1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Iowa election results

Every race on Iowa's ballot in the 1980 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races133

Changed party12

Unopposed12%16 races

Incumbents defeated8

President

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Iowa	Ronald Reagan (R)	12.7

R 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Iowa	Chuck Grassley (R)	7.9

D 3 · R 3

Race	Winner	Won by
IA-1	James Leach (R)	29.2
IA-2	Thomas Tauke (R)	8.9
IA-3	Cooper Evans (R)	2.9
IA-4	Neal Smith (D)	8.0
IA-5	Tom Harkin (D)	20.4
IA-6	Berkley Bedell (D)	28.6

D 14 · R 11 · 2 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
SD-2	Richard Vandehoef (R)	18.3
SD-4	Berl E. Priebe (D)	Unopposed
SD-6	Alvin V. Miller (D)	9.1
SD-8	Rolf V. Craft (R)	Unopposed
SD-10	Bob Carr (D)	9.7
SD-12	Merlin D. Hulse (R)	24.0
SD-14	James D. Wells (D)	88.5
SD-16	James Gallagher (D)	13.9
SD-18	Ted Anderson (D)	2.1	Flipped
SD-20	Mick Lura (R)	9.2
SD-22	Jack Nystrom (R)	23.1
SD-24	Elvie Dreeszen (R)	17.5	Flipped
SD-26	Donald V. Doyle (D)	6.0
SD-28	C. W. Hutchins (D)	11.7
SD-30	David Readinger (R)	13.1
SD-32	William D. Palmer (D)	37.7
SD-34	George R. Kinley (D)	36.9
SD-36	Emil J. Husak (D)	3.6
SD-38	Richard F. Drake (R)	21.8
SD-40	Edgar H. Holden (R)	11.7
SD-42	Charles P. Miller (D)	13.7
SD-44	Forrest V. Schwengels (R)	34.1
SD-46	Bass Vangilst (D)	3.9
SD-48	James E. Briles (R)	5.9
SD-50	Tom Slater (D)	0.9

D 42 · R 58 · 10 changed party

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab