1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Iowa House District 39
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Tom Swartz (D) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Edmund C. Johnson (R) by 6.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Tom SwartzDemocrat · winner
53.1%6,888
Edmund C. JohnsonRepublican
46.9%6,079
12,967 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