1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Iowa House District 24
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Hallie Sargisson (D) won with 49.5% of the vote, defeating Louis A. Peterson (R) by 0.4 points.
Hallie SargissonDemocrat · winner
49.5%2,887
Louis A. PetersonRepublican · incumbent
49.1%2,862
Ruth E. HaafkeIndependent
1.5%85
5,834 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 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET