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2000Final results

2000 election for Iowa House District 96

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Betty R. Deboef (R) won with 60.8% of the vote, defeating Rose Jaynes (D) by 24.8 points.

Betty R. DeboefRepublican · winner
60.8%7,094
Rose JaynesDemocrat
36.1%4,206
Gary R. GreinerIndependent
3.1%361
11,661 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

EvenR+25.61992R+10.91994R+31.61996R+24.82000R+22.52004R+19.62008

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

The candidates

Betty R. Deboef (R)Rose Jaynes (D)

Also on the ballot: Gary R. Greiner (Independent), 3.1%