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2008Final results

2008 election for Iowa House District 68

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Rick Olson (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Larry Voorhees (R) by 34.0 points.

Rick OlsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%8,671
Larry VoorheesRepublican
33.0%4,267
12,938 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+37.91992D+43.21998D+36.92004D+34.02008D+26.92010D+0.72012

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