1980Final results
1980 election for Iowa House District 85
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Clay Spear (D) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating Phillip E. Prickett (R) by 19.0 points.
Clay SpearDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.5%6,706
Phillip E. PrickettRepublican
40.5%4,561
11,267 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