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2008Final results

2008 election for Iowa House District 46

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Lisa Heddens (D) won with 79.3% of the vote, defeating Eric Cooper (Lib) by 58.6 points.

Lisa HeddensDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.3%11,953
Eric CooperLibertarian
20.7%3,124
15,077 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+16.91994D+28.91996D+9.12002D+29.22006D+15.22010D+25.72012

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