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1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1970 election for Iowa House District 6

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Berl E. Priebe (D) won with 66.0% of the vote, defeating Harold L. Knight (R) by 32.0 points.

Berl E. PriebeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.0%5,385
Harold L. KnightRepublican · incumbent
34.0%2,774
8,159 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

EvenD+11.51974D+12.51976D+3.01978D+24.11980D+0.62002R+6.42004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET