1980Final results
1980 election for Iowa House District 40
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Lisle Cook (R) won with 69.5% of the vote, defeating William Eugene McAlpine (D) by 39.0 points.
Lisle CookRepublican · winner
69.5%7,588
William Eugene McAlpineDemocrat
30.5%3,331
10,919 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