998Final results
1998 election for Iowa House District 87
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Effie Lee Boggess (R) won with 62.4% of the vote, defeating Gordon Kennedy (D) by 24.8 points.
Effie Lee BoggessRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.4%5,679
Gordon KennedyDemocrat
37.6%3,419
9,098 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