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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US House elections in Iowa

Iowa elected 5 members of the House in 1996: Democrats won 1 seats and Republicans 4.

The closest was the 3rd district, decided by 1.7 points: Leonard L. Boswell (Democrat) beat Mike Mahaffey (Republican), 49.4% to 47.6%, a margin of 1.7 points and 4,019 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 77 of the 99 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Polk, cast 156,778 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.4 points. The closest was Madison, where 22 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Every district

DistrictDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin
1 Bob Rush111,595 (45.6%) James A. Leach129,242 (52.8%) 3,759 R+7.2
2 Donna L. Smith109,731 (45.9%) Jim Nussle127,827 (53.4%) 1,741 R+7.6
3 Leonard L. Boswell115,914 (49.4%) Mike Mahaffey111,895 (47.6%) 7,066 D+1.7
4 Connie McBurney119,790 (46.7%) Greg Ganske133,419 (52.0%) 3,300 R+5.3
5 Macdonald Smith75,785 (33.6%) Tom Latham147,576 (65.4%) 2,118 R+31.8

The House vote in every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 77,721 49.6% 77,070 49.2% 1,987 156,778 D+0.4
Linn 40,918 50.1% 40,110 49.1% 719 81,747 D+1.0
Scott 23,875 38.2% 37,878 60.7% 699 62,452 R+22.4
Black Hawk 26,656 51.0% 25,176 48.2% 448 52,280 D+2.8
Johnson 24,042 53.6% 20,052 44.7% 802 44,896 D+8.9
Dubuque 20,591 54.6% 16,796 44.6% 293 37,680 D+10.1
Woodbury 15,199 41.3% 21,079 57.3% 508 36,786 R+16.0
Pottawattamie 13,227 41.0% 18,489 57.3% 530 32,246 R+16.3
Story 15,931 50.5% 14,909 47.2% 719 31,559 D+3.2
Cerro Gordo 9,439 44.5% 11,572 54.6% 178 21,189 R+10.1
Clinton 8,416 42.0% 10,566 52.7% 1,060 20,042 R+10.7
Des Moines 9,992 58.8% 6,767 39.8% 224 16,983 D+19.0
Marshall 7,640 45.0% 8,923 52.6% 401 16,964 R+7.6
Warren 8,626 51.4% 7,881 47.0% 267 16,774 D+4.4
Jasper 8,209 50.0% 7,767 47.3% 441 16,417 D+2.7
Dallas 7,565 47.5% 8,188 51.4% 169 15,922 R+3.9
Webster 6,655 41.8% 9,087 57.1% 173 15,915 R+15.3
Lee 8,840 57.6% 5,947 38.8% 560 15,347 D+18.9
Muscatine 5,622 36.9% 9,393 61.7% 204 15,219 R+24.8
Wapello 8,192 56.3% 5,938 40.8% 425 14,555 D+15.5
Sioux 1,734 13.1% 11,516 86.7% 33 13,283 R+73.6
Marion 5,491 43.4% 6,990 55.2% 181 12,662 R+11.8
Boone 4,747 42.3% 6,340 56.5% 131 11,218 R+14.2
Benton 4,391 43.1% 5,723 56.2% 75 10,189 R+13.1
Bremer 4,212 41.6% 5,839 57.7% 74 10,125 R+16.1
Fayette 3,798 40.3% 5,574 59.1% 53 9,425 R+18.8
Plymouth 2,431 27.0% 6,519 72.5% 43 8,993 R+45.5
Buchanan 3,952 44.2% 4,942 55.2% 51 8,945 R+11.1
Winneshiek 3,374 38.9% 5,223 60.2% 75 8,672 R+21.3
Mahaska 3,172 36.7% 5,336 61.8% 133 8,641 R+25.0
Jones 3,929 46.8% 4,369 52.0% 100 8,398 R+5.2
Carroll 3,283 39.6% 4,925 59.4% 77 8,285 R+19.8
Kossuth 2,802 33.9% 5,395 65.3% 71 8,268 R+31.4
Hardin 2,745 34.1% 5,224 64.8% 90 8,059 R+30.8
Poweshiek 3,073 38.5% 4,760 59.6% 159 7,992 R+21.1
Henry 3,010 37.9% 4,642 58.4% 293 7,945 R+20.5
Clayton 3,328 42.3% 4,506 57.3% 25 7,859 R+15.0
Buena Vista 2,454 31.3% 5,255 67.1% 123 7,832 R+35.8
Washington 3,085 40.3% 4,140 54.1% 428 7,653 R+13.8
Tama 3,275 43.3% 4,230 55.9% 56 7,561 R+12.6
Jackson 3,534 46.8% 3,982 52.7% 41 7,557 R+5.9
