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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 44 · R 56
Races100
Changed party20
Unopposed21%21 races
Incumbents defeated10

Every district

D 44 · R 56

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Kenneth Degroot (R)Unopposed
HD-2Douglas Ritsema (R)28.2Incumbent lost
HD-3Ingwer L. Hansen (R)Unopposed
HD-4Lee Holt (R)3.7Flipped
HD-5Lester D. Menke (R)33.9
HD-6Richard Groth (D)3.0
HD-7Sue Mullins (R)7.5Flipped
HD-8Clifford Branstad (R)Unopposed
HD-9Delwyn Stromer (R)Unopposed
HD-10Richard W. Welden (R)Unopposed
HD-11Betty Jean Clark (R)37.8
HD-12Lowell Norland (D)32.7
HD-13Rollin K. Howell (D)6.9
HD-14Jim Johnson (R)16.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-15Donald D. Avenson (D)8.5
HD-16Semor C. Tofte (R)Unopposed
HD-17Roger A. Halvorson (R)Unopposed
HD-18Darrell Hanson (R)13.4Flipped
HD-19Thomas J. Jochum (D)40.8
HD-20Michael W. Connolly (D)10.8Flipped
HD-21Joe Welsh (D)6.3
HD-22Nancy J. Shimanek (R)22.3Flipped
HD-23Andy McKean (R)27.8Flipped
HD-24Herbert C. Hinkhouse (D)2.6
HD-25John E. Patchett (D)11.7
HD-26Robert M. L. Johnson (R)7.6
HD-27James D. Wells (D)11.4
HD-28Wally E. Horn (D)88.2
HD-29Hurley W. Hall (D)10.0
HD-30Myron B. Oxley (D)2.7
HD-31Kyle Hummel (R)16.0Flipped
HD-32Kenneth D. Miller (D)15.0
HD-33Thomas A. Lind (R)9.8
HD-34Stephen J. Rapp (D)16.5
HD-35Diane Brandt (D)Unopposed
HD-36Marvin E. Diemer (R)3.9Flipped
HD-37Ray Lageschulte (R)Unopposed
HD-38Cooper Evans (R)Unopposed
HD-39Mick Lura (R)0.8
HD-40James C. West (R)40.5
HD-41Charles Bruner (D)2.8
HD-42Reid W. Crawford (R)41.9
HD-43Sonja Egenes (R)15.0
HD-44Joyce Lonergan (D)4.7
HD-45Dale M. Cochran (D)4.4
HD-46Rod Halvorson (D)Unopposed
HD-47Ruhl Maulsby (R)4.8Flipped
HD-48Wayne Bennett (R)Unopposed
HD-49Donald H. Binneboese (D)0.6
HD-50James D. Okane (D)14.0Flipped
HD-51Donald V. Doyle (D)Unopposed
HD-52Warren Johnson (R)1.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53Frank Crabb (R)Unopposed
HD-54Arlyn E. Danker (R)37.9
HD-55Carroll Perkins (D)Unopposed
HD-56James O. Anderson (R)1.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-57Virginia Poffenberger (R)9.0
HD-58Philip Davitt (D)17.3
HD-59Lyle R. Krewson (R)5.5
HD-60Douglas Smalley (R)4.4
HD-61Richard Byerly (D)23.8
HD-62Norman G. Jesse (D)14.9
HD-63Richard Sherzan (D)20.8
HD-64John H. Connors (D)Unopposed
HD-65Lawrence Pope (R)4.5
HD-66Patricia L. Thompson (R)37.4
HD-67Ned F. Chiodo (D)41.0
HD-68Jack Woods (D)40.1
HD-69Robert T. Anderson (D)15.5
HD-70Bill Dieleman (D)21.4
HD-71Emil J. Husak (D)Unopposed
HD-72Phil Tyrrell (R)12.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-73Jean Lloydjones (D)26.2
HD-74Dale W. Hibbs (R)5.4Flipped
HD-75Betty A. Hoffmanbright (R)26.8
HD-76Walter Conlon (R)12.8
HD-77John Pelton (R)44.3
HD-78Hugo Schnekloth (R)20.6
HD-79James A. Lorenseen (R)Unopposed
HD-80Robert F. Bina (D)3.1
HD-81Gregory D. Cusack (D)Unopposed
HD-82Bob Arnould (D)20.1
HD-83Virgil E. Corey (R)17.0
HD-84Larry Kirkenslager (R)16.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-85Clay Spear (D)3.5
HD-86John H. Clark (R)Unopposed
HD-87Floyd H. Millen (R)95.2
HD-88George R. Swearingen (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-89Sonja Larsen (R)4.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-90Don Gettings (D)3.5
HD-91Harold Vanmaanen (R)9.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-92Doug Shull (R)4.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-93Daniel Jay (D)16.1
HD-94Arlo Hullinger (D)4.2
HD-95Wendell C. Pellett (R)19.3
HD-96Horace Daggett (R)Unopposed
HD-97William H. Harbor (R)47.6
HD-98Laverne Schroeder (R)38.6
HD-99Emil S. Pavich (D)25.1
HD-100Craig D. Walter (D)25.1

Iowa House of Representatives

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