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2000Final results

2000 election for Iowa House District 68

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jack Hatch (D) won with 90.0% of the vote, defeating Paul Lay (Lib) by 79.9 points.

Jack HatchDemocrat · winner
90.0%7,431
Paul LayLibertarian
10.0%830
8,261 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

EvenD+18.11988D+29.11990D+37.91992D+43.21998D+36.92004D+34.02008

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