1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Iowa House District 14
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Jim Johnson (R) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating William B. Griffee (D) by 16.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim JohnsonRepublican · winner
58.3%5,781
William B. GriffeeDemocrat · incumbent
41.7%4,135
9,916 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET