1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Iowa House District 77
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
John Pelton (R) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Jean M. Pardee (D) by 17.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
John PeltonRepublican · winner
58.6%7,103
Jean M. PardeeDemocrat
41.4%5,015
12,118 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET