1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Iowa House District 72
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Phil Tyrrell (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Linda Svoboda (D) by 12.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Phil TyrrellRepublican · winner
56.4%4,837
Linda SvobodaDemocrat · incumbent
43.6%3,738
8,576 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