1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Iowa House District 89
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Sonja Larsen (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Charles N. Poncy (D) by 4.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Sonja LarsenRepublican · winner
52.1%4,200
Charles N. PoncyDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%3,866
8,066 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