1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Iowa House District 72
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Linda Svoboda (D) won with 55.1% of the vote, defeating Rayman D. Logue (R) by 10.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Linda SvobodaDemocrat · winner
55.1%4,860
Rayman D. LogueRepublican · incumbent
44.9%3,954
8,814 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