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1980Final results

1980 election for Iowa House District 70

Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa

Bill Dieleman (D) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Barbara Sagraves (R) by 15.2 points.

Bill DielemanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.6%7,975
42.4%5,876
13,851 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+25.71974D+4.61976D+21.41978D+15.21980D+13.41982D+10.41984

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