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2008Final results

2008 election for Iowa House District 26

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Polly Bukta (D) won with 63.3% of the vote, defeating Jonathan Vanroekel (R) by 26.7 points.

Polly BuktaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.3%8,351
36.7%4,834
13,185 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

EvenD+20.01994D+9.91996D+21.32006D+26.72008D+4.62010D+4.32012

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