Cedar 3,220 42.6% 4,237 56.1% 97 7,554 R+13.5
Dickinson 2,554 34.2% 4,811 64.5% 95 7,460 R+30.3
Jefferson 2,006 27.9% 3,034 42.1% 2,161 7,201 R+14.3
Delaware 3,262 45.5% 3,864 53.9% 41 7,167 R+8.4
Iowa 2,567 36.7% 4,370 62.5% 50 6,987 R+25.8
Hamilton 2,403 34.4% 4,507 64.5% 76 6,986 R+30.1
Clay 2,552 36.5% 4,380 62.7% 52 6,984 R+26.2
Page 3,027 43.9% 3,761 54.6% 103 6,891 R+10.7
Cass 2,725 40.1% 4,004 58.9% 71 6,800 R+18.8
Floyd 3,008 45.3% 3,577 53.9% 57 6,642 R+8.6
O'Brien 1,606 24.6% 4,889 74.7% 46 6,541 R+50.2
Harrison 2,552 39.7% 3,763 58.5% 114 6,429 R+18.8
Madison 3,115 49.3% 3,137 49.6% 72 6,324 R+0.3
Chickasaw 2,927 46.6% 3,311 52.7% 44 6,282 R+6.1
Cherokee 2,114 34.1% 4,032 65.1% 48 6,194 R+31.0
Butler 2,197 35.5% 3,954 63.9% 33 6,184 R+28.4
Allamakee 2,017 35.1% 3,680 64.1% 46 5,743 R+29.0
Mills 1,983 35.3% 3,560 63.3% 82 5,625 R+28.0
Crawford 1,727 31.0% 3,817 68.5% 32 5,576 R+37.5
Wright 1,808 32.7% 3,697 66.9% 19 5,524 R+34.2
Grundy 1,778 32.5% 3,674 67.1% 22 5,474 R+34.6
Shelby 1,937 35.4% 3,478 63.6% 50 5,465 R+28.2
Union 3,235 59.8% 2,144 39.6% 29 5,408 D+20.2
Winnebago 1,635 30.3% 3,713 68.8% 45 5,393 R+38.5
Hancock 1,492 29.1% 3,607 70.3% 32 5,131 R+41.2
Guthrie 2,505 49.0% 2,552 49.9% 58 5,115 R+0.9
Montgomery 1,554 30.8% 3,412 67.7% 76 5,042 R+36.9
Mitchell 1,980 39.4% 3,019 60.1% 25 5,024 R+20.7
Appanoose 2,432 48.4% 2,533 50.5% 55 5,020 R+2.0
Sac 1,403 28.9% 3,409 70.3% 38 4,850 R+41.4
Humboldt 1,422 30.0% 3,262 68.9% 53 4,737 R+38.8
Lyon 841 18.0% 3,821 81.6% 21 4,683 R+63.6
Calhoun 1,532 32.9% 3,076 66.1% 48 4,656 R+33.2
Franklin 1,142 24.7% 3,459 74.8% 23 4,624 R+50.1
Greene 1,719 37.4% 2,853 62.0% 30 4,602 R+24.6
Keokuk 1,982 44.3% 2,418 54.0% 74 4,474 R+9.7
Howard 1,996 45.6% 2,352 53.7% 30 4,378 R+8.1
Emmet 1,736 40.3% 2,544 59.0% 32 4,312 R+18.7
Louisa 1,573 36.7% 2,637 61.5% 80 4,290 R+24.8
Palo Alto 1,786 42.5% 2,397 57.1% 17 4,200 R+14.5
Pocahontas 1,271 31.2% 2,759 67.7% 48 4,078 R+36.5
Monona 1,458 35.8% 2,557 62.7% 62 4,077 R+27.0
Adair 1,922 48.7% 1,995 50.5% 31 3,948 R+1.8
Worth 1,449 36.8% 2,463 62.6% 24 3,936 R+25.8
Clarke 2,090 54.1% 1,713 44.3% 62 3,865 D+9.8
Lucas 1,951 52.1% 1,766 47.2% 28 3,745 D+4.9
Davis 1,857 50.9% 1,693 46.4% 98 3,648 D+4.5
Decatur 2,398 66.4% 1,174 32.5% 41 3,613 D+33.9
Fremont 1,290 36.8% 2,175 62.0% 42 3,507 R+25.2
Monroe 1,787 52.3% 1,543 45.2% 86 3,416 D+7.1
Audubon 1,694 51.2% 1,596 48.2% 18 3,308 D+3.0
Ida 930 28.2% 2,340 70.9% 31 3,301 R+42.7
Van Buren 1,292 41.8% 1,753 56.7% 47 3,092 R+14.9
Wayne 1,588 52.0% 1,464 47.9% 4 3,056 D+4.1
Taylor 1,749 58.9% 1,203 40.5% 15 2,967 D+18.4
Osceola 604 20.6% 2,306 78.7% 21 2,931 R+58.1
Ringgold 1,809 66.4% 898 33.0% 17 2,724 D+33.4
Adams 1,450 64.1% 798 35.3% 15 2,263 D+28.8

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Iowa in every House election we hold

YearSeatsHouse vote
2024 D 0, R 4 R+13.0
2022 D 0, R 4 R+12.5
2020 D 1, R 3 R+5.9
2018 D 3, R 1 D+4.0
2016 D 1, R 3 R+9.2
2014 D 1, R 3 R+7.7
2012 D 2, R 2 D+3.0
2010 D 3, R 2 R+10.6
2008 D 3, R 2 D+4.1
2006 D 3, R 2 R+2.9
2004 D 1, R 4 R+13.6
2002 D 1, R 4 R+9.2
2000 D 1, R 4 R+14.6
1998 D 1, R 4 R+23.7
1996 D 1, R 4 R+9.8
1994 D 0, R 5 R+15.6
1992 D 1, R 4 R+19.0
1990 D 2, R 4 D+2.0