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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 1976 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races132
Changed party9
Unopposed10%13 races
Incumbents defeated5

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IowaGerald Ford (R)1.0

U.S. House

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)4.1
IA-2Michael T. Blouin (D)1.3
IA-3Chuck Grassley (R)12.9
IA-4Neal Smith (D)38.2
IA-5Tom Harkin (D)30.7
IA-6Berkley Bedell (D)36.0

Iowa State Senate

D 14 · R 11 · 4 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Irvin Bergman (R)Unopposed
SD-4Berl E. Priebe (D)Unopposed
SD-6Alvin V. Miller (D)4.2
SD-8Rolf V. Craft (R)13.3Flipped
SD-10Bob Carr (D)25.2
SD-12Merlin D. Hulse (R)8.6
SD-14Cloyd E. Robinson (D)32.9
SD-16James Gallagher (D)20.1
SD-18Willard R. Hansen (R)4.6
SD-20Elizabeth R. Miller (R)1.0
SD-22John N. Nystrom (R)9.3
SD-24John Scott (D)7.7FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-26James Calhoon (D)0.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-28C. W. Hutchins (D)10.4
SD-30David Readinger (R)4.5
SD-32William D. Palmer (D)51.3
SD-34George R. Kinley (D)45.1
SD-36Joan Orr (D)23.8
SD-38Richard F. Drake (R)11.1
SD-40Elizabeth Shaw (R)24.3
SD-42Charles P. Miller (D)16.9
SD-44Forrest V. Schwengels (R)Unopposed
SD-46Bass Vangilst (D)32.6
SD-48James E. Briles (R)19.2
SD-50Tom Slater (D)9.6FlippedIncumbent lost

Iowa House of Representatives

D 60 · R 40 · 5 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab