1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 62
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Jo Ann Trucano (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Norman G. Jesse (D) by 1.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jo Ann TrucanoRepublican · winner
50.7%4,780
Norman G. JesseDemocrat · incumbent
49.3%4,647
9,427 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