1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Iowa House District 94
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Tom Dougherty (D) won with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Gerrit Vanroekel (R) by 3.0 points.
Tom DoughertyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
49.8%4,102
Gerrit VanroekelRepublican · incumbent
46.8%3,853
Lorin OxleyIndependent
3.3%274
8,229 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