2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2008 election for Iowa House District 23
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Gene Ficken (D) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Daniel J. Rasmussen (R) by 5.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gene FickenDemocrat · winner
52.7%7,520
Daniel J. RasmussenRepublican · incumbent
47.3%6,761
14,281 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET