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2012Final results

2012 election for Iowa House District 98

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Mary Wolfe (D) won with 76.2% of the vote, defeating Carolyn Grimes (Oth) by 52.5 points.

Mary WolfeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.2%10,052
Carolyn GrimesOther party
23.7%3,129
13,198 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+28.82000R+24.12002R+28.92004R+26.02006D+32.92016D+19.22020

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