1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 25
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
George Petrick (R) won with 50.6% of the vote, defeating John E. Patchett (D) by 1.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George PetrickRepublican · winner
50.6%7,215
John E. PatchettDemocrat · incumbent
49.4%7,034
14,252 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