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2008 election for Iowa House District 36
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Nick Wagner (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Gretchen Lawyer (D) by 10.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Nick WagnerRepublican · winner
55.4%10,737
Gretchen LawyerDemocrat
44.6%8,634
19,371 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