2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Iowa House District 75
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Guy M. Vander Linden (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Eric J. Palmer (D) by 6.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Guy M. Vander LindenRepublican · winner
53.0%6,015
Eric J. PalmerDemocrat · incumbent
46.9%5,324
11,349 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