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1968 general · February 6, 1968

1968 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1968 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Races124
Changed party0
Unopposed8%10 races
Incumbents defeated9

Every district

D 38 · R 86

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-ADAIRMADISONAndrew Varley (R)23.3
HD-ADAMSMONTGOMERYConrad Ossian (R)31.4
HD-ALLAMAKEEJohn C. Mendenhall (R)43.0
HD-APPANOOSEDAVISDewey E. Goode (R)9.0
HD-AUDUBONGUTHRIEHarvey W. Johnson (R)17.2
HD-BENTONDavid E. Weichman (R)0.5Incumbent lost
HD-BLACKHAWK 1Willard R. Hansen (R)13.1
HD-BLACKHAWK 2Donald E. Voorhees (R)14.3
HD-BLACKHAWK 3Fred W. Nolting (D)18.4
HD-BLACKHAWK 4Vernon A. Ewell (D)8.4
HD-BLACKHAWK 5Donald L. Lippold (R)19.1
HD-BOONEDonald E. Baker (D)21.8
HD-BREMERLuvern W. Kehe (R)19.3
HD-BUCHANANArthur R. Kitner (R)2.1
HD-BUENAVISTADennis L. Freeman (R)36.0
HD-BUTLERChuck Grassley (R)Unopposed
HD-CALHOUNWilliam P. Winkelman (R)30.7
HD-CARROLLCharles E. Knoblauch Sr. (D)3.7
HD-CASSLester L. Kluever (R)38.8
HD-CEDARHoward A. Hamilton (R)31.6
HD-CERROGORDO 1Harold E. Wolfe (R)13.5
HD-CERROGORDO 2Murray C. Lawson (R)8.5
HD-CHEROKEEHarold V. Nelson (R)Unopposed
HD-CHICKASAWMichael K. Kennedy (D)0.4
HD-CLARKEUNIONPerry L. Christensen (R)13.5
HD-CLAYDICKINSONLester M. Freeman (R)4.1
HD-CLAYTONDale L. Tieden (R)36.8
HD-CLINTON 1John Camp (R)22.1
HD-CLINTON 2Charles H. Pelton (R)7.8
HD-CRAWFORDFrank Crabb (R)4.5
HD-DALLASNorman Rodgers (D)1.2
HD-DECATURWAYNEHomer L. Warren (R)1.7Incumbent lost
HD-DELAWAREHarold C. McCormick (D)0.4Incumbent lost
HD-DESMOINES 1Charles P. Miller (D)Unopposed
HD-DESMOINES 2Lloyd F. Schmeiser (D)7.6
HD-DUBUQUE 1Gene V. Kennedy (D)7.4
HD-DUBUQUE 2Michael T. Blouin (D)18.1
HD-DUBUQUE 3Theodore R. Ellsworth (R)3.3
HD-EMMETPALOALTOLeo I. Sanders (R)3.4
HD-FAYETTEMaynard Menefee (R)15.0
HD-FLOYDRalph F. McCartney (R)32.8
HD-FRANKLINFloyd P. Edgington (R)42.8
HD-FREMONTMILLSWilliam H. Harbor (R)29.5
HD-GREENEC. Raymond Fisher (R)Unopposed
HD-GRUNDYHarold O. Fischer (R)Unopposed
HD-HAMILTONClyde Rex (R)1.8
HD-HANCOCKDelwyn Stromer (R)Unopposed
HD-HARDINRichard W. Welden (R)18.6
HD-HARRISONWilliam E. Darrington (R)24.6
HD-HENRYCharles F. Strothman (R)23.3
HD-HOWARDMITCHELLFred B. Hanson (R)18.9
HD-HUMBOLDTPOCAHONTASHarold L. Knight (R)15.3
HD-IDASACJ. Wesley Graham (R)15.7
HD-IOWARayman D. Logue (R)Unopposed
HD-JACKSONLynn F. Battles Sr. (R)2.8
HD-JASPER 1William J. Gannon (D)21.1
HD-JASPER 2Norman Roorda (R)5.6
