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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Iowa House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Iowa House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 100 seats

After the electionD 42 · R 58
Races100
Changed party10
Unopposed14%14 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 42 · R 58

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Kenneth Degroot (R)Unopposed
HD-2Douglas Ritsema (R)39.1
HD-3Ingwer L. Hansen (R)Unopposed
HD-4Lee Holt (R)38.6
HD-5Lester D. Menke (R)Unopposed
HD-6Richard Groth (D)24.1
HD-7Sue Mullins (R)1.5
HD-8Clifford Branstad (R)31.4
HD-9Delwyn Stromer (R)Unopposed
HD-10Richard W. Welden (R)Unopposed
HD-11Betty Jean Clark (R)29.7
HD-12Lowell Norland (D)26.8
HD-13Rollin K. Howell (D)6.3
HD-14Jim Johnson (R)0.4
HD-15Donald D. Avenson (D)15.4
HD-16Semor C. Tofte (R)30.2
HD-17Roger A. Halvorson (R)31.8
HD-18Darrell Hanson (R)13.2
HD-19Thomas J. Jochum (D)Unopposed
HD-20Michael W. Connolly (D)10.6
HD-21Joe Welsh (D)31.3
HD-22Nancy J. Shimanek (R)9.5
HD-23Andy McKean (R)53.3
HD-24Vic Stueland (R)4.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-25George Petrick (R)1.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-26Robert M. L. Johnson (R)10.9
HD-27Richard V. Running (D)14.0
HD-28Wally E. Horn (D)29.3
HD-29Hurley W. Hall (D)21.3
HD-30Myron B. Oxley (D)4.4
HD-31Kyle Hummel (R)19.9
HD-32Kenneth D. Miller (D)23.5
HD-33Thomas A. Lind (R)Unopposed
HD-34Stephen J. Rapp (D)Unopposed
HD-35Diane Brandt (D)31.2
HD-36Marvin E. Diemer (R)23.3
HD-37Ray Lageschulte (R)Unopposed
HD-38Bob Renken (R)49.1
HD-39Tom Swartz (D)6.2Flipped
HD-40Lisle Cook (R)39.0
HD-41Charles Bruner (D)10.4
HD-42Reid W. Crawford (R)40.1
HD-43Sonja Egenes (R)6.5
HD-44Joyce Lonergan (D)12.3
HD-45Dale M. Cochran (D)6.2
HD-46Rod Halvorson (D)34.2
HD-47Ruhl Maulsby (R)1.3
HD-48Wayne Bennett (R)20.4
HD-49Donald H. Binneboese (D)0.6
HD-50James D. Okane (D)3.6
HD-51Al Sturgeon (D)Unopposed
HD-52Warren Johnson (R)5.7
HD-53Frank Crabb (R)Unopposed
HD-54Arlyn E. Danker (R)27.9
HD-55Karen Mann (R)3.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-56James O. Anderson (R)6.6
HD-57Virginia Poffenberger (R)7.6
HD-58Philip Davitt (D)26.0
HD-59Lyle R. Krewson (R)8.3
HD-60Douglas Smalley (R)3.0
HD-61Richard Byerly (D)13.8
HD-62Jo Ann Trucano (R)1.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-63Dennis Renaud (D)26.5
HD-64John H. Connors (D)50.3
HD-65Lawrence Pope (R)15.2
HD-66Dorothy F. Carpenter (R)34.0
HD-67Ned F. Chiodo (D)43.6
HD-68Jack Woods (D)20.7
HD-69Robert T. Anderson (D)11.0
HD-70Bill Dieleman (D)15.2
HD-71Janet Carl (D)17.9
HD-72Phil Tyrrell (R)18.8
HD-73Jean Lloydjones (D)19.1
HD-74Minnette Doderer (D)39.4Flipped
HD-75Betty A. Hoffmanbright (R)18.2
HD-76Walter Conlon (R)22.3
HD-77John Pelton (R)Unopposed
HD-78Hugo Schnekloth (R)7.5
HD-79Jo Smith (R)Unopposed
HD-80James Bryson Clements (R)6.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-81Gregory D. Cusack (D)28.6
HD-82Bob Arnould (D)5.1
HD-83Virgil E. Corey (R)25.1
HD-84Larry Kirkenslager (R)11.8
HD-85Clay Spear (D)19.0
HD-86John H. Clark (R)24.0
HD-87William R. Sullivan (D)5.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-88George R. Swearingen (R)10.5
HD-89Charles N. Poncy (D)2.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-90Don Gettings (D)29.5
HD-91Harold Vanmaanen (R)42.8
HD-92Doug Shull (R)12.7
HD-93Daniel Jay (D)25.8
HD-94L. W. Gross (R)5.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-95Wendell C. Pellett (R)26.5
HD-96Horace Daggett (R)Unopposed
HD-97William H. Harbor (R)28.6
HD-98Laverne Schroeder (R)37.8
HD-99Emil S. Pavich (D)14.3
HD-100Marcia K. Walter (D)1.2

Iowa House of Representatives

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