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1978 election for Iowa House District 4

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Lee Holt (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Milan Yager (D) by 3.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Lee HoltRepublican · winner
51.8%4,578
Milan YagerDemocrat
48.2%4,252
8,830 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

EvenD+6.81974D+16.51976R+3.71978R+38.61980R+9.91982R+11.31988

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