2014Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2014 election for Iowa House District 12
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Brian Best (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Dan Muhlbauer (D) by 9.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Brian BestRepublican · winner
54.6%6,445
Dan MuhlbauerDemocrat · incumbent
45.3%5,349
11,796 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 2014
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET