1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Iowa House District 89
Iowa House of Representatives · Iowa
Charles N. Poncy (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Sonja Larsen (R) by 2.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Charles N. PoncyDemocrat · winner
51.2%6,022
Sonja LarsenRepublican · incumbent
48.8%5,731
11,753 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