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2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 56 · R 44
Races100
Changed party10
Unopposed17%17 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 56 · R 44

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Wesley Whitead (D)0.4
HD-2Roger F. Wendt (D)3.1
HD-3Chuck Soderberg (R)52.2
HD-4Dwayne Alons (R)64.2
HD-5Royd E. Chambers (R)Unopposed
HD-6Mike May (R)Unopposed
HD-7Marcella R. Frevert (D)17.2
HD-8Dolores M. Mertz (D)0.3
HD-9McKinley Bailey (D)10.6
HD-10Dave Deyoe (R)18.8
HD-11Henry Rayhons (R)14.6
HD-12Linda Upmeyer (R)39.4
HD-13Sharon Steckman (D)14.3Flipped
HD-14Mark A. Kuhn (D)41.9
HD-15Brian Quirk (D)48.7
HD-16John Beard (D)12.6Flipped
HD-17Pat Grassley (R)31.7
HD-18Andrew Wenthe (D)12.1
HD-19Bob Kressig (D)15.2
HD-20Doris J. Kelley (D)16.1
HD-21Kerry Burt (D)1.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-22Deborah L. Berry (D)Unopposed
HD-23Gene Ficken (D)5.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-24Roger Thomas (D)Unopposed
HD-25Tom Schueller (D)Unopposed
HD-26Polly Bukta (D)26.7
HD-27Charles Isenhart (D)29.8
HD-28Pat Murphy (D)38.5
HD-29Nate Willems (D)17.0
HD-30Dave Jacoby (D)Unopposed
HD-31Ray Zirkelbach (D)31.7
HD-32Steven F. Lukan (R)36.3
HD-33Dick Taylor (D)39.8
HD-34Todd Taylor (D)Unopposed
HD-35Kraig Paulsen (R)16.8
HD-36Nick Wagner (R)10.9Flipped
HD-37Renee Schulte (R)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-38Tyler Olson (D)Unopposed
HD-39Dawn Pettengill (R)9.2Flipped
HD-40Lance Horbach (R)21.3
HD-41Paul Bell (D)20.7
HD-42Geri D. Huser (D)Unopposed
HD-43Mark Smith (D)13.7
HD-44Annette Sweeney (R)7.0
HD-45Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D)16.4
HD-46Lisa Heddens (D)58.6
HD-47Ralph Watts (R)19.1
HD-48Donovan Olson (D)Unopposed
HD-49Helen Miller (D)19.4
HD-50David A. Tjepkes (R)28.9
HD-51Rod Roberts (R)Unopposed
HD-52Gary Worthan (R)31.4
HD-53Dan A. Huseman (R)16.7
HD-54Christopher Rants (R)15.4
HD-55Jason Schultz (R)Unopposed
HD-56Matt Windschitl (R)17.6
HD-57Jack Drake (R)17.5
HD-58Clel Baudler (R)16.7
HD-59Chris Hagenow (R)0.6
HD-60Peter Cownie (R)12.5
HD-61Jo Oldson (D)33.7
HD-62Bruce Hunter (D)26.8
HD-63Scott Raecker (R)21.7
HD-64Janet Petersen (D)34.2
HD-65Wayne Ford (D)39.4
HD-66Ako Abdul-Samad (D)56.2
HD-67Kevin McCarthy (D)28.8
HD-68Rick Olson (D)34.0
HD-69Erik Helland (R)21.9
HD-70Kevin Koester (R)7.5
HD-71James L. Vanengelenhoven (R)23.7
HD-72Richard Arnold (R)34.4
HD-73Jodi Tymeson (R)23.2
HD-74Kent Sorenson (R)0.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-75Eric J. Palmer (D)8.3
HD-76Betty R. Deboef (R)27.9
HD-77Mary Mascher (D)64.7
HD-78Vicki Lensing (D)Unopposed
HD-79Jeff Kaufmann (R)33.0
HD-80Nathan K. Reichert (D)11.3
HD-81Phyllis Thede (D)11.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-82Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)Unopposed
HD-83Steven N. Olson (R)12.7
HD-84Elesha Gayman (D)5.0
HD-85Jim Lykam (D)30.0
HD-86Cindy Winckler (D)38.8
HD-87Thomas R. Sands (R)6.4
HD-88Dennis M. Cohoon (D)Unopposed
HD-89Larry K. Marek (D)1.1Flipped
HD-90John Whitaker (D)73.6
HD-91Dave Heaton (R)15.4
HD-92Jerry Kearns (D)19.3
HD-93Mary Gaskill (D)51.1
HD-94Kurt Swaim (D)28.2
HD-95Michael J. Reasoner (D)12.6
HD-96Cecil Dolecheck (R)19.6
HD-97Richard Anderson (R)Unopposed
HD-98Greg Forristall (R)Unopposed
HD-99Doug Struyk (R)3.3
HD-100Paul Shomshor (D)4.7

Iowa House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner