2000Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Iowa House District 44
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Cindy Winckler (D) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating John P. Sunderbruch (R) by 6.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Cindy WincklerDemocrat · winner
53.0%5,825
John P. SunderbruchRepublican · incumbent
47.0%5,156
10,981 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET