1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Iowa House District 74
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Dale W. Hibbs (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Pat Gilroy (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dale W. HibbsRepublican · winner
52.7%4,456
Pat GilroyDemocrat
47.3%3,996
8,452 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