1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Iowa House District 7
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Sue Mullins (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Harold Reding (D) by 7.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sue MullinsRepublican · winner
53.8%4,944
Harold RedingDemocrat
46.2%4,253
9,197 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