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1998Final results

1998 election for Iowa House District 89

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Steve Richardson (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating John P. Parker Jr. (R) by 25.9 points.

Steve RichardsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%6,556
37.0%3,858
10,414 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+26.31992R+0.81994D+24.11996D+25.91998R+23.02002R+12.22004

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