1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Iowa House District 74
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Minnette Doderer (D) won with 68.2% of the vote, defeating Douglas P. Bell (R) by 39.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Minnette DodererDemocrat · winner
68.2%10,494
Douglas P. BellRepublican
28.8%4,435
Dan McDonaldLibertarian
3.0%466
15,395 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