HD-JEFFERSONVANBURENFloyd H. Millen (R)40.2
HD-JOHNSON 1Joseph C. Johnston (D)3.8Incumbent lost
HD-JOHNSON 2Edward Mezvinsky (D)18.5
HD-JONESRoy A. Miller (R)1.9
HD-KEOKUKKeith H. Dunton (D)Unopposed
HD-KOSSUTHBerl E. Priebe (D)6.9Incumbent lost
HD-LEE 1Adrian Brinck (D)4.3Incumbent lost
HD-LEE 2Stanley T. Shepherd (R)5.5
HD-LINN 1Nathan F. Sorg (R)25.1
HD-LINN 2Richard M. Radl (D)8.2
HD-LINN 3Scott McIntyre Jr. (R)25.3
HD-LINN 4James D. Wells (D)28.5
HD-LINN 5Dale T. Crosier (D)11.5
HD-LINN 6Joan Lipsky (R)39.0
HD-LOUISAMUSCATINE 1Clarence F. Schmarje (R)30.3
HD-LOUISAMUSCATINE 2Dean O. Corey (R)21.3
HD-LUCASMONROETom Dougherty (D)2.2Incumbent lost
HD-LYONOSCEOLAIrvin Bergman (R)42.5
HD-MAHASKAGeorge N. Pierson (R)14.3
HD-MARIONGerrit Vanroekel (R)2.9
HD-MARSHALL 1William Hill (R)31.7
HD-MARSHALL 2Elizabeth R. Miller (R)5.9
HD-MONONAJewell Waugh (R)14.1
HD-OBRIENWalter W. P. Kruse (R)43.9
HD-PAGELeroy S. Miller (R)44.2
HD-PLYMOUTHGordon Stokes (R)33.2
HD-POLK 1Ed Skinner (D)18.8
HD-POLK 2William H. Huff III (R)2.4
HD-POLK 3Thomas A. Renda (D)22.4
HD-POLK 4Don D. Alt (R)16.5Incumbent lost
HD-POLK 5Vernon N. Bennett (D)30.5
HD-POLK 6Norman G. Jesse (D)12.5
HD-POLK 7Robert M. Kreamer (R)13.6Incumbent lost
HD-POLK 8George F. Milligan (R)16.9
HD-POLK 9A. June Franklin (D)32.2
HD-POLK 10James T. Caffrey (D)21.2
HD-POLK 11John Tapscott (D)3.4
HD-POTTAWATTAMIE 1Laverne Schroeder (R)41.3
HD-POTTAWATTAMIE 2Maurice A. Vannostrand (R)28.7
HD-POTTAWATTAMIE 3Larry L. Perkins (R)4.4
HD-POTTAWATTAMIE 4Richard H. Walter (R)2.3
HD-POWESHIEKClair Strand (R)Unopposed
HD-RINGGOLDTAYLOREldon Stroburg (D)5.9
HD-SCOTT 1Walter Dietz (D)10.3
HD-SCOTT 2Robert E. Newton (D)11.5
HD-SCOTT 3Trave E. Ohearn (R)15.4
HD-SCOTT 4Elizabeth Shaw (R)23.8
HD-SCOTT 5Edgar H. Holden (R)14.4
HD-SHELBYAlfred Nielsen (R)23.0
HD-SIOUXElmer H. Denherder (R)44.2
HD-STORY 1Rudy Vandrie (R)20.6
HD-STORY 2Ray C. Cunningham (R)8.0
HD-TAMAFred Mohrfeld (R)9.8
HD-WAPELLO 1Charles N. Poncy (D)8.5
HD-WAPELLO 2James H. Schwartz (D)15.6
HD-WARRENJames I. Middleswart (D)6.6
HD-WASHINGTONHerbert L. Campbell (R)24.2
HD-WEBSTER 1D. Vince Mayberry (D)0.0
HD-WEBSTER 2Dale M. Cochran (D)20.9
HD-WINNEBAGOWORTHJames T. Klein (R)22.3
HD-WINNESHIEKWalter V. Langland (R)17.3
HD-WOODBURY 1Leonard C. Andersen (R)18.5
HD-WOODBURY 2Donald V. Doyle (D)12.1
HD-WOODBURY 3Andrew G. Dooley (R)7.1
HD-WOODBURY 4Edgar J. Koch (R)14.9
HD-WOODBURY 5Louis A. Peterson (R)27.1
HD-WRIGHTRay V. Bailey (D)Unopposed

Iowa House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner