1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 87
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
William R. Sullivan (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Floyd H. Millen (R) by 5.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
William R. SullivanDemocrat · winner
52.8%5,994
Floyd H. MillenRepublican · incumbent
47.1%5,348
11,344 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