Certified returns for every federal race in Iowa in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 6 of 6 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Charles E. Grassley
Republican
648,480
68.4%
David Osterberg
Democrat
289,049
30.5%
Susan Marcus
Natural Law
7,561
0.8%
Margaret Trowe
Socialist Workers
2,542
0.3%
Scattering
275
0.0%
Total
947,907
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James A. Leach
Republican
106,419
56.5%
Bob Rush
Democrat
79,529
42.3%
Charles Thurston
Reform
1,252
0.7%
Jeffrey M. Smith
Natural Law
932
0.5%
Scattering
76
0.0%
Total
188,208
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim Nussle
Republican
104,613
55.2%
Rob Tully
Democrat
83,405
44.0%
Peter Lamoureux
Natural Law
1,520
0.8%
Scattering
36
0.0%
Total
189,574
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Leonard L. Boswell
Democrat
107,947
56.9%
Larry McKibben
Republican
78,063
41.1%
Charles P. Connolly
Reform
2,180
1.1%
Joe Seehusen
Nominated by Petition
1,494
0.8%
Scattering
68
0.0%
Total
189,752
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Greg Ganske
Republican
129,942
65.2%
Jon Dvorak
Democrat
67,550
33.9%
Steven Yellin
Natural Law
1,785
0.9%
Scattering
119
0.1%
Total
199,396
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tom Latham
Republican
132,730
99.2%
Scattering
1,041
0.8%
Total
133,771
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.