1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 55
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Karen Mann (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Carroll Perkins (D) by 3.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Karen MannRepublican · winner
51.6%5,871
Carroll PerkinsDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%5,513
11,384 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