1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Iowa House District 55
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Carroll Perkins (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating William R. Ferguson (R) by 7.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Carroll PerkinsDemocrat · winner
53.9%4,915
William R. FergusonRepublican · incumbent
46.1%4,199
9,114 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET