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1976Final results

1976 election for Iowa House District 42

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Reid W. Crawford (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Kent Hall (D) by 15.3 points.

Reid W. CrawfordRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.7%9,153
Kent HallDemocrat
42.3%6,720
15,873 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+18.81974R+15.31976R+41.91978R+40.11980D+31.41982D+26.51984

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