1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 24
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Vic Stueland (R) won with 52.1% of the vote, defeating Herbert C. Hinkhouse (D) by 4.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Vic StuelandRepublican · winner
52.1%6,260
Herbert C. HinkhouseDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%5,747
12,007 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET