Iowa continues its recent history of competitive House elections,
based largely on the competitive nature of districts created by Iowa's relatively
non-partisan redistricting process. Iowans do like incumbents, however -- only one
challenger beat an incumbent in the eight House elections from 1982-1996.
key
| PREDICTION: Uncontested Win (1: 1R) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996: | 1994: | 1992: | Clinton: | First: | |
| 5. Tom Latham (R)* | 65% | 61% | - | 44% (-5, 0) | 1994 |
| PREDICTION: Vulnerable (4: 3R, 1D) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996: | 1994: | 1992: | Clinton: | First: | |
| 1. Jim Leach (R)* | 53% | 60% | 68% | 54% (+5, up 2) | 1976 |
| 2. Jim Nussle (R)* | 53% | 56% | 50% | 53% (+4, up 3) | 1990 |
| 3. Leonard Boswell (D) | 49% | - | - | 50% (+1, down 2) | 1996 |
| 4. Greg Ganske (R)* | 52% | 53% | - | 49% (0, 0) | 1994 |
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