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2008Final results

2008 election for Iowa House District 56

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Matt Windschitl (R) won with 58.8% of the vote, defeating Jan Creasman (D) by 17.6 points.

Matt WindschitlRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.8%8,166
Jan CreasmanDemocrat
41.2%5,726
13,892 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

EvenR+21.32002R+12.22004R+5.92006R+17.62008D+2.12012D+11.72014

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