2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Iowa House District 31
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Lee Hein (R) won with 53.5% of the vote, defeating Ray Zirkelbach (D) by 7.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lee HeinRepublican · winner
53.5%6,280
Ray ZirkelbachDemocrat · incumbent
46.3%5,431
11,730 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET