1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 80
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
James Bryson Clements (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Robert F. Bina (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
James Bryson ClementsRepublican · winner
53.2%7,832
Robert F. BinaDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%6,894
14,727 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