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1980Final results

1980 election for Iowa House District 68

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Jack Woods (D) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Stephen Scheffler (R) by 20.7 points.

Jack WoodsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.3%8,061
39.7%5,300
13,361 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

EvenD+46.11974D+51.91976D+40.11978D+20.71980D+38.31982D+8.01984